http://www.mail.com/organizations/1478358-afghan-armed-forces.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/1478358-afghan-armed-forces.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099466-afghanistan-deadly-24-hours-leave-14-police-dead.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A coordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four police before a counterattack drove the insurgents back, Afghan officials said Tuesday. Also, at least 10 other police died in two attacks in the country's west. The deadly 24 hours came during a crucial season of fighting that is testing the abiliti... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:07:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099466-afghanistan-deadly-24-hours-leave-14-police-dead.html 2013-05-21T15:07:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095976-karzai-seeks-indian-military-aid-amid-pakistan-row.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said. The comments follow a weekend report by the Times of India that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country... Sun, 19 May 2013 14:39:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095976-karzai-seeks-indian-military-aid-amid-pakistan-row.html 2013-05-19T14:39:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094718-afghan-police-chief-shot-dead.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said Saturday. Police Chief Abdul Ghani was leaving his driveway in his car outside his home in Farah province when the two raced up and opened fire. Provincial spokesman Abdul Rahma... Sat, 18 May 2013 07:50:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094718-afghan-police-chief-shot-dead.html 2013-05-18T07:50:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084508-uk-outlines-troop-plans-afghanistan.html LONDON (AP) — Some British troops will be serving longer tours of duty as the U.K. prepares to end its combat role in Afghanistan, Britain's defense secretary said Tuesday. Philip Hammond told lawmakers that Britain's combat role will still close by the end of 2014, but that a brigade deploying in Afghanistan in October will serve eight-month tours. A sub... Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084508-uk-outlines-troop-plans-afghanistan.html 2013-05-14T15:00:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said. Germany is the only NATO nation that has so far committed troops to Afghanistan after the coalitio... Fri, 10 May 2013 11:07:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html 2013-05-10T11:07:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073482-karzai-us-9-afghan-bases-2014.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, said Thursday that his government is now ready to let the U.S. have nine bases across Afghanistan after most foreign troops withdraw in 2014. A border spat with Pakistan and a desire to test public o... Thu, 09 May 2013 20:16:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073482-karzai-us-9-afghan-bases-2014.html 2013-05-09T20:16:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2064050-1-german-soldier-killed-1-wounded-afghanistan.html BERLIN (AP) — Insurgents in northern Afghanistan have killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, the German defense minister said Sunday. The fatality marks the first death in combat of a member of Germany's special forces in Afghanistan. The soldiers were accompanying an Afghan-led military operation on Saturday when insurgents opened f... Sun, 05 May 2013 11:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2064050-1-german-soldier-killed-1-wounded-afghanistan.html 2013-05-05T11:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2062548-bodies-2-us-crew-kyrgyzstan-crash-site.html BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Search teams on Saturday found the bodies of two American crew members near where their military refueling plane crashed in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, while the third crew member was still missing, the emergencies minister of the Central Asian nation said. The KC-135 plane crashed Friday afternoon about 100 miles (160 k... Sat, 04 May 2013 12:16:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2062548-bodies-2-us-crew-kyrgyzstan-crash-site.html 2013-05-04T12:16:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048338-nato-crash-kills-4-taliban-spring-offensive.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A NATO plane crash in southern Afghanistan killed four international troops on Saturday, the same day the Taliban announced its spring offensive and said it will target military and diplomatic sites with suicide bombers and infiltrate enemy forces to conduct deadly insider attacks. April already has been the deadliest month so fa... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:21:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048338-nato-crash-kills-4-taliban-spring-offensive.html 2013-04-27T19:21:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2048330-afghan-troops-hold-their-ground-high-cost.html FORWARD OPERATING BASE CONNOLLY, Afghanistan (AP) — The Americans could be spotted waiting for the Chinooks in the 2 a.m. darkness only by the shape of their night-vision goggles, as they shared a cigarette with glowing embers in quick drags among the kneeling assaulters in the chilled dark. They would be on the first two helicopters to drop into the vill... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:06:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2048330-afghan-troops-hold-their-ground-high-cost.html 2013-04-27T15:06:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038846-taliban-foreign-prisoners-good-health.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A group of foreign civilians captured in eastern Afghanistan when their helicopter made an emergency landing are in good health, the Taliban said on Tuesday, as increased violence was reported around the country. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press that the 11 captives were "being investigated," and deni... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:11:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038846-taliban-foreign-prisoners-good-health.html 2013-04-23T13:11:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034394-taliban-attacks-kill-9-people-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents killed six police officers at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar in separate attacks Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, while an independent security group warned 2013 is on track to be one of the most violent years of the war. April already has been the deadliest month this year ... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:21:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034394-taliban-attacks-kill-9-people-afghanistan.html 2013-04-21T18:21:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2021176-hopeful-signs-afghan-army.html CAMP THUNDER, Afghanistan (AP) — Gen. Mohammad Sharif Yaftali, commander of Afghanistan's 203rd Thunder Corps, looked happy as he sat down for lunch in his eastern command post near the border with Pakistan. He had every reason to be smiling, as did his U.S. advisers. His troops, he said, had just successfully completed a large-scale operation — code-name... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:08:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2021176-hopeful-signs-afghan-army.html 2013-04-15T19:08:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015338-taliban-attack-kills-13-afghan-soldiers.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants stormed an Afghan army outpost on Friday, killing more than a dozen soldiers in an area that is a major infiltration route for insurgents crossing the mountainous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Taliban are stepping up their attacks this spring, analysts say, as they try to position themselves for p... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:08:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015338-taliban-attack-kills-13-afghan-soldiers.html 2013-04-12T19:08:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003520-us-general-taliban-to-long-term-threat.html BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after U.S. troops complete their combat mission next year, the top U.S. military officer says. In an Associated Press interview at this air field north of Kabul, Army Gen. Martin Dem... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:53:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003520-us-general-taliban-to-long-term-threat.html 2013-04-08T08:53:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2002158-joint-chiefs-chairman-afghanistan-talks.html BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — A weekend visit to Afghanistan by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is aimed at assessing the type and level of additional training that U.S. troops could provide to Afghan defense forces after 2014. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who arrived at Bagram Air Field on Saturday after an overnight flight, said that assessment will info... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:38:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2002158-joint-chiefs-chairman-afghanistan-talks.html 2013-04-06T04:38:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1988080-us-hands-control-troubled-area-to-afghans.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan special forces took control of part of a troubled province bordering Kabul from U.S. troops on Saturday, ending a weeks-long dispute over abuse allegations that prompted Afghan President Hamid Karzai to order all American forces out of the area. The handover highlighted the Karzai government's struggle to assert its author... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:51:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1988080-us-hands-control-troubled-area-to-afghans.html 2013-03-30T19:51:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1983854-afghan-villagers-flee-their-homes-blame-us-drones.html KHALIS FAMILY VILLAGE, Afghanistan (AP) — Barely able to walk even with a cane, Ghulam Rasool says he padlocked his front door, handed over the keys and his three cows to a neighbor and fled his mountain home in the middle of the night to escape relentless airstrikes from U.S. drones targeting militants in this remote corner of Afghanistan. Rasool and oth... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:20:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1983854-afghan-villagers-flee-their-homes-blame-us-drones.html 2013-03-28T06:20:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1977348-us-hands-prison-to-afghans.html BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military gave control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan to Kabul on Monday, a year after the two sides initially agreed on the transfer. The handover of Parwan Detention Facility ends a bitter chapter in American relations with Afghanistan's mercurial president, Hamid Karzai, who demanded control of the pris... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:26:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1977348-us-hands-prison-to-afghans.html 2013-03-25T12:26:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972166-afghan-local-policeman-kills-5-colleagues.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A member of Afghanistan's government-backed militia program has shot and killed five of his colleagues, an official said Friday. The shooting occurred Thursday morning in a remote part of Qadis district of Badghis province, said provincial spokesman Mirwais Mirzakwal. He said he did not have additional details on the shooting bec... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:34:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972166-afghan-local-policeman-kills-5-colleagues.html 2013-03-22T11:34:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1966686-us-karzai-deal-leaves-us-commandos-wardak.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president on Wednesday relented in his demand for all U.S. special operations forces to withdraw from a strategic province east of the capital, agreeing to a compromise calling for the pullout of one team implicated in abuse allegations that the Americans have rejected. The dispute underscores the fragile negotiatio... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:03:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1966686-us-karzai-deal-leaves-us-commandos-wardak.html 2013-03-20T19:03:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1954326-us-warns-afghan-leaders-comments-threaten-troops.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan warned his troops to be ready for increased violence because of a series of anti-American statements by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, NATO said Thursday. In an email to battlefield commanders, Gen. Joseph Dunford, said the remarks could spur more insider attacks, days after members of Afghan... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:38:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1954326-us-warns-afghan-leaders-comments-threaten-troops.html 2013-03-14T19:38:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1945654-insider-attack-kills-2-us-troops-2-afghans.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A police officer opened fire on U.S. and Afghan forces at a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, sparking a firefight that killed two U.S. troops and two other Afghan policemen. The attacker was also killed in the shootout, officials said. In a second incident, outside Kabul, U.S. troops fired on a truck approach... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:25:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1945654-insider-attack-kills-2-us-troops-2-afghans.html 2013-03-11T20:25:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1946828-angry-afghan-villagers-want-us-special-forces.html MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan policeman gunned down two U.S. special forces on Monday in Wardak province, less than 24 hours after President Hamid Karzai's deadline expired for them to leave the area where residents have grown increasingly hostile toward the Americans. Despite Karzai's orders, the American special operations forces remain in ... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:42:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1946828-angry-afghan-villagers-want-us-special-forces.html 2013-03-11T19:42:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1945502-afghan-troubles-spell-tough-start-hagel.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It's been a rough start for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. After surviving a combative Senate confirmation battle, he jumped on a military plane to Afghanistan and was hit with the jarring difficulties of shutting down a war in a country still wracked by violence and political volatility. His stay of less than... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:04:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1945502-afghan-troubles-spell-tough-start-hagel.html 2013-03-11T14:04:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1944318-security-risks-frayed-relations-dog-us-afghans.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A series of security problems and fractured relations with Afghan leaders plagued Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip here as Pentagon chief, including the Afghan president's accusations that the U.S. and the Taliban are working in concert to show that violence in the country will worsen if most coalition troops leave. The... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:46:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1944318-security-risks-frayed-relations-dog-us-afghans.html 2013-03-10T18:46:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942470-bombs-clashes-with-karzai-mar-hagels-afghan-trip.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two suicide bombings and a host of looming disagreements with the Afghan president cast a shadow on Saturday over U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first visit to Afghanistan since taking the post. Nineteen Afghans were killed — including eight children — in the suicide attacks in Kabul and in the eastern Khost province. A U.S... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:51:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942470-bombs-clashes-with-karzai-mar-hagels-afghan-trip.html 2013-03-09T20:51:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1940960-pentagon-chief-hagel-1st-trip-to-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan Friday for his first visit as Pentagon chief, saying that there are plenty of challenges ahead as NATO hands over the country's security to the Afghans. "We are still at war," Hagel said, warning the U.S. and its allies to remain focused on the mission while noting that the U.S... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:26:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1940960-pentagon-chief-hagel-1st-trip-to-afghanistan.html 2013-03-08T19:26:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940614-contractor-killed-attack-eastern-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three men wearing Afghan army uniforms and driving an Afghan army vehicle forced their way onto a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Friday and opened fire, killing one civilian contractor and wounding other U.S. troops, U.S. defense officials said. If the shooters do prove to be Afghan soldiers, it will be the second insider at... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:17:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940614-contractor-killed-attack-eastern-afghanistan.html 2013-03-08T18:17:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1934874-karzai-calls-afghan-troops-to-clean-up.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Wednesday called on his security forces to end incidents of torture and abuse of the Afghan people, a shift from past speeches that have solely blamed NATO troops for the violations in the country. In an address to parliament, Hamid Karzai said Afghan forces are also violating their own people's rights, ma... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:00:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1934874-karzai-calls-afghan-troops-to-clean-up.html 2013-03-06T13:00:08Z