Foreign captives are well and moved to a "safe area" - Afghan ...

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed said release of another four Turks was intended as a "goodwill gesture" World Bulletin/News Desk A Taliban spokesman says four remaining Turks held by the group will be released shortly. Taliban spokesman ...

"Mujahideen immediately surrounded the chopper, detained (the) foreigners aboard and completely destroyed the helicopter ... by setting it alight," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. World Bulletin / News Desk The Taliban have captured all ...

Stars and Stripes KABUL — The Taliban said Wednesday it has released the last of eight Turkish civilians it seized last month. But the insurgents offered no guarantees about the fate of the other three men captured with them. The eight Turkish ...

The Rack: Mohsin Hamid, "Pakistan: Why Drones Don't Help" ( NYRB ). On the offensive Three U.S. soldiers were killed in the Zhare district of Kandaharon Tuesdaywhen a roadside bomb ripped through their convoy ( NYT , RFE/RL ). Considered ...

ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban have called the border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan a conspiracy, saying that they were ready to defend themselves against neighbouring countries as well as hostile world powers. Since early May, ...

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban will soon free the last four of eight Turkish civilians detained last month, the militants said yesterday, in what they called a gesture of goodwill towards fellow Muslims. Turkey said on Sunday that four Turks had been ...

KANDAHAR: A bomb killed 13 civilians including women and children in southern Afghanistan on Monday as they travelled to attend the funeral of earlier bomb victims, police said. It was the latest violence since the Taliban launched their annual ...

Islam Times - The deputy intelligence chief of Afghanistan's Nuristan province has been killed when an explosive device went off in his residence. Provincial governor's spokesman, Mohammad Zahir Bahand, said the attack took place at around noon on ...

by Agency Reporter Leave a Comment Eight service members were killed in three separate attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, NATO officials said. In one attack, a roadside bomb killed five US service members in southern Afghanistan, CNN reports. The ...