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Afghanistan: 3 US soldiers killed in Helmand

Daniel DeFraiaAugust 10, 2012 06:27

'Green-on-blue shootings' continue.

In Afghanistan, US borrows strategy from Iraq

Chris SandsJuly 10, 2012 06:00

KABUL — Abdul Jabar Farhad used to be just another illiterate mujahideen commander living off past glories. Now he is at the forefront of NATO's Afghanistan exit strategy. His band of 150 men is part of the Local Police program, which arms and pays local militias to defend rural areas from the Taliban. The scheme is inevitably compared to the US-sponsored Awakening Councils in Iraq, where tribal groups were successfully mobilized against Al Qaeda. In Afghanistan, however, few people are convinced it will work.

Suicide bomb attack kills five policemen in southern Afghanistan

Luke BrowneMay 31, 2012 07:50

Kandahar is the spiritual heartland of the Taliban, and has been one of the most bitterly contested areas between insurgents and NATO-led coalition forces in Afghanistan.

Violence in Afghanistan leaves two NATO soldiers and eight Afghan police dead

Luke BrowneMay 30, 2012 16:39

Wednesday’s violence came as the UN released new figures showing that the number of civilians killed in the war during the first four months of 2012 had fallen by 21 percent compared to the same period in 2011.

NATO soldiers and children among dead in southern Afghanistan violence

Luke BrowneMay 20, 2012 11:18

Taliban spokesman Qari Youssef Ahmadi said the Taliban were behind the attack, which comes as NATO leaders gather in Chicago for a two-day summit on Afghanistan’s future.

Obama speech in Kabul: What he didn't tell us

Chris SandsMay 2, 2012 06:13

MAHMUD RAQI — President Barack Obama said "We broke the Taliban's momentum" in his visit to Kabul on Tuesday. Meanwhile, neighboring Kapisa Province is quietly unraveling. In this strategically vital part of the country, at the doorstep of the capital, a fragile security situation shows every sign of worsening.

Chris Sands

Chris SandsMay 1, 2012 16:51

Position: Correspondent Chris Sands has lived in Afghanistan since 2005, regards it as his home and hopes to remain there for many years to come. In the past his reporting from across the country has been published by The National, The Independent, the New Statesman and Le Monde diplomatique, amongst others. He is now a freelance correspondent for GlobalPost. Social Media Twitter handle: ChrisSandsKabul