Posts Tagged ‘ Afghan Forces ’

Suicide bomber kills Kandahar mayor 

July 27, 2011
Suicide bomber kills Kandahar mayor 

File photo of an Afghan wheeling his bicycle across a street in Kandahar City. The mayor of Kandahar, the biggest city in southern Afghanistan and the birthplace of the Taliban movement, was killed in a suicide attack on Wednesday, police said. The death comes two weeks after the assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the so-called [...]

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CIA probes Afghan base security after bomber kills 7

January 1, 2010
CIA probes Afghan base security after bomber kills 7

Map showing provinces in Afghanistan where five Candians and eight Americans were killed in two separate attacks on Wednesday and Tuesday The CIA vowed on Thursday to avenge the deaths of seven officers in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan and to investigate security breaches that allowed the second deadliest attack in agency history. The Taliban [...]

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NATO allies rally to Obama request with 7,000 more troops for Afghanistan

December 5, 2009
NATO allies rally to Obama request with 7,000 more troops for Afghanistan

NATO allies and partner nations rallied Friday to U.S. President Barrack Obama’s call for an international military surge in Afghanistan, by adding at least 7,000 troops . . . A meeting of foreign ministers of the NATO-Russia Council is held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels Dec. 4, 2009. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)“Despite all the challenges, all [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...