Afghanistan News latest RSS headlines - Afghanistan Sun.comProvides the latest RSS feeds for Afghanistan News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home pageU.S. Ally Takes On- June 28, 2008 Pakistani army troops patrol in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, June 28, 2008. Pakistani forces bombarded suspected militant hideouts with mortar shells Saturday as the government launched a major off...http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/15839893/ Pentagon paints a bleak picture for Afghan south- June 28, 2008 WASHINGTON -- The southern Afghan province of Helmand, part of the Pashtun heartland from which the Taliban emerged in the 1990s, has become the most violent and narcotics-plagued region in the count...http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/15836819/ Taliban-linked rebels execute 2 Afghans as crowd watches- June 28, 2008 DOOMED: Militants surround the Afghans before they were executed in northwestern Pakistan. After slitting their throats, the rebels paraded their severed heads before the crowd of about 5,000.http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/15836822/ US wants better Pak, Afghan cooperation to deal with terrorism- June 28, 2008 WASHINGTON: The United States wants a broad cooperation between Islamabad and Kabul to deal with the challenges posed by extremism in the region and it will continue its support to Pakistan in deve...http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/15836824/ Military begins operation against Taliban- June 28, 2008 A local government official says Pakistan has launched a military operation against Taliban militants who have been threatening the main city in the country&039;s volatile north-west.Muhammad Siddiq Khan ...http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/15836809/ Afghanistan calls for further cultural cooperation with Iran- June 28, 2008 Cooperation Afghanistan&039;s Vive-President Mohammad Karim Khalili said on Saturday that his country should boost cultural cooperation with Iran given the two sides&039; strong religious, lingual and histori...http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/15836806/ Gunmen gun down tribal elder in S. Afghanistan- June 28, 2008 Unknown armed men shot dead a tribal elder in Afghanistan&039;s southern Helmand province, police said Saturday. "Two armed men riding a motorbike opened fire on Hajji Abdul Bari, an influential chie...http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/15835816/ New Envoy Calls For Revival Of Pakistan-Afghan Peace Councils- June 28, 2008 The government of Pakistan&039;s restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has recently appointed veteran Pashtun politician and human rights activist Afrasiab Khattak as its peace envoy. In his new job...http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/15835817/ Taliban terror campaign threatens entire Pakistani province- June 28, 2008 PESHAWAR, Pakistan : In the past two months, Taliban militants have suddenly tightened the noose on this city of three million people, one of Pakistan&039;s biggest, establishing bases in surrounding...http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/15835821/ Taliban execute 2, say they aided U.S.- June 28, 2008 PESHAWAR, Pakistan &8212; In a gruesome public spectacle, Taliban-linked militants Friday executed two Afghan men accused of spying for the United States, slitting their throats and parading their se...http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/15835820/ |