WINNIPEG (CBC) - Militants in Afghanistan forced three buses carrying 155 labourers in western Afghanistan to stop on Sunday and the insurgents took everybody on board hostage, officials said Monday.
ARLINGTON, Va. â Afghanistanâs defense minister estimates there are between 10,000 and 15,000 full-time insurgents in his country, including an increase of foreign fighters and al-Qaida terrorists coming into the country through Pakistan.
AUBURN, N.Y. The Defense Department says a 29-year-old Marine died while supporting combat operations in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Sgt. Jerome Bell Jr. died Sept. 19.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan â Despite a pledge to honor a United Nations-sponsored day of peace, Taliban insurgents killed several members of the Afghan army and police and kidnapped â and released â more than 130 civilians, the NATO-led International
French members of parliament voted 343 to 21 Monday to keep French troops in Afghanistan. Later in the day, the senate voted 29 to 119 in favour of continuation of the mission.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ The U.S. military scheduled the first family visits at its Afghanistan detention center Tuesday, allowing the international Red Cross to transport the relatives of prisoners to the main American base at Bagram.
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