In yet another instance of the rising violence in Afghanistan, a suicide bomber, riding a motorcycle killed 13 people in Farah, Afghanistan and injured 30 more, among whom several of those injured are children. The Afghan polices repeatedly asked the motorcyclist to stop, instead the bomber detonated the explosives wrapped around him.
According to General Mohammad [...]
In a game of survival, US military contractors are ‘forced to pay suspected insurgents to protect American supply routes.’ An Afghan private security official reveals, “Most escorting is done by the Taliban.”
A new report reveals that the United States of America actually funds the Taliban. The US government is ‘financing the very same insurgent forces [...]
US President Barack Obama is expected to hand down soon his decision on the war in Afghanistan. The decision at this point is no longer whether to send more troops to Afghanistan or not, but how many tens of thousands of additional US soldiers should be sent to the wartorn country to fight a long-drawn [...]
NATO Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen admits that the countries within the Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative share the northern alliance’s interests in stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan. This is for the reason that instability in Afghanistan will cause the spread of instability in the region. Pakistan, specifically, is of grave concern in terms of [...]
On his landmark visit to the Peoples Republic of China, the U.S President, Barack Obama stated that, the international terrorist outfit, Al-Qaeda is still very much the greatest threat that the United States faces as of now. The statement comes at a time when the Obama administration is stepping up its pressure on Pakistani authorities [...]
The search for the two missing U.S soldiers in Afghanistan turned into a tragedy as eight Afghan soldiers lost their lives due to an alleged NATO airstrike gone horribly wrong. The incident also wounded more than 20 Afghan and U.S troops. The two missing American soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division [...]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has reportedly entered into a commercial contract with Russia, under which, Moscow will deliver and deploy Russian built helicopters into Afghanistan to be used by the NATO forces. In the last two to three years, the NATO forces currently stationed in Afghanistan have been facing logistical nightmare and they [...]
The United Nations staff and officials are in the process of being relocated as part of a security effort after the devastating Taliban attack on the UN officials, that left 5 people dead. The majority of United Nations workers in the region are either security experts or humanitarian aid workers.
Even with the ongoing relocation of [...]
The military heartland of the United Stated of America, the Pentagon has announced that, the U.S troops stationed in Afghanistan will now be more secure, thanks to the all new lighter and more armored all terrain vehicles, known as M-ATV, that have already arrived in Afghanistan. The all new ATVs have been dubbed as “life [...]
In yet another incident highlighting the sympathetic behavior of the Afghanistan security forces towards Taliban, a rouge Afghan police officer shot and killed five soldiers of the British contingent of the coalition forces currently stationed in Afghanistan. Today’s incident has cast serious doubts over the allegiance of Afghan forces towards the betterment of their country [...]