Kabul - A British soldier was killed while on patrol in southern Afghanistan while Afghan and US-led forces killed at least seven insurgents, including commanders, officials said Tuesday.
The British soldier died of wounds he received Monday in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province, the British Defence Ministry said in a statement.
New Delhi - India, the United States and Pakistan face a common threat, Richard Holbrooke, the US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said Monday after talks with Indian leaders.
Holbrooke is in the Indian capital on the last leg of a fact-finding tour to the region which earlier took him to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"India, US and Pakistan all have a common threat now ... an enemy that poses a direct threat to our leaderships, our capitals and our people," Holbrooke told reporters after meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Kabul - Afghan army troops and US-led forces killed at least nine militants including two of their commanders in western Afghanistan, while eight other rebels were killed in a clash with Afghan and NATO forces in southern region, officials said Monday.
Mullah Dastigir and eight of his fighters were killed in US military airstrike in Darya-ye-Morghab village in western Badghis province, close to border with Turkmenistan on Sunday night, US military said in a statement.
Kabul - US President Barack Obama has accepted and endorsed a proposal from Afghanistan to participate in an inter-agency review of US policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a top US envoy said on Sunday.
In a joint press conference along with Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Karzai said that he had asked Obama to include an Afghan team to have a role in the US review that will look at both military and civilian aspects of the US and NATO war against the resurgent Taliban.
New Delhi, Feb 15 : Following his visits to Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Barack Obama''s Special Envoy to these two countries, Richard Holbrooke, will arrive in New Delhi on Sunday.
Holbrooke is likely to hold discussions with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Adviser M K Narayanan on Monday on the situation prevailing in India after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Holbrooke''s visit provides a first opportunity to India to present an account to the Obama administration on the terrorism threat from Pakistan.
Kabul - A British soldier was killed while on patrol in southern Afghanistan while Afghan and US-led forces killed at least seven insurgents, including commanders, officials said Tuesday.
New Delhi - India, the United States and Pakistan face a common threat, Richard Holbrooke, the US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said Monday after talks with Indian leaders.
Kabul - Afghan army troops and US-led forces killed at least nine militants including two of their commanders in western Afghanistan, while eight other rebels were killed in a clash with Afghan and NATO forces in southern region, officials said Monday.
Kabul - US President Barack Obama has accepted and endorsed a proposal from Afghanistan to participate in an inter-agency review of US policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a top US envoy said on Sunday.
New Delhi, Feb 15 : Following his visits to Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Barack Obama''s Special Envoy to these two countries, Richard Holbrooke, will arrive in New Delhi on Sunday.
