Reuters – A suicide bomber penetrated a foreign army base in Afghanistan to kill eight U.S. CIA employees on Wednesday, one of the spy agency’s largest death tolls, and a separate attack killed four Canadian troops and a journalist. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Eight Americans died Wednesday in a suicide bombing at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – An Afghan soldier killed a U.S. service member and wounded two Italian soldiers when he opened fire on foreign troops at an army base in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, a senior Afghan army officer said. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The United States will deploying new “eyes in the sky” surveillance technology next year in Afghanistan to back President Barack Obama’s surge of 30,000 additional forces, a top Air Force official said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The United States will deploying new “eyes in the sky” surveillance technology next year in Afghanistan to back President Barack Obama’s surge of 30,000 additional forces, a top Air Force official said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – President Barack Obama will Tuesday announce a swift six-month surge of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, but sketch an “end game” to the war by saying an exit strategy will begin within three years. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – As President Barack Obama prepares to announce a new blueprint for the war in Afghanistan, the leading Senate Democrat on military matters says any plan to significantly expand U.S. troop levels must show how those reinforcements will help increase the number of Afghan security forces. Read the rest of this entry »