Apr 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from AP: - An Afghan teenager killed an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan by stabbing him in the neck while he played with a group of local children, officials said Monday. The killing comes as the monthly U.S. death toll rose sharply in March to 14 with the start of the spring fighting season when ...
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Mar 30, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON TIMES: KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. special operations forces handed over their base in a strategic district of eastern Afghanistan to local Afghan special forces on Saturday, senior U.S. commanders said. The withdrawal satisfies a demand by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that U.S. forces leave the area after allegations that the Americans’ Afghan counterparts ...
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Mar 26, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from CNS NEWS: – Afghan President Hamid Karzai now says his recent comments suggesting collusion between the U.S. and Taliban were misinterpreted by “the media,” and that explanation appeared to satisfy Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday, even though the contentious remarks were made during a nationally televised speech. Moreover, Karzai made similar insinuations during ...
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Mar 26, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, during a joint press briefing with Secretary of State John Kerry, reiterated his accusation that U.S. special forces have been committing atrocities in Wardak province. Kerry did not contradict Karzai, though U.S. officials have denied the charges. Here’s the relevant portion of the transcript of Karzai’s comments today, during ...
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Mar 21, 2013 No Comments ›› Spit Stixx
Excerpted from The Guardian: The US military and the Afghan government have reached a deal on the pullout of American special operations forces and their Afghan counterparts from a strategic eastern province after complaints that they were involved in human rights abuses. American military officials have steadfastly denied the Afghan abuse allegations, which led the president, ...
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Mar 20, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Taliban who would kill you in a heartbeat Excerpted from FREE BEACON: The Marines videotaped urinating on the bodies of Taliban fighters were acting in “poor taste,” but did not “desecrate” the bodies, a defense lawyer for one of the Marines said Tuesday, reports the Associated Press: Sgt. Robert W. Richards and three other ...
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Mar 19, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from AFP: - Afghanistan's presidential spokesman on Tuesday described the NATO-led military operation in the country as "aimless and unwise", in the latest government broadside against the coalition. "The people of Afghanistan ask NATO to define the purpose and aim of the so-called war on terror... (They) consider this war as aimless and unwise to ...
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Mar 17, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from MILITARY DAILY NEWS: KABUL -- A second helicopter crash in a week Saturday claimed the life of one member of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, adding to the mounting losses experienced by coalition troops this past week. According to officials in Kandahar province, the two-person OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crashed in the Daman district in the ...
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Mar 14, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from NY TIMES: KABUL, Afghanistan — The American commander in Afghanistan quietly told his forces to intensify security measures on Wednesday, issuing a strongly worded warning that a string of anti-American statements by President Hamid Karzai had put Western troops at greater risk of attack both from rogue Afghan security forces and from militants. ...
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Mar 11, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Related: Afghan Police Officer Opens Fire On U.S. Troops Killing 2 Americans Excerpted from AP: A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has killed five American service members, officials said Tuesday. Monday night's crash brought the total number of U.S. troops killed that day to seven, making it the deadliest day for U.S. forces so far this year. ...
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Mar 11, 2013 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Excerpted from The Guardian: The White House rejected as "categorically false" a claim by Afghan president Hamid Karzai that the US was effectively colluding with the Taliban in maintaining violence to prolong America's presence in the country. Karzai's outburst on Sunday, while new US defence ...
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Mar 11, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON TIMES: When Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford took command of the war in Afghanistan on Feb. 10, he succeeded a line of hard-luck officers who had succumbed to scandal or felt the White House’s sting over requests for more troops. President Obama has changed top commanders in Afghanistan — which he says is ...
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Mar 11, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from AP: KABUL, Afghanistan - A police officer opened fire on U.S. and Afghan forces inside a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, sparking a firefight that killed two U.S. troops and two other Afghan policemen. The attacker was also killed in the shootout, officials said. The incident in Wardak ...
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Mar 10, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from AP: — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave – an allegation the top American commander in Afghanistan rejected as “categorically false.” Karzai said two suicide bombings that killed 19 people on ...
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Mar 9, 2013 No Comments ›› spratico
CNN - A policeman sacrificed his life for the sake of others, embracing a suicide bomber in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday morning to dull the blast as it detonated, eyewitnesses said. The bomb killed the officer, Murad Khan, and eight minors between the ages of 7 and 17. It wounded two more people, said police spokesman Haji ...
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Mar 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from AP: — An Afghan official says at least eight civilians have been killed by a suicide bomber outside the Afghan Defense Ministry as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the Afghan capital, saying it was meant as a warning to the U.S. defense ...
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Mar 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from LONG WAR JOURNAL: Earlier today, uniformed Afghan security forces attacked a US military base in eastern Kapisa province, killing a civilian contractor. Three Afghan troops are also said to have been killed in the incident. A statement issued by ISAF today said: "Individuals wearing Afghan National Army uniforms turned their weapons against International Security ...
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Mar 4, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from WASHINGTON TIMES: Afghan security personnel attacks against U.S. and NATO troops rose sharply last year despite a NATO command overhaul of how local army and police recruits are screened. NATO received 47 so-called insider attacks in 2012, more than double the 20 assaults in 2011, according to official figures provided to The Washington Times. ...
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Mar 3, 2013 No Comments ›› Spit Stixx
Excerpted from the Los Angeles Times: Late last year, before leaving Forward Operating Base Tillman for the last time, U.S. troops took apart every inch of the remote outpost near the border with Pakistan, from the dirt-packed barricades to the flat-screen TVs in the intelligence center. Mohibullah Samim, the governor of Paktika province, where the base ...
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