International Business News - Afghanistan 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 Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next month or so, according to a senior military official. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96683-afghanistan-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/pentagon-to-recommend-more-troops-for-afghanistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/pentagon-to-recommend-more-troops-for-afghanistan.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:52:56 EDT Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/ambassador-al-qaida-leaving-iraq-for-afghanistan.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:09:34 EDT A British soldier died after being wounded in an ambush in southern Afghanistan, while U.S.-led coalition troops killed several militants near the capital, officials said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/nato-says-several-militants-killed-in-afghanistan.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:17:34 EDT The U.S.-led coalition says one of its members has died after being wounded by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's troubled south. The coalition says in a statement that the blast occurred in Helmand province Sunday and that the wounded fighter died Monday morning. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/afghanistan-coalition-member-killed-in-bombing.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:21:27 EDT Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94660-afghanistan-obama.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/barack-obama-meets-afghan-president-hamid-karzai.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/barack-obama-meets-afghan-president-hamid-karzai.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:26:29 EDT Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94629-afghanistan-obama.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/obama-has-breakfast-with-troops-to-meet-karzai.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/obama-has-breakfast-with-troops-to-meet-karzai.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:34:07 EDT Barack Obama visited Saturday with U.S. troops and Afghan officials in this war-weary nation, which is the focal point of his proposed strategy for dealing with threats to the U.S. if elected president. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94087-afghanistan-blast.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/obama-arrives-in-afghanistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/obama-arrives-in-afghanistan.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:17:36 EDT French aid group Action Against Hunger says two of its workers have been kidnapped in Afghanistan and are believed to still be alive. The Paris-based group said Friday the two were taken at gunpoint early Friday morning from the house where they were sleeping in the province of Day Kundi. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/2-french-aid-workers-kidnapped-in-afghanistan.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:23:55 EDT Just what is the best way to explain Barack Obama's stand on Afghanistan--has he shown great leadership or is he a Johnny come lately? Potential Obama running mate Sen. Joe Biden has used both descriptions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/fact-check-obamas-position-on-afghanistan.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:51:13 EDT Afghanistan has been drawing a fresh influx of jihadi fighters from Turkey, Central Asia, Chechnya and the Middle East, one more sign that al-Qaida is regrouping on what is fast becoming the most active front of the war on terror groups. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93270-afghanistan-foreign-jihadi-recruits.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/al-qaida-draws-more-foreign-recruits-to-afghan-war.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/al-qaida-draws-more-foreign-recruits-to-afghan-war.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:32:28 EDT The Defense Department will send close to 800 more bomb-resistant vehicles to Afghanistan, where a resurgent Taliban has military leaders developing plans to add thousands of U.S. troop reinforcements. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/gis-getting-more-bomb-protection-in-afghanistan.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:49:28 EDT Pentagon leaders on Wednesday signaled a surge in U.S. forces in Afghanistan "sooner rather than later," a shift that could send some units there within weeks, as officials prepare to cut troop levels in Iraq. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92736-us-iraq.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/more-us-troops-may-go-to-afghanistan-this-year.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/more-us-troops-may-go-to-afghanistan-this-year.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:23:28 EDT Pentagon leaders on Wednesday signaled a surge in U.S. forces in Afghanistan "sooner rather than later," a shift that could send some units there within weeks, as officials prepare to cut troop levels in Iraq. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92639-us-iraq.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/more-us-troops-may-go-to-afghanistan-this-year.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/more-us-troops-may-go-to-afghanistan-this-year.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:36:36 EDT U.S. troops abandoned a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine of their comrades this week, officials said Wednesday, in another sign of the struggle facing foreign and Afghan security forces strung out along the mountainous border. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92314-afghanistan-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/us-troops-pull-out-of-afghan-base-after-attack.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/us-troops-pull-out-of-afghan-base-after-attack.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:34:50 EDT Democrat Barack Obama said Monday that as president he would send at least two more combat brigades to Afghanistan, where U.S. soldiers face rising violence and endured their deadliest attack in three years on Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91268-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/obama-would-send-2-more-brigades-to-afghanistan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/obama-would-send-2-more-brigades-to-afghanistan.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:27:45 EDT An insurgent raid that penetrated an American outpost in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine soldiers, has deepened doubts about the U.S. military's effort to contain Islamic militants and keep locals on its side. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91288-afghanistan-pakistan.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/attack-on-us-base-in-afghanistan-kills-9-americans.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/attack-on-us-base-in-afghanistan-kills-9-americans.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:38:16 EDT A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base close to the Pakistan border killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/90844-afghanistan-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/afghan-police-chief-15-killed-in-suicide-blast.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/afghan-police-chief-15-killed-in-suicide-blast.htm Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:48:11 EDT A U.S. military airstrike this week killed 47 civilians traveling to a wedding, the head of an Afghan government commission investigating the incident said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/47-afghan-civilians-killed-by-us-bombs-group-says.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:58:33 EDT Pakistan's top diplomat Wednesday rejected the idea of any foreign troops operating inside Pakistan, reinforcing its refusal to accept U.S. military aid in battling insurgents near the Afghan border. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/pakistan-rejects-foreign-troops.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:21:34 EDT Worried about increasing insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, the U.S. military says it is sending extra air power there by shifting an aircraft carrier away from the Iraq war. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/pentagon-putting-more-air-power-on-afghanistan.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:32:01 EDT