Read more Afghan Army stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12427/afghan-army.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73537/nato-airstrike-kills-7-afghan-soldiers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen, Afghan officials said today. An Afghan army commando unit, district police members and foreign forces were in the base in the Bala...http://www.newser.com/story/73537/nato-airstrike-kills-7-afghan-soldiers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Nov 2009 8:30:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69157/afghanistan-push-meets-resistance-from-democrats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSupport for the war in Afghanistan is dwindling among Democrats as President Obama mulls increasing US involvement in the region, the New York Times reports. Ahead of an expected request for more troops from the US commander in the country, the chair of the Senate armed services committee says he’s...http://www.newser.com/story/69157/afghanistan-push-meets-resistance-from-democrats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 9:14:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66768/marines-launch-new-afghan-assault.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS Marines battled Taliban fighters today for control of a strategic southern town in a new operation to cut militant supply lines and allow Afghan residents to vote in next week's presidential election. Insurgents appeared to dig in for a fight, firing rocket-propelled grenades, mortar rounds, and even missiles from...http://www.newser.com/story/66768/marines-launch-new-afghan-assault.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 17:36:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65945/us-to-pressure-brits-for-more-troops-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US is expected to push for more British troops to help fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, a move certain to be unpopular with the British public, reports the Guardian . NATO Gen. Stanley McChrystal will likely recommend to President Obama that the current total of 150,000 Afghan troops should...http://www.newser.com/story/65945/us-to-pressure-brits-for-more-troops-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 3:34:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64538/a-baptist-and-a-mullah-team-up-to-fight-taliban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Baptist Army officer has teamed up with an Afghan mullah to fight Taliban propaganda that calls the Afghan army godless. “The only way we can keep people from becoming Taliban is by promoting the Muslim nature of the Afghan National Army,” says the mullah, Lt. Col. Abdul Haq. So...http://www.newser.com/story/64538/a-baptist-and-a-mullah-team-up-to-fight-taliban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 9:35:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64133/military-seeks-much-bigger-boost-for-afghan-forces.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica's new top commander in Afghanistan believes the country's security forces will need a much bigger upgrade than planned if President Obama's strategy is going to work, officials tell the Washington Post . Gen. Stanley McChrystal, still doing a 60-day assessment, is said to have concluded that the expansion of Afghan...http://www.newser.com/story/64133/military-seeks-much-bigger-boost-for-afghan-forces.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 7:14:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59520/us-issued-ammo-found-on-afghan-insurgents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe resilience of Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency may be partly due to supplies from the US, according to a New York Times investigation. The majority of 30 rifle magazines recently found on dead insurgents were the same as those issued to the Afghan military by the US, strongly suggesting that Pentagon-supplied...http://www.newser.com/story/59520/us-issued-ammo-found-on-afghan-insurgents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 1:27:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58760/20-dead-in-wake-of-11-afghan-suicide-attacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 11 Taliban suicide bombers attacked government buildings in eastern Afghanistan today, sparking running gun battles that killed at least 20 people and wounded three US troops, officials said. US and Afghan troops freed 20 hostages taken by the insurgents. The assault began this morning when several suicide bombers attacked...http://www.newser.com/story/58760/20-dead-in-wake-of-11-afghan-suicide-attacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 10:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30767/us-ambassador-implicated-in-china-arms-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe American ambassador to Albania personally endorsed a plan to disguise the origin of munitions bought by a Pentagon contractor, according to Congressional testimony. The New York Times traveled to Albania during an earlier investigation of a shady 22-year-old arms dealer operating out of Miami Beach. But the Albanian defense...http://www.newser.com/story/30767/us-ambassador-implicated-in-china-arms-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Jun 2008 7:23:49 CDT