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Afghans doubt U.S. intentions: report

KABUL, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghans believe the United States knows about al Qaeda bases in Pakistan, but does not hit them because it wants an unstable Afghanistan to justify its presence for wider regional goals, a state newspaper said on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Taliban kill 10 French troops in Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Taliban insurgents killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 in a major battle in Afghanistan, the French president's office said on Tuesday, the biggest single loss of foreign troops in combat there since 2001. ...  > full story

Afghan army kills 28 Taliban in clash: officials

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghan soldiers killed 28 Taliban in a clash on Sunday after the guerrillas ambushed a convoy carrying supplies for foreign troops in the southern province of Zabul, government officials said. ...  > full story

Afghans shift independence celebration to secret venue

KABUL, Aug. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghanistan has changed the venue for its independence celebration on Monday to an undisclosed location, an official said, after President Hamid Karzai survived an attempt on his life by Taliban in a military parade in April. ...  > full story

Doctor examines Pakastani accused of U.S. troop attack

NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — A Pakistani woman suspected of links to al Qaeda and accused of trying to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was examined by a doctor on Tuesday after complaining of pain from gunshot wounds, her lawyer said. ...  > full story

UK soldier killed in Kabul suicide attack

LONDON, Aug. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — A British soldier was killed and two were wounded in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Senior al Qaeda leader killed in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Senior Al Qaeda commander Abu Saeed al-Masri was killed in recent clashes with Pakistani forces near the Afghan border, a security official said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

NATO force denies Afghan civilian casualty report

KABUL, Aug. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — The NATO-led force in Afghanistan has denied reports it killed more than a dozen civilians in an air strike to the northeast of the capital. ...  > full story

Pakistani accused of U.S. troop attack gets doctor

NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — A Pakistani woman suspected of links to al Qaeda and accused of trying to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was granted access to urgent medical attention by a U.S. judge on Monday. ...  > full story

Purported Zawahri tape says Musharraf appeases U.S.

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — An audio tape purportedly made by al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al Zawahri has accused Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and other politicians of trying to destabilize Pakistan at the behest of the United States. ...  > full story
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