Taliban insurgency

...warlord, who escaped unscathed but killed five of his bodyguards northwest of Kabul, while a similar device, of the type favoured by Taliban insurgents, killed three civilians in the east. The Taliban-led insurgency against the...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, US, Taliban insurgents, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, Khost, and Kabul

...in the town's main hospital, confirmed the casualties. In the eastern province of Khost, a roadside bomb, similar to those used by Taliban insurgents, ripped through a civilian car, killing three non-combatants, local police said. Four...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, US, Taliban-led insurgency, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, European Union, and Transparency International

...in the world -- 257 deaths per 1,000 live births, and 70 percent of the population lacks access to clean water, the agency said. As Taliban insurgents increase their presence across the country, growing insecurity is also making it hard to...

In this article: Afghanistan, United Nations, Unicef, Taliban, Taliban insurgents, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Ann Veneman, Geneva, and New York

...state, and promised measures to fight it. His inauguration for his second five-year term comes against the backdrop of an ever more-deadly Taliban insurgency, doubts over his legitimacy after the tainted election, and demands from Western...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, David Miliband, Kabul, Car bomb, NYSE, Nasdaq, European Union, and Asif Ali Zardari

...Thursday as he faces renewed criticism from Washington over corruption. Karzai's inauguration took place against the backdrop of a rising Taliban insurgency, doubts over his legitimacy after an election tainted by fraud and complaints his...

In this article: Afghanistan, NATO, Hamid Karzai, Opium, United States, United Nations, Heroin, World Bank, and Transparency International

One of the things I'd like is the next president to be able to come in and say I've got a clean slate." In eight years of war the Taliban insurgency is now at its deadliest, the Western force protecting Karzai is at its largest,...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Kabul, Thomson Reuters, Hillary Clinton, Small business, Bernard Kouchner, NYSE, and Nasdaq

...said corruption and the ineffectiveness of their government were the main reasons for the continued fighting, while 36 percent said the Taliban insurgency was to blame. The 704 respondents from around the country were allowed to give multiple...

In this article: Taliban, Poverty, Afghanistan, Unemployment, Respondent, Oxfam, U.S., and Barack Obama

KABUL (Reuters) - Five civilians were killed and 28 wounded when Taliban insurgents fired three rockets into a busy market in northeastern Afghanistan Monday, Afghan police said. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force...

In this article: Taliban insurgents, Taliban, NATO, Kabul, and Afghanistan