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Islamabad, Sep.10 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday questioned the efficacy of President Barack Obama’s AFPAK policy that links US policy on Pakistan and Afghanistan to ending a Taliban insurgency in the region.

“Afghanistan and Pakistan are distinctly different countries and cannot be lumped [...]

London, Aug 31 (ANI): The British special forces in Afghanistan have destroyed their second Chinook helicopter, after it crash-landed with 19 people on board, to prevent it from being accessed by the Taliban.

The Chinook, with a crew of four, was ferrying soldiers from the 2nd Battalion when it landed heavily, east of Sangin in northern [...]

Kabul, Aug. 29 (ANI): Taliban fighters say they have successfully sabotaged the Afghanistan presidential voting process without sending in a single suicide bomber.

A Globe and Mail report says that their claim that the mere threat of violence suppressed turnout enough to cast doubt on the credibility of the vote, which is being increasingly undermined [...]

London, Aug.21 (ANI): A former British special forces commander has been appointed to mastermind a program of reconciliation with members of the Taliban, General David Petraeus, the US military chief, said overnight.

Lieutenant-General Sir Graeme Lamb, who retired recently from the British Army, was personally requested by [...]

London, Aug.21 (ANI): U.S. CENTCOM chief General David Petraeus has described British troops as the world’s best, as they spectacularly hunted down al-Qaeda bombers for him while he led the victorious surge in Iraq.

Recalling their valour, General Petraeus said British soldiers often rented taxis, removed body armour and drove through Baghdad to get their man. [...]

Kabul, Aug 20 (ANI): Polling began across Afghanistan on Thursday for a new President and Provincial Council Members.

Around 17 million voters are eligible to cast their votes.

According to initial reports, a large number of people are turning out to cast their vote. President Hamid Karzai is running for a second term.

Voting, which started at [...]

Kabul, Aug.13 (ANI): For the vast majority of troops at the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters, Afghanistan remains an enigma, a threatening land lying beyond the concertina wire of the base.

When ISAF troops venture out from their base into the “red zone” (i.e. the comparatively safe streets of Kabul) they are prepared for [...]

London, Aug. 9 (ANI): A British soldier, from the 2nd Battalion the Mercian Regiment, was killed by an explosion in Helmand Province of Afghanistan, taking the death toll in Afghanistan since 2001 to 196.

According to reports, the soldier was on foot patrol at the [...]

London/Sangin (Helmand, Afghanistan), July 12 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that the British troop offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan is showing signs of success, despite the force losing fifteen troopers over the last month.

In an interview with the British Forces Broadcasting Service, Brown paid tribute to the “sacrifice” of the [...]

London, July 11 (ANI): British Chief of Defence Staff Sir Jock Stirrup has insisted that the Taliban is losing the fight in Afghanistan.

The top British general was defending the bloodiest 24-hour period for ground troops since operations began.

He sent his condolences [...]

Lashkar Gah (Afghanistan), July 3 (ANI) Incoming American forces are likely to continue to face a hostile Afghan population, even as they seek to reverse their military losses to a resurgent Taliban.

So hopeless is the prevailing situation in the landlocked country; that observers say that Afghan civilians are unlikely to take sides or offer unconditional [...]

Kabul, July 2 (ANI): Almost 4,000 United States Marines, backed by helicopter gun ships, are attempting to regain control of the volatile Helmand River valley in southwestern Afghanistan, which currently is occupied by the Taliban.

The valley is known for its poppy harvests and opium smuggling.

According to a New York Times report, [...]

Islamabad, July 2 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has ‘reorganized’ its troops along the Afghan border to prevent the spill over of militants from the neighboring country following the fresh US-Afghan onslaught on the Taliban today.

“We’ve mustered more troops from the other areas of the border to deploy opposite the Helmand region. It is sort [...]

London, May 27 (ANI): Britain’s Prince Harry has asked a disabled Afghan war comrade to join him on a dream trip to New York.

Marine Joe Townsend, who lost both legs in a blast, will fly out with the prince when he [...]

Kathmandu, May 14 (ANI): A grieving Gurkha veteran who watched his soldier son’s flag-draped coffin return from Afghanistan yesterday has been told he can stay in Britain.

Officials had earlier snubbed heartbroken Dhan Bahadur Pun’s request to settle here despite his family’s sacrifice and his own 16 years of impeccable service to this country. But after [...]

London, May 2 (ANI): The Taliban is planning to bring down one of the eight Chinooks operating in Afghanistan, in the hope that the attack will weaken Britain’s resolve to continue the campaign in Helmand.

British Chinook helicopter routinely carry more than 40 armed troops, and aliban insurgents are actively seeking to bring down one of [...]

New York, Apr 29 (ANI): The United States is increasing its troops in Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul provinces in order to cut off the Taliban’s main source of money, Afghanistan’s multimillion-dollar opium crop.

The plan [...]

Zangabad (Afghanistan), Apr.29 (ANI): The United States, is planning to wipe out the multi-million dollar opium crop business in Afghanistan, which serves as the Taliban’s main financial source.

According to a New York Times report, the Obama Administration is planning to send 20,000 Marines and soldiers into Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul region of Afghanistan to cut [...]

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London, Apr.27 (ANI): Terming the lawless mountainous tribal region along the Pakistan-Afghanistan as a ‘crucible of terrorism’, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has unveiled a new strategy to counter the terror threat emanating from the region./pp
Brown, on a surprise visit to Afghanistan, referred the region as a breeding ground for terrorism and said that any [...]

London, Apr 23 (ANI): British Sergeant Alan Dennis, who has been dubbed “indestructable Den”, is the man the Taliban just can’t kill, and he is proud to point this out after being blown up for a second time.

Two years ago, this career soldier (35) escaped from the wreckage of his Land Rover following a roadside [...]