• Hundreds of civilians killed by coalition troops • Covert unit hunts leaders for ‘kill or capture’ • Steep rise in Taliban bomb attacks on Nato • Read the Guardian’s full war logs investigation
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KABUL (AP) — Three U.S. troops were killed when roadside bombs ripped through their patrol in southern Afghanistan, while a French soldier died in a gunbattle north of the capital, officials said. Full Story… KABUL (Reuters) – A U.S. service member was killed as the deadliest month for foreign troops in the Afghanistan war drew to a close, the U.S. military said on Friday, with commanders vowing to continue the fight despite the toll. Full Story… WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon has identified the American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured. Full Story… KABUL (AP) – Bombs and bullets killed seven American troops on Monday, the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year—and a sign that the war being fought in the Taliban heartland of the south and east could now be expanding north. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9994NU80&show_article=1 KHOST, Afghanistan (AFP) — Two US soldiers and up to 32 militants died in fighting in eastern Afghanistan, as Marines battling in the south pressed one of their biggest assaults of the eight-year war. Full Story… CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan (AFP) — US Marines pushed deeper into Taliban strongholds Friday after suffering the first fatality of their massive offensive against Afghanistan’s hardline Islamist militia. Full Story… The U.S. military releases few details about the apparent capture by militants in the east. The soldier has been missing since Tuesday. Full Story… KABUL, June 25 (Xinhua) — Personnel of Afghan army, during a routine checking, arrested a Taliban key commander in Heart province, west of Afghanistan, spokesman of the army in the region Abdul Basir Ghori said Thursday. Read More… WASHINGTON/KABUL (Worthy News)– The president of a US-based group helping Christians persecuted for their faith has expressed outrage that United States military personnel have burned confiscated Bibles in Afghanistan. Worthy News : Full Story… |
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