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Taliban back peace talks but warn no surrender
Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents warned Thursday that their support of peace talks did not mean they had given up fighting or accepted the constitution of the “stooge” government in Kabul. The comments came as the United States announced that it would send a senior official to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai next week to see whether [...]
Taliban reject Afghan-US deal
The Taliban on Sunday rejected as a “show” the endorsement by a traditional assembly of a strategic partnership deal with the United States that could allow its troops to remain in Afghanistan for years. In a statement sent to media, the Islamist militant group said the assembly, or loya jirga, which ended Saturday was orchestrated [...]
US probe says border attack was not Pakistani plot
An attack on US troops in 2007 that left an American officer dead was the act of a rogue Pakistani gunman and not a plot by the country’s military, according to a US probe released Monday. For years, details of the shooting on Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan have been shrouded in secrecy amid speculation US [...]
Taliban hit US-run base in southern Afghanistan
Taliban militants armed with guns and explosives attacked a US-run base in Kandahar on Thursday, with blasts and gunfire reverberating for four hours around the southern Afghan city. A group of “three to four” armed men, possibly with suicide vests, took up positions in an empty compound that was once used by the USAID development [...]
Australia to Spend $6b on Afghan War By 2014
Australia would have spent about $6billion on the war in Afghanistan by the time our troops leave in 2014, according to Defence. Defence Minister Stephen Smith defended the country’s decade-long involvement in the conflict in Parliament yesterday. The Opposition expressed bi-partisan support. ”It is in our national interest to be in Afghanistan, not just with [...]
Doubts cloud NATO handover in Afghanistan
Grave doubts over the ability of Afghanistan’s fledgling security forces to beat back the Taliban are weighing on a transition from NATO control taking place in seven parts of the country this week. With foreign troops starting to leave ahead of a full combat drawdown by 2015, the spotlight is keenly focused on building up [...]
Report: Operations in Afghanistan
UK Forces were not deployed in 2006 in enough numbers or with the right equipment, senior retired officers tell MPs. Report: Operations in Afghanitstan Inquiry: Operations in Afghanistan Defence Committee It is unacceptable that UK Forces were deployed in Helmand for three years from 2006 without the necessary personnel, equipment or intelligence to succeed in [...]
Scathing MPs’ Report Into Afghan Operations
A highly critical MPs’ report into Afghanistan has stated pulling British troops out of the country prematurely could “dangerously weaken” remaining forces. The Commons Defence Committee document, entitled ‘Operations in Afghanistan’ claims the ISAF strategy could be undermined by the Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan to withdraw by the end of 2014. There are also [...]
Fox Pledges ‘Build Up’ of Reserve Forces
The Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, has pledged a “build-up” of reserve soldiers which could see a reduction in the size of the regular Army. Doctor Fox said he wanted to ensure the Territorial Army was “properly trained and equipped” so more soldiers were ready for frontline duties. Ahead of a statement to the House of [...]
