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Contractors held over Afghan deaths
Blackwater was criticised for its actions while working for the US defence department in Iraq Two former employees of the US private security contractor Blackwater,...
CIA base bomber ‘was double agent’
Zeid, a Jordanian intelligence officer killed in the attack, was honoured in Amman A suicide bomber who killed eight people when he attacked a US base in Afghanistan...
CIA confirms deaths in Afghanistan
Casualty figures have risen as thousands of extra US troops deploy under Obama's plan Seven American CIA agents and five Canadian soldiers have been killed...
Children killed in Afghan offensive
The area in which the strike occurred is said to be heavily populated by Taliban At least 10 Afghan civilians, mostly school children, have been killed in military...
‘The US military is exhausted’
The US army is overstretched and exhausted, says peace campaigner Sarah Lazare The call for over 30,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan is a travesty for...
Ramping up Afghanistan war to control Caspian oil and gas transport routes
Ramping up Afghanistan war to control Caspian oil and gas transport routes The 800-pound gorilla standing in the auditorium at West Point is still waiting for an...
Afghan army ‘in need of US funds’
Gates visit to Afghanistan came a week after Obama announced deployment of 30,000 more troops Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has warned it may take 15 years...
US to increase troops in Afghanistan by 40%
US President Barack Obama speaks about the war in Afghanistan at the US Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 1. The US president has decided to...
Taliban claims French bribery ploy
French troops deployed in Afghanistan are attempting to bribe Taliban fighters not to attack them, a senior Taliban leader has told Al Jazeera. French troops deployed...
Afghanistan announces army upgrade
Violence level continues to be high despite the presence of 100,000 Nato troops Afghanistan’s ministry of defence has announced plans to expand the country’s...
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