Above: Troops playing against the perils in war-torn Afghanistan (Photo: www.hqusareur.army.mil) The number of US and NATO troops killed in Afghanistan in May and June has surpassed that of Iraq. Taliban offensives have considerably risen and have become more dangerous. Experts say that the insurgents in Afghanistan are getting stronger thus it could be an alarming sign on the part of the US/NATO soldiers in the war-torn country. United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates has reported that Afghanistan attacks in May have killed ... Read More

Above: Taliban in Kandahar The Taliban is on the offensive once more. After a swift assault of the villages of Arghandab District, they have now setup bases in and around the area. They started by destroying bridges and restricting access of tanks and other army vehicles into the region. Then they planted mines to further prevent land assault. Arghandab is in the southern part of Afghanistan, found in the Kandahar Province. The Arghandab region is found just 10 miles to the northwest ... Read More

Above: Afghan police, face serious danger Taliban militants pulled off a sneak attack on Monday, killing 11 policemen sleeping on a mud floor in southern Afghanistan. They crept through groves of grape vines and pomegranate trees and struck at midnight. The small police outpost is found 15 miles north of Kandahar – a former Taliban stronghold. The first casualty was an officer on the roof of the compound who was supposed to keep watch of the premises and the surrounding area. Afterwards, the Taliban ... Read More

File Photo: car bomb in Baghdad Another suicide bomber set off an explosion on Monday as he drove his car near a Canadian troop convoy. The attack happened on a crowded border town street and killed 36 civilians. The explosion wounded three Canadian soldiers that are part of the NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Much more of the wounded however were innocent bystanders. The day before, another suicide bomber blew himself up at a dogfighting event. The death toll from that incident ... Read More

Above: The bombing scene The bombing (pictured above) killed the police chief, Abdul Hakim Jan (a prominent anti-Taliban commander), some guards and most of the villagers (including six children according to reports) attending a dog fighting event in the Argandab district, just outside the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. He wounded 90 more in the attack “Thousands of people were watching the dogs fighting, including young children and old people. People had come from different parts of Kandahar Province.” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... Read More

Above: Benazir Bhuto Two suspects had already confessed Wednesday that they armed the suicide bomber that killed Benazir Bhutto. Hasnain Gul and Rafaqat were part of a team of five men who were behind the former prime minister’s assassination. Investigators named a certain Karamullah as one of the two remaining suspects who are still at large. The fifth member, of course, was the suicide bomber himself. They identified the bomber by two aliases, Saeed and Bilal. Lead investigator Chaudhry Abdul Majeed said that these ... Read More