Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1898 Afghanistan en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:05:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1898 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/francefirmafterafghandeaths time/20080820/francefirmafterafghandeaths Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:05:00 GMT Time.com - Having upped contributions to NATO's forces, Sarkozy has public support. But does NATO have a winning strategy? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestfrance afp/20080820/afghanistanunrestfrance AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:02:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestfrance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niq79.200808145803.photo05.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n3w0H75W8HvFSm9Sv6Ayww--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A French soldier wounded in clashes with Taliban insurgents in Kabul, arrives at Orly airport on the outskirts of Paris. President Nicolas Sarkozy has 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.(AFP/Bertrand Guay)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestfrance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niq79.200808145803.photo05.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n3w0H75W8HvFSm9Sv6Ayww--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A French soldier wounded in clashes with Taliban insurgents in Kabul, arrives at Orly airport on the outskirts of Paris. President Nicolas Sarkozy has 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.(AFP/Bertrand Guay)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_nato_general ap/20080820/afghanistan_nato_general AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:26:14 GMT AP - Drawing strength from the chaos in neighboring Pakistan, Afghan insurgents are using their growing control of the border area to plot increasingly brazen attacks against international forces, the NATO commander in Afghanistan said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/afghan_doubt_dc nm/20080820/afghan_doubt_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:15:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/afghan_doubt_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t045656_450x279_us_afghan_doubt.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=zd.Bl2idsD_19qAqBKPVFA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="An Afghan national army soldier patrols on a street in Kabul August 18, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Afghans believe the United States knows about al Qaeda bases in Pakistan, but does not hit them because it wants an unstable Afghanistan to justify its presence for wider regional goals, a state newspaper said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/afghan_doubt_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t045656_450x279_us_afghan_doubt.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=zd.Bl2idsD_19qAqBKPVFA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan national army soldier patrols on a street in Kabul August 18, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan ap/20080820/afghanistan AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:29:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.cb5fdeac6e984421aa51d95adc9dd480.afghanistan_rmx101.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=W.24AQROUudT2hCmvGbXdw--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hand with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at president palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)" border="0" /></a>AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.cb5fdeac6e984421aa51d95adc9dd480.afghanistan_rmx101.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=W.24AQROUudT2hCmvGbXdw--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hand with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at president palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancekarzaipakistan afp/20080820/afghanistanunrestfrancekarzaipakistan AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:13:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancekarzaipakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niq11.200808131258.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Z0pzPb42iz0_Ie_BIxG34g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) and his French counterpart Nicloas Sarkozy hold talks at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Karzai expressed sadness over the killing of 10 French soldiers, but warned that the fight against Taliban extremists needs more attention.(AFP/Shah Marai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed sadness Wednesday over the killing of 10 French soldiers, saying after talks with his French counterpart that the fight against extremists needed more attention.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancekarzaipakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.niq11.200808131258.photo00.photo.default-512x349.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Z0pzPb42iz0_Ie_BIxG34g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) and his French counterpart Nicloas Sarkozy hold talks at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Karzai expressed sadness over the killing of 10 French soldiers, but warned that the fight against Taliban extremists needs more attention.(AFP/Shah Marai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/wl_nm/afghan_violence_sarkozy_dc nm/20080820/afghan_violence_sarkozy_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:57:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/wl_nm/afghan_violence_sarkozy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t033325_450x321_us_afghan_violence_sarkozy.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=x7oGqrSw01Ayh_XfbvLgAQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="France's President Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai in the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul August 20, 2008. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday he did not regret sending 700 more troops to Afghanistan this year, after insurgents killed 10 French soldiers, the biggest single loss for foreign forces in Afghan combat since 2001.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/wl_nm/afghan_violence_sarkozy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080820/2008_08_20t033325_450x321_us_afghan_violence_sarkozy.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=x7oGqrSw01Ayh_XfbvLgAQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="France's President Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai in the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul August 20, 2008. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080820/wl_csm/ofrance csm/20080820/ofrance The Christian Science Monitor Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - The 10 French paratroopers killed and 21 wounded in Afghanistan – nearly an entire platoon and the highest French casualties since 1983 in Lebanon – were from a battalion that took control of Kabul only two weeks ago. The event hit Paris hard enough to cause French President Nicolas Sarkozy, fresh from negotiating the Georgian dispute in Moscow, to leave for Afghanistan Tuesday evening to visit the troops. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/karzaionmusharrafgoodriddance time/20080820/karzaionmusharrafgoodriddance Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:35:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/karzaionmusharrafgoodriddance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080811/capt.cps.ngk77.110808213911.photo01.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=71zHVxNWcqarxSbPmFWzYQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on August 10. Eight civilians being held in a compound by Taliban militants were killed in an air strike by US-led troops during a battle that also left 25 rebel fighters dead, the force said.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - In an interview with TIME, Afghanistan's President says the way to help his country is by fixing Pakistan</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/karzaionmusharrafgoodriddance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080811/capt.cps.ngk77.110808213911.photo01.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=71zHVxNWcqarxSbPmFWzYQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on August 10. Eight civilians being held in a compound by Taliban militants were killed in an air strike by US-led troops during a battle that also left 25 rebel fighters dead, the force said.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/interviewhamidkarzai time/20080820/interviewhamidkarzai Time.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:45:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/interviewhamidkarzai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir37.200808161751.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=90RcrIJ0287T5NnliQEyZA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pakistani tribesmen patrol a mountain region of Wana in 2007. Missiles fired from Afghanistan hit a militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal belt, killing at least eight people including some foreign extremists.(AFP/S.K Khan)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - Afghanistan's president talks to TIME about Musharraf, the Taliban and corruption charges against his own government</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080820/wl_time/interviewhamidkarzai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir37.200808161751.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=90RcrIJ0287T5NnliQEyZA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani tribesmen patrol a mountain region of Wana in 2007. Missiles fired from Afghanistan hit a militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal belt, killing at least eight people including some foreign extremists.(AFP/S.K Khan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_us/afghan_us_deaths ap/20080820/afghan_us_deaths AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:05:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_us/afghan_us_deaths"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir37.200808161751.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=90RcrIJ0287T5NnliQEyZA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pakistani tribesmen patrol a mountain region of Wana in 2007. Missiles fired from Afghanistan hit a militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal belt, killing at least eight people including some foreign extremists.(AFP/S.K Khan)" border="0" /></a>AP - As of Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, at least 507 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_us/afghan_us_deaths"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir37.200808161751.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=90RcrIJ0287T5NnliQEyZA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani tribesmen patrol a mountain region of Wana in 2007. Missiles fired from Afghanistan hit a militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal belt, killing at least eight people including some foreign extremists.(AFP/S.K Khan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest afp/20080819/afghanistanunrest AFP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:42:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nim08.190808213920.photo05.photo.default-512x410.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=Bd.85khi4x7abuYV81i2Zw--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Ten French NATO troops were killed and 21 injured on Monday and Tuesday in battles following a Taliban ambush near the Afghan capital Kabul.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Ten French NATO soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, the deadliest ground attack on foreign troops here since the US-led war was launched in 2001.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nim08.190808213920.photo05.photo.default-512x410.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=Bd.85khi4x7abuYV81i2Zw--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ten French NATO troops were killed and 21 injured on Monday and Tuesday in battles following a Taliban ambush near the Afghan capital Kabul.(AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_attacks_glance ap/20080819/afghanistan_attacks_glance AP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:20:34 GMT AP - Some of the deadliest attacks on NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan this year: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/afghan_karzai ap/20080819/afghan_karzai AP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:58:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/afghan_karzai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.ffc1dcea62c845729edd85900edd619a.afghanistan_karzai_tok101.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=PiUAo6UrKIZom7nqLu0Xvg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="In this Aug. 10, 2008 file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he would like to run for re-election next year. Karzai tells The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that he has a job to complete and that 'in that sense, yes, I would like to run.' Karzai has hinted in the past that he plans to run for the presidency in 2009, but his Tuesday, Aug. 19,2008 announcement to AP is the first time he has stated so outright. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday he would seek re-election next year in hopes of finishing a job he said he hasn't yet completed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/afghan_karzai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080819/capt.ffc1dcea62c845729edd85900edd619a.afghanistan_karzai_tok101.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=PiUAo6UrKIZom7nqLu0Xvg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="In this Aug. 10, 2008 file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he would like to run for re-election next year. Karzai tells The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that he has a job to complete and that 'in that sense, yes, I would like to run.' Karzai has hinted in the past that he plans to run for the presidency in 2009, but his Tuesday, Aug. 19,2008 announcement to AP is the first time he has stated so outright. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancenatous afp/20080819/afghanistanunrestfrancenatous AFP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:54:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancenatous"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nil21.190808185342.photo00.photo.default-512x328.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=BmdMev4XWXu9R25DwiBWkw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="French Defence Minister Herve Morin(C), general-staff chief Jean-Louis Georgelin(R) and French junior Minister for Defence and Veterans Affairs Jean-Marie Bockel address the press after ten French NATO soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush near Kabul. US President George W. Bush offered his condolences to the families of victims.(AFP/Pierre Verdy)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President George W. Bush offered his condolences to the families of French soldiers killed and wounded in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan, the White House said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancenatous"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nil21.190808185342.photo00.photo.default-512x328.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=BmdMev4XWXu9R25DwiBWkw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="French Defence Minister Herve Morin(C), general-staff chief Jean-Louis Georgelin(R) and French junior Minister for Defence and Veterans Affairs Jean-Marie Bockel address the press after ten French NATO soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush near Kabul. US President George W. Bush offered his condolences to the families of victims.(AFP/Pierre Verdy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc nm/20080819/afghan_violence_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:31:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080819/2008_08_19t110021_450x337_us_afghan_violence.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=2Yb1Cq_ueY_fm7BgYb0NJQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Bodies of suicide bombers are seen after they detonated themselves in Khost province, eastern Afghanistan, August 19, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Taliban insurgents killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 in a major battle in Afghanistan, the French president's office said on Tuesday, the biggest single loss of foreign troops in combat there since 2001.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080819/2008_08_19t110021_450x337_us_afghan_violence.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=2Yb1Cq_ueY_fm7BgYb0NJQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="Bodies of suicide bombers are seen after they detonated themselves in Khost province, eastern Afghanistan, August 19, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestfranceus afp/20080819/afghanistanunrestfranceus AFP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:20:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestfranceus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nil01.190808181939.photo00.photo.default-512x311.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=zKxdKvcokja8XcBobL6jkg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Members of the French 8th marine parachutist regiment (8th RPIMA)at their headquarters in southern France in May 2008. The US military provided close air support to French forces who were caught in a fierce battle with insurgents in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 10 French soldiers, mostly from the 8th RPIMA and left 21 others wounded, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Eric Cabanis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US military provided close air support to French forces who were caught in a fierce battle with insurgents in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 10 French soldiers and left 21 others wounded, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestfranceus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nil01.190808181939.photo00.photo.default-512x311.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=zKxdKvcokja8XcBobL6jkg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of the French 8th marine parachutist regiment (8th RPIMA)at their headquarters in southern France in May 2008. The US military provided close air support to French forces who were caught in a fierce battle with insurgents in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 10 French soldiers, mostly from the 8th RPIMA and left 21 others wounded, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Eric Cabanis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/afghan_pakistan ap/20080819/afghan_pakistan AP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:53:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/afghan_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir37.200808161751.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=90RcrIJ0287T5NnliQEyZA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pakistani tribesmen patrol a mountain region of Wana in 2007. Missiles fired from Afghanistan hit a militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal belt, killing at least eight people including some foreign extremists.(AFP/S.K Khan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pakistan's army chief made a surprise visit to Afghanistan Tuesday for border security talks with NATO and Afghan commanders, just a day after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_as/afghan_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nir37.200808161751.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=90RcrIJ0287T5NnliQEyZA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani tribesmen patrol a mountain region of Wana in 2007. Missiles fired from Afghanistan hit a militant hideout in Pakistan's tribal belt, killing at least eight people including some foreign extremists.(AFP/S.K Khan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanusmilitary afp/20080819/pakistanafghanistanusmilitary AFP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:06:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanusmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nij83.190808160400.photo00.photo.default-415x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=zvPT2oA.EQkmpo65D75qvA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Kayani, seen here in January 2008, has travelled to Kabul for talks with Afghan and NATO officials on cooperation against Islamic militants.(AFP/ISPR/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Kayani travelled to Kabul on Tuesday for talks with Afghan and NATO officials on cooperation against Islamic militants, a Pakistani military statement said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanusmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nij83.190808160400.photo00.photo.default-415x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=zvPT2oA.EQkmpo65D75qvA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Kayani, seen here in January 2008, has travelled to Kabul for talks with Afghan and NATO officials on cooperation against Islamic militants.(AFP/ISPR/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancenato afp/20080819/afghanistanunrestfrancenato AFP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:30:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancenato"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nih50.190808102854.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=i9dL5RyG8qWvMgCVYWz0Cw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on patrol near Kabul in May. French NATO troops were involved in heavy fighting with insurgents about 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, the alliance force and military officials said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - French NATO troops were involved in heavy fighting with insurgents about 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, the alliance force and military officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestfrancenato"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nih50.190808102854.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=i9dL5RyG8qWvMgCVYWz0Cw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on patrol near Kabul in May. French NATO troops were involved in heavy fighting with insurgents about 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, the alliance force and military officials said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)