Afghanistan News

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.

Three young Canadian soldiers killed Wednesday in southern Afghanistan had just about finished their tour and were preparing to head home when they became embroiled in a deadly ambush, military officials said ...

Pakistan angrily condemned a raid on a village that killed at least 15 people Wednesday, claiming U.S.-led troops flew in from Afghanistan for the first known foreign ground assault against a suspected Taliban ...

Thousands of British, U.S. and Canadian forces successfully escorted a new turbine through some of Afghanistan's most dangerous Taliban territory to an American aid project that hopes to increase electrical production to the country's south.

Some 4,000 troops guarded the turbine as it traveled 110 miles from Kandahar city to the site of the Kajaki dam project _ the largest American aid project in Afghanistan _ in neighboring Helmand province. The province is the most violent region in the country.

LawFuel - MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the indictment of AAFIA SIDDIQUI on charges related to her attempted murder and assault of United ...

At least 15 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack involving U.S.-led forces in a remote Pakistani village near the border with Afghanistan, intelligence officials and a witness said Wednesday.

The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan said it had no report of such an incursion, said to have happened in the militant-infested South Waziristan tribal region. Pakistan's army confirmed an attack but did not specify if it believed foreign troops were involved.

The U.S. and Pakistan, allies in the war on terror, have had tensions over cross-border attacks, including suspected American missile strikes in Pakistani territory. In one high-profile incident earlier this year, Pakistan said 11 of its soldiers died when U.S. aircraft bombed their border post.

Australian troops clashed with Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan late Tuesday in fighting that left several insurgents dead and nine Australian soldiers wounded, the military said.

Aafia Siddiqui is shown in this image provided by the FBI in 2004. A US court on Tuesday announced the indictment of Pakistani-born, US-educated scientist Aafia Siddiqui, 36, for allegedly attacking US agents ...