Afghan War

Source: news.google.com --- 15 days ago
Times Online Sarkozy determined, tough on Afghan War United Press International - 1 hour ago By MARTIN SIEFF WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- French President Nicholas Sarkozy took a leaf out of Margaret Thatcher's guidelines on leadership Wednesday with his surprise visit to Afghanistan following the deaths of 10 French troops in a mountain ... Video: Insurgents Launch Brazen Attacks in Afghanistan AssociatedPress Sarkozy tells French troops in Afghanistan to keep fighting AFP Voice of America  - BBC News  - Newsweek  - guardian.co.uk all 1,905 news articles ...

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 38 days ago
An online collection of public responses in UK to the War in Afghanistan is to be published by the National Army Museum. ...

Source: xml.news.aol.com --- 36 days ago
Americans Say Afghan War Is More Important ...

Source: www.nytimes.com --- 29 days ago
With U.S. troops at record levels and the violent threat from the Taliban expanding, the conflict in Afghanistan is roaring back into public view. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 46 days ago
KABUL, July 19 -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama got his first look at deteriorating conditions in War-torn Afghanistan on Saturday, meeting with U.S. military commanders and local officials and touring part of the country by helicopter on the first day of a highly anticipated visit... ...

Source: online.wsj.com --- 51 days ago
Obama said fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan would be his top priority after ending the War in Iraq. In remarks prepared for an address later Tuesday, the Democratic presidential candidate said, "This is a War that we have to win." ...

Source: news.sympatico.msn.ca --- 45 days ago
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Source: www.usatoday.com --- 28 days ago
The deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a War ... ...

Source: letterstotheeditor.yuku.com --- 15 days ago
August 20, 2008 Afghan War Escalates With Worst Taliban Raid in 6 Years By CARLOTTA GALL and SANGAR RAHIMI BAMIYAN, <a title="More news and information about... ...

Source: cnews.canoe.ca --- 28 days ago
The deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a War long overshadowed by Iraq back into the headlines. ...

Source: www.cbsnews.com --- 45 days ago
Barack Obama has deemed the situation in Afghanistan "precarious and urgent." He calls for more troops to be sent there during the last leg of the Bush administration. Lara Logan reports. ...

Source: www.cbsnews.com --- 46 days ago
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the first stop on a campaign-season tour of War zones, a spokesman said. ...

Source: www.miamiherald.com --- 50 days ago
With the War in Afghanistan worsening by almost every measure, the often-overlooked conflict jumped to the center of the U.S. presidential campaign Tuesday as John McCain and Barack Obama both promised to send more troops. ...

Source: www.baltimoresun.com --- 39 days ago
When Sen. John McCain told a Baltimore audience that "I know how to win wars," he was repeating a phrase that in recent weeks has become the major theme of his campaign for the presidency ("McCain tells Md. Republicans: 'I know how to win wars,'" July 23). ...

Source: www.baltimoresun.com --- 38 days ago
Fears of civilian casualties rise as airstrikes increase Daily airstrikes by U.S. and allied fighter-bombers in Afghanistan have almost doubled since last summer, according to U.S. Air Force data, a trend that reflects increased insurgent attacks but also raises concerns about civilian casualties. ...

Source: blog.oregonlive.com --- 29 days ago
A Portland nurse just back from Afghanistan, where she was working with Medical Teams International, says years of War and deprivation have cost the Afghan population some important gains.... ...

Source: www.newsisfree.com --- 38 days ago
Although the Air Force takes what it says are exhaustive measures to avoid accidental deaths, civilian casualties from airstrikes have spiked twice this year, from none in January to 23 in March to 60... [in Baltimore Sun ] [in Afghanistan Sun: Afghanistan News ] ...

Source: timesunion.com --- 36 days ago
BAGHDAD -- Nearly twice as many U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan than in Iraq so far this month, marking the lowest death toll of the Iraq War and the first time that the American military has suffered more casualties in Afghanistan than it has in Iraq.As of Tuesday, 11 U.S. service members had been killed in Iraq and 20 in Afghanistan in July, according to icasualties.org, which tracks coalition casualties in both wars. If the July statistics hold for the next two days, they'll mark the lowest American military death toll in Iraq since February 2004, when 20 service members were killed, and the second highest toll in Afghanistan, after June, when 27 U.S. troops were killed there and 29 Americans were killed in Iraq. The American military is debating shifting more troops from Iraq to Afghanistan and expanding its counterinsurgency strategy there. In all, 4,124 American service members had been killed in Iraq as of Tuesday, and 561 have died in Afghanistan. Iraqis lead new operation Iraqi infantry, supported by artillery, the Iraqi air force and U.S. forces, on Tuesday began what was described as a major operation in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. Iraqi forces said they'd encountered no resistance to the crackdown, which the army had announced six days earlier. Troops arrested 20 suspected insurgents in the south and west quarters of Baqouba, the provincial capital, according to a spokesman for Ali Ghaidan, the c ...

Source: www.globalvoicesonline.org --- 39 days ago
The Turkish Invasion writes at length about the Soviet Afghan War and posts pictures from the memorial in Kyiv. Window on Eurasia writes that Russian Afghan War vets “want Moscow to celebrate their War too.” ...