Kabul

`You kill 20,000 Taliban, another 20,000 will follow’

afghanistanKabul, July 10 : Seven years after the eradication of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, one would have thought that the fight would have gone out of the Islamic fundamentalists, but if you ask those confronting this group in war-ravaged Afghanistan, he or she will just say: “You kill 20,000 Taliban, another 20,000 will follow”.

That in effect, sums up the resurgence of rabid Islamism.

For ordinary Kabulites, life pretty much goes on normally. The international community has colonised the Afghan capital, but that does not take away the growing fear among locals that a terror strike is just seconds or hours away.

Taliban commander killed, woman wounded

Kabul - Afghan and NATO-led international forces killed a Taliban commander involved in planning suicide attacks in Kabul, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Thursday.

UN, Afghan government appeal for aid to meet food crisis

Kabul - The government of Afghanistan and the United Nations on Wednesday appealed for more than 404 million dollars in aid to feed 4.5 million Afghans who are in desperate need as a result of the

One NATO soldier killed, three wounded in Afghanistan

Kabul - The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Wednesday said one of its soldier died from wounds and three others were injured in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Afgh

Kabul braces for bloodier days ahead following devastating suicide attack

Kabul, July 8 : Amid reports that more blasts like the one which took place on Sunday killing 41 persons in front of the Indian embassy in Kabul may be forthcoming, Afghan authorities have reported

Canada condemns suicide bombing in Kabul

Ottawa (Canada), July 8: Canadian Foreign Minister David Emerson today issued the following statement condemning the suicide bomb attack outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan:

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