Kabul - The deputy of the Afghan Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Omar announced Wednesday that the militants would launch a new "strong and robust" operation in Afghanistan to counter more than 25,000 additional US and NATO forces due to arrive in the country this year. "As the US and NATO wants to send more troops to Afghanistan, the Afghans too sense the need for a strong and robust operation to counter the new forces," Mullah Brodar Akhund, the Taliban movement's number two leader, said in a statement posted on their website.
Zangabad (Afghanistan), Apr. 29 : The United States, is planning to wipe out the multi-million dollar opium crop business in Afghanistan, which serve's as the Taliban's main financial source.
According to a New York Times report, the Obama Administration is planning to send 20,000 Marines and soldiers into Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul region of Afghanistan to cut off Taliban's main source of money.
Kabul - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived Wednesday in Kabul on a surprise visit during which he is to meet with President Hamid Karzai and Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spantar. Steinmeier's trip, his fourth to Afghanistan since taking office at the end of 2007, was kept secret until after his arrival for security reasons.
Chancellor Angela Merkel visited German troops stationed in the north of the country three weeks ago but did not meet with Afghan leaders.
Kabul - An Afghan police official and 12 Taliban militants were killed near Kabul city, while four other policemen were killed by a roadside bomb in the eastern region, officials said Tuesday. The chief of the criminal section for the Mosayee district of Kabul province was killed by during a police operation in the district on Monday, an interior ministry statement said.
It said 12 armed Taliban were killed by Afghan forces in the combat about 15 kilometres south of Kabul city.
Kabul, Apr 28 : Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has asked US officials not to panic over Taliban advances along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
Qureshi said Pakistan had sent terrorists in its tribal areas a `clear signal' that they must lay down arms, as he sought to quell Western fears raised by a recent peace deal between the government and the Taliban in Swat.
Kabul, Apr. 28 : Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has bowed to international pressure by promising to amend a new law condoning marital rape and child marriage that provoked violent clashes in the Afghan capital.
The Shia Family Law, signed by Karzai last month, appeared to reintroduce the draconian policies of the Taleban era, such as a ban on married women leaving their homes without their husbands' permission. The law applies to the 15 per cent of Afghans who are Shia Muslims.
Kabul - The deputy of the Afghan Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Omar announced Wednesday that the militants would launch a new "strong and robust" operation in Afghanistan to counter more than 25,000 additional US and NATO forces due to arrive in the country this year. "As the US and NATO wants to send more troops to Afghanistan, the Afghans too sense the need for a strong and robust operation to counter the new forces," Mullah Brodar Akhund, the Taliban movement's number two leader, said in a statement posted on their website.
Zangabad (Afghanistan), Apr. 29 : The United States, is planning to wipe out the multi-million dollar opium crop business in Afghanistan, which serve's as the Taliban's main financial source.
Kabul - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived Wednesday in Kabul on a surprise visit during which he is to meet with President Hamid Karzai and Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spantar. Steinmeier's trip, his fourth to Afghanistan since taking office at the end of 2007, was kept secret until after his arrival for security reasons.
Kabul - An Afghan police official and 12 Taliban militants were killed near Kabul city, while four other policemen were killed by a roadside bomb in the eastern region, officials said Tuesday. The chief of the criminal section for the Mosayee district of Kabul province was killed by during a police operation in the district on Monday, an interior ministry statement said.
Kabul, Apr 28 : Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has asked US officials not to panic over Taliban advances along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
Kabul, Apr. 28 : Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has bowed to international pressure by promising to amend a new law condoning marital rape and child marriage that provoked violent clashes in the Afghan capital.
