US offers Viagra to win over Afghan warlords: report CIA agents are offering the potency drug Viagra and other gifts to win over Afghan warlords in the US-led war against Taliban insurgents, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
Suspected Afghan drug smuggler arraigned in New York An Afghan suspected of running a massive drug smuggling ring that funded the Taliban insurgency was arraigned in a New York court Friday, the US Justice Department announced.
UN chief blasts 'cowardly' Afghan attacks UN chief Ban Ki-Moon blasted as "unacceptable and cowardly" the suicide attack on a UN convoy that killed three people, his spokesman said.
US-led troops repelled from Pakistani border: officials US-led coalition troops based in Afghanistan tried to cross into a Pakistani tribal area in helicopters but were repelled after warning shots were fired, local officials said Monday.
Taliban suicide bomb kills two Afghan UN doctors A suicide car bomb claimed by Taliban insurgents killed two Afghan doctors working for the United Nations and wounded 18 other people in southern Afghanistan Sunday, officials said.
Suspected US missile kills 12 in Pakistan: official A missile from a suspected US drone killed 12 people Friday in a Pakistani tribal area where US forces have been aggressively targeting Al-Qaeda militants -- fuelling anger from Washington`s key "war on terror" ally.
Bush orders limited Iraq drawdown, Afghan ramp-up With less than five months left in his term, President George W. Bush was to announce Tuesday he is ordering a modest US troop withdrawal from Iraq and ramping up force levels in Afghanistan.
Twin suicide blasts rock Afghan police building Two Taliban suicide bombers blew themselves up at Kandahar police headquarters in southern Afghanistan Sunday, leaving at least two people dead and dozens wounded, officials said.
Japanese aid worker found dead as Afghan casualties rise Police found the bullet-ridden body of a Japanese aid worker in Afghanistan on Wednesday, a day after he was kidnapped, as scores of rebels died in bloody clashes across the nation.
UN finds evidence 90 civilians dead in US-led strikes A United Nations team has found "convincing evidence" that 90 civilians, including 60 children, were killed in US-led air strikes last week, the body`s representative in Afghanistan said Tuesday.
Afghan cabinet demands review of international troops The Afghan cabinet demanded Monday the renegotiation of agreements regulating the presence of the international community in Afghanistan after more than 90 civilians were killed in US-led air strikes.
Sarkozy tells French troops in Afghanistan to keep fighting President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday told French soldiers mourning 10 comrades killed by the Taliban that their work in Afghanistan was essential for the "freedom of the world" and must continue.
Pakistan missile strike kills eight: officials Missiles fired from Afghanistan hit a militant hideout in Pakistan`s tribal belt Wednesday, killing at least eight people including some foreign extremists, security officials said.
French president heads to Afghanistan after 10 troops killed French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew to Afghanistan early Wednesday vowing to pursue France`s mission after 10 of its troops died in the deadliest attack yet on international forces there.
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