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Op-Ed: Taliban targets Afghan security forces, government offices

Kabul - One day after President Obama's national security speech, the Taliban targeted a UN compound, which killed one Afghan police officer, a Nepali guard, while another ten were wounded. The attack is part of the Taliban's spring offensive.

Afghanistan's religious lawmakers block women's rights law

Kabul - A law on elimination of violence against women has been in effect in Afghanistan since 2009 by presidential decree. An effort to cement the law in the Afghan legislature with a vote, was blocked by religious leaders because it conflicts with Islamic law.

Taliban spring offensive targets Afghan Security and NATO forces

Kabul - After a relatively calm start this year, which saw few NATO and US casualties, the Taliban have started their spring offensive, targeting NATO and Afghan Security Forces. The past week has been particularly bloody with a car bomb attack in Kabul.

Kabul suicide blast kills 15, including six Americans

Kabul - A suicide car bomb has killed 15, including six Americans, four of which were civilian contractors, along with two US soldiers. The attack occurred at 8 am local time, when the streets of Kabul are busy with morning commuters.

American foreign policy motivated Boston bomber

Boston - One of the alleged Boston bombers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a note about why he carried out the marathon attack while surrounded by police.

Suicide car bomber attacks NATO convoy in Kabul

Kabul - A suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy in the Afghan capitol of Kabul, killing 12 people, including 2 NATO troops, and 4 civilian contractors.

Op-Ed: Facing the fear of flight Special

Digital Journalist Micki Hogan takes to the air as she faces her fears and lives a life-long dream of flying while sitting front seat in a helicopter.

Top US general denies US air strike killed children in April

Kabul - An April 6 air strike in Kunar Province in Afghanistan killed 18 people including at least 11 children according to Afghan government authorities. However Gen. Joseph Dunford denies categorically that any of the deaths were the result of air strikes.

Leaving Afghanistan could cost US up to $7 billion

Kabul - Military activities usually are expensive. According to defense analysts the total cost to withdraw from Afghanistan could be $7 billion.

Senior US and Afghan officials negotiate details of earlier deal

Kabul - Senior US and Afghan officials are holding talks to work out details of an agreement signed a year ago that sets out the relationships between Afghanistan and the US between 2014 and 2024.

Afghans not interested in killing Taliban - A Western fixation

Kabul - "Now that the sonovabitch is dead, why is the US still angry with us?" "Us", in this conversation, are the Taliban. The SOB in question is Osama bin Laden. This is a quote relayed by Yahya Maroofi, Counsellor to Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai.

Taliban offensive in Afghanistan continues killing 7 US troops

Kandahar - Seven US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday (May 4) as the Taliban continue a spring offensive announced this week.

5 American soldiers killed in roadside bombing

At least five American soldiers were killed when their armoured vehicle struck a powerful roadside bomb, in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.

Graphic: Video of Bagram Airfield Boeing 747 crash surfaces

Kabul - Video evidence of the US Boeing 747-400 cargo plane crash that occurred on Monday at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan has surfaced online. The dashcam footage which appeared on LiveLeak Tuesday provides some clues as to what might have caused the crash.

Video: Boeing 747 crash at Bagram Airfield military base kills 7

Graphic video footage of a US cargo plane crashing immediately after takeoff from Bagram Airfield military base in Afghanistan on Monday, was captured on a vehicle dashcam.

CIA has been bribing Karzai for a decade

Kabul - President Hamid Karzai at least shows a rare frankness among politicians when he acknowledged today that the CIA has been dropping off money at his office for nearly a decade now.

Taliban open spring offensive killing three police officers

Kabul - On Sunday April 28, the Taliban used a remote-controlled roadside bomb to kill three police officers in Ghazni province. The bomb hit a convoy that was traveling to the Zana Khan district to fight insurgents.

General asked for over 13,000 US troops in Afghanistan post 2014

Kabul - .Retired Marine general John Allen, the former top commander in Afghanistan, suggested that 13,600 US troops remain in the country after the main US combat role ends at the end of 2014.

Report: Boston bombing suspect motivated by US wars

The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has reportedly told interrogators that he and his brother were motivated by the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Video: 'Little Commandos' undergo arms training in Taliban camp

A video entitled "Little Commandos" which shows children as young as five training with heavy firearms at a terrorist training camp in a remote tribal area of Pakistan has surfaced online.
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