International Business News - Afghan http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Taliban militants launched a surprise attack on a key southern Afghan town, sparking a battle that killed some 60 insurgents, an Afghan official said Sunday. A second clash in the same region killed another 40 militants. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/150568-afghanistan-us.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/more-than-100-taliban-killed-in-afghan-clashes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/more-than-100-taliban-killed-in-afghan-clashes.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:44:32 EDT As of Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at least 540 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-540.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:37:25 EDT U.S.-led coalition troops killed 21 militants in two separate clashes in southern Afghanistan, while insurgents killed 10 civilians in the same area, the U.S. military said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/us-9-militants-killed-in-southern-afghanistan.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:48:07 EDT U.S. and Afghan troops clashed and called airstrikes on a group of insurgents in southern Afghanistan, killing 43 militants, the U.S. military said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/us-43-militants-killed-in-southern-afghanistan.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:08:51 EDT As of Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, at least 539 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-539.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:11:03 EDT Taliban representatives met with Afghan government officials last month in Saudi Arabia, a former high-level Taliban ambassador said Monday, but he denied the meeting could be construed as peace talks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/taliban-afghan-officials-met-in-saudi-arabia.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:57:58 EDT President Hamid Karzai's brother denied Monday that he has ever been involved in Afghanistan's heroin trade, and accused U.S. officials of fabricating allegations to harm the president. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/karzais-brother-denies-links-to-drug-trade.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:35:09 EDT Afghanistan began registering voters Monday for next year's presidential polls, an election likely to be the most dangerous and challenging since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/afghans-start-registering-voters-for-2009-polls.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:14:13 EDT As of Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at least 539 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-539.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:02:51 EDT An Afghan police chief says French NATO troops have wounded four Afghan civilians on a road outside capital. Kabul's police chief Ayub Salangi said the civilians were inside a minibus which got in between a French military convoy as it was traveling outside the capital on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/official-french-troops-wound-4-civilians-in-kabul.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:03:08 EDT As of Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, at least 536 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-536.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:49:40 EDT As of Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at least 535 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-535.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:21:58 EDT Marine Capt. Mike Hoffman sat on the floor of a shack with an Afghan mullah and village elders and accepted a meager meal as he sought their help in the fight against the Taliban. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/142026-marine-afghan-village.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/marines-train-at-calif-posts-afghan-village.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/marines-train-at-calif-posts-afghan-village.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:40:40 EDT The United Nations says 20,000 Pakistani refugees have fled to Afghanistan to avoid fighting between militants and Pakistan's military. The U.N.'s refugee agency says nearly 4,000 Pakistani families have fled Pakistan's Bajur tribal agency into Afghanistan's Kunar province. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/un-20-000-flee-from-pakistan-into-afghanistan.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:31:36 EDT A top U.S. general said he expects militant violence in Afghanistan to rise some 30 percent this winter compared with last year, but that he does not think insurgents have the ability to mount a massive campaign during the country's harsh weather. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/140228-afghanistan.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/us-general-taliban-cant-launch-winter-campaign.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/us-general-taliban-cant-launch-winter-campaign.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:03:47 EDT Taliban militants on Saturday released the last of approximately 150 Afghan laborers they had abducted for almost a week after suspecting the workers of being Afghan soldiers, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/140137-bush-us-afghanistan.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/militants-release-150-kidnapped-afghan-laborers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080927/militants-release-150-kidnapped-afghan-laborers.htm Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:02:52 EDT As of Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, at least 535 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-535.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:16:42 EDT A Green Beret accused of killing an Afghan civilian and cutting off his ear has been released from jail to await his military trial. Capt. Chris Augustine of the Army Special Forces Command said Friday that Master Sgt. Joseph D. Newell had been released, but was confined to Fort Bragg. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/green-beret-charged-in-afghan-death-out-of-nc-brig.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:32:45 EDT A police chief says a suicide bomber has killed five people, and wounded seven others in eastern Afghanistan. Khost province's police chief, Abdul Qayum Bakizoy, says the bomber targeted a militia commander working for the U.S. forces in the province. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/suicide-bomber-kills-5-in-afghanistan.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:58:09 EDT Officials say separate bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan have killed two policemen and a civilian. Matiullah Khan, Kandahar's provincial police chief, says a remote-controled bomb struck a police vehicle Wednesday in Spin Boldak district, killing two officers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/bombs-kill-2-police-1-civilian-in-afghanistan.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:55:45 EDT