Afghanistan News

The enemy has a vote. It was a favourite phrase of now retired Gen. Rick Hillier, one of Canada's most quotable military commanders.

By his own account, former Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai resisted the Soviet Union's invasion of his country three decades ago, then put down his weapons when U.S. forces showed up following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

'Afghanistan is in anarchy,' the one-time Taliban ally recalls telling his tribesmen. 'Americans are establishing our future government.'

Rather than thank him, Noorzai claims the U.S. government betrayed him: In 2005, he was branded a most-wanted drug kingpin, lured to New York and arrested.

Former EastEnders hardman Ross Kemp has returned to Afghanistan to film a follow up to a documentary series screened earlier this year.

It would also send a small Marine contingent to Afghanistan in November to replace one of two units slated to head home then.

PESHAWAR: Pakistan blocked a major fuel supply route for western forces in Afghanistan on Saturday in response to a raid by US forces into northwest Pakistan this week, the defence minister said.

A missile strike from a pilotless U.S. reconnaissance aircraft killed between six and 12 people in a group of houses in southern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan, Pakistani residents said Friday.

The bodies of the latest three Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan are due to arrive Saturday at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 5.6 hit Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Saturday, but caused no casualties, a provincial official said.

The quake, centered 275 km (170 miles) northeast of Kabul, was also felt in parts of northern Pakistan and India, including the respective capitals Islamabad and New Delh.

"I have spoken to almost all the district chiefs of the province, but no one has reported any casualties," said Munshi Abdul Majid, the governor of the northern province of Badakhshan where the epicenter was located.

In this Sept. 1, 2008 file photo, Afghan villagers stand near shrapnel marks at a house that was allegedly raided by U.S. forces in Kabul, Afghanistan.

President George W. Bush is expected to follow recommendations from military leaders and announce Tuesday that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq will be cut by up to 8,000 by mid-January. The Pentagon plan ...

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Seven people, including two children, were killed in an air strike in western Afghanistan on Friday that was aimed at the house of a Taliban commander, a district official said.

There was no immediate comment from the U.S-led coalition.

More than 500 civilians have been killed during operations by foreign and Afghan forces against the militants so far this year, according to the Afghan government and some aid groups, fuelling public anger and causing a rift with foreign forces.

An American-born soldier who served in the US Navy before joining the British Army has been named as the latest fatality in Afghanistan.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay says he hopes the Taliban doesn't use a federal election campaign to step up attacks on Canadian Forces in southern Afghanistan.

Ron Hoffman, deputy head of mission at the Canadian embassy in Afghanistan, has been promoted to ambassador in Kabul.

A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians believe the country is paying too high a price in terms of blood and treasure for its involvement in Afghanistan.

Top defense officials have recommended that President George W. Bush withdraw one combat brigade from Iraq but not until early next year, Pentagon sources said on Thursday.

NEW YORK : A Pakistani woman who's been labeled an al-Qaida supporter refused to appear in court on Thursday to answer charges that she tried to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents after they detained her this ...

Sep 4 - A French magazine has sparked outrage by publishing photos of Taliban fighters wearing the uniforms of French soldiers killed last month in Afghanistan.

President Hamid Karzai has spoken to President Bush about a recent raid in which Afghan officials accused American forces of killing up to 90 civilians, his office said.

U.S. officials contend at least 30 militants, including a Taliban commander, and no more than seven civilians were killed in the raid in the Shindand district of Herat province.

But Afghan officials, backed by the United Nations mission, insist that more than 90 civilians died, including dozens of children.

'President Bush expressed his sorrow and sympathy because of the Shindand incident and shared his sympathy for the people of Afghanistan,' a statement from Karzai's office said late Wednesday.

A SOLDIER seriously wounded in a major firefight in Afghanistan has survived the night and his outlook is now more hopeful, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says.