Afghanistan

UK forces seize key canal crossings in Afghan surge HUNDREDS of British troops seized key canal crossings in Afghanistan yesterday, as part of the US-led operation to wrest the initiative from insurgents in Helmand province.

US soldier and Afghan die in suicide attack A US soldier and an Afghan died as a suicide bomber tried to attack a base in southeast Afghanistan today, two days after a major operation against the Taleban was launched in the south.

US missiles kill 17 at Taleban bases US MISSILES struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taleban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication centre yesterday, killing 17 people, intelligence officials said.

US sends 4,000 marines into the hell of Helmand COMMITTING men, money and firepower, the United States opened a new chapter in the Afghan conflict yesterday, sending more than 4,000 of its best combat troops tearing into a stalemated patch of hell, the name of which the British know all too well:

Britain pays out over deaths of 104 civilians in Afghanistan

Afghan president demands US hands over guards 'who killed police chief'

US shifts anti-drugs focus to fresh fields

Troops in Afghanistan to get better body armour

UK Muslims 'oppose war in Afghanistan'

Black Watch digs in after daring swoop on Taleban's heartland

UK missed chance to stabilise Iraq and moved too fast to Afghanistan

Babaji hailed as a triumph but the real test is yet to come

Troops told to avoid risking civilian lives

British soldier dies in Afghanistan blast

Taleban chief says fighters must accept families will be victims

Tributes for latest victims of Afghan war

New general takes charge of Nato force

British soldier dies in Helmand blast

Soldier killed in Afghanistan brings UK toll to 168

Afghan death toll hits 167 as Black Watch soldier killed

Black Watch soldier killed in Afghanistan

Warning over Afghan attacks

Thirty killed as suicide bomber targets Friday prayers in mosque

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