London - A British soldier has died in a roadside explosion in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, raising to 118 the number of British servicemen killed in Afghanistan since 2001.
The Ministry of Defence in London said Thursday that the soldier, from the Royal Logistics Corps, was on routine patrol in the town of Musa Qala.
Kabul - A suicide attack against a US private security firm in southern Afghanistan killed two civilians and wounded six others, while a NATO soldier was killed in a roadside bomb blast in the same region, officials said Thursday.
The bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a convoy of a US private security company in southern city of Kandahar, the provincial capital of the same name, on Thursday afternoon, killing two passers-by civilians, Zelmai Ayoubi, spokesman for the provincial governor said.
He said six other civilians were wounded in the attack, but there were no casualties among the personnel of the company.
Kabul - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he supported a new US strategy in the war against terror, which includes military operations inside Pakistan, and called for more international aid and training for his country's security forces.
"The new strategy is something that me and my colleagues in the Afghan government have talked about three and a half years ago," Karzai said at a press conference marking the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks for which the al-Qaeda terror network claimed responsibility.
Washington, Sept 11 : A top US defence official has reportedly said that besides gunning down the terrorists crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan, the US should focus on eliminating the “safe havens” of these militants in Pakistan itself.
Washington, Sept 11 : A top US military officer has said that America was not winning its war-on-terror in Afghanistan, and called for an overhaul in US’ war strategy, warning that thousands more troops were needed to battle an intensifying insurgency there, besides a greater US military involvement across the border in the strife-torn country’s tribal areas.
“I am not convinced that we’re winning it in Afghanistan. I’m convinced we can. Frankly, we are running out of time. Not sending US reinforcements to Afghanistan is too great a risk to ignore,” said Adm. Michael Mullen, who is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff while testifying before the House Armed Services Committee.
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London - A British soldier has died in a roadside explosion in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, raising to 118 the number of British servicemen killed in Afghanistan since 2001.
Kabul - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he supported a new US strategy in the war against terror, which includes military operations inside Pakistan, and called for more international aid and training for his country's security forces.
Washington, Sept 11 : A top US defence official has reportedly said that besides gunning down the terrorists crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan, the US should focus on eliminating the “safe havens” of these militants in Pakistan itself.
