#afghan security

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NATO claims "successful year" in Afghanistan

A spokesman for NATO-led forces said Tuesday that 2011 had been a "remarkably successful year" against insurgents in ...

Afghan soldier kills NATO colleague: security sources

An Afghan soldier shot dead a NATO colleague and was himself killed when a dispute ended in a shoot-out on Sunday, an ...

Norway to withdraw most troops from Afghanistan in 2013

Norway will withdraw most of its troops from Afghanistan in 2013, a year before the bulk of NATO`s forces, Norwegian ...

Two Afghan guards killed near west Afghan NATO compound

Insurgents including suicide bombers killed two Afghan guards working for NATO-led troops in an assault on a security ...

Taliban attacks down for first time

The number of Taliban attacks in Afghanistan has declined for the first time in a "welcome" trend in the ten-year-old ...

Two killed in Taliban bus shooting

The Taliban opened fire on a bus in southern Afghanistan Thursday killing two civilians, including a child, and ...

Taliban kill 8 police with insider help: govt official

Eight Afghan police were killed early Wednesday when Taliban militants apparently helped by an insider overran their ...

Battle in Kabul heightens Afghan security fears

A deadly 19-hour Taliban assault on Kabul that turned its most heavily secured district into a battle zone has ...

NATO airstrike kills two militants in S. Afghanistan

A NATO airstrike killed two suspected Taliban IED (Improvised Explosive Device) planters in Taliban birthplace ...

NATO drone crashes in East Afghanistan

A pilotless plane of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has crashed in Nangarhar province in east ...

US military to shorten soldier tours of duty

The US Army will shorten the length of tours of duty for personnel deployed in combat zones from a year to nine ...

British soldier killed in Afghanistan

A British soldier has been shot dead in southern Afghanistan, the 376th British serviceman to die there since 2001, ...

New Zealand soldier shot by friendly fire

A New Zealand soldier wounded during a gun battle with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan may have been the victim of ...

Suicide bomber, gunmen attack top Kabul hotel

At least one suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a major Kabul hotel frequented by foreigners and Afghan ...

Two Spanish soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast

Two Spanish soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, and another three were injured, when their armoured vehicle hit an ...