Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1898 world Afghanistan en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:04:41 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1898 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest afp/20091107/afghanistanunrest AFP topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:04:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257585850820-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kCHoDOvjqM518NC_ty4jgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Afghan army medic soldier looks out from an ambulance in Kabul. Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest of the country, the defence ministry said Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest, the defence ministry said Saturday, signalling further trouble for a fraying Western military effort.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257585850820-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kCHoDOvjqM518NC_ty4jgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan army medic soldier looks out from an ambulance in Kabul. Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest of the country, the defence ministry said Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence ap/20091107/as_afghan_violence AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:27:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary afp/20091107/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:26:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257604979979-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=JM5O8clN.uzP7cVOGo97yQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A Pakistani Army paramedic gives treatment to a young internally displaced boy at a field hospital in Dera Ismail Khan. Pakistan's military says it has killed 12 Taliban militants as government troops press a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.(AFP/Mohammad Kashif)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pakistan's military said Saturday it had killed 12 Taliban militants as government troops pressed a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257604979979-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=JM5O8clN.uzP7cVOGo97yQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Pakistani Army paramedic gives treatment to a young internally displaced boy at a field hospital in Dera Ismail Khan. Pakistan's military says it has killed 12 Taliban militants as government troops press a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.(AFP/Mohammad Kashif)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan ap/20091107/as_afghanistan AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:18:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7223a7b84aae40eda5b030f99a7464fe.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg108.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=X8dHVvvnit.zfIqnrVIlpA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A U.S. flag flies half-mast, in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas, at an outpost for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7223a7b84aae40eda5b030f99a7464fe.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg108.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=X8dHVvvnit.zfIqnrVIlpA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. flag flies half-mast, in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas, at an outpost for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestpoliticsun afp/20091107/afghanistanunrestpoliticsun AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:37:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestpoliticsun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257580133340-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=rHkJNsEgY37JDTjuGZVhTg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Afghanistan has rejected criticism of President Hamid Karzai, seen here, by foreign leaders and the senior UN official in the country, accusing them of disrespecting the country's sovereignty.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Afghanistan rejected criticism of President Hamid Karzai by foreign leaders and the senior UN official in the country, accusing them of disrespecting the country's sovereignty.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestpoliticsun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257580133340-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=rHkJNsEgY37JDTjuGZVhTg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Afghanistan has rejected criticism of President Hamid Karzai, seen here, by foreign leaders and the senior UN official in the country, accusing them of disrespecting the country's sovereignty.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/afghanistanunrest4thleadwrap afp/20091107/afghanistanunrest4thleadwrap AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:27:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/afghanistanunrest4thleadwrap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257585850820-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kCHoDOvjqM518NC_ty4jgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Afghan army medic soldier looks out from an ambulance in Kabul. Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest of the country, the defence ministry said Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike that also injured international forces in remote western Afghanistan, the Afghan defence ministry said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/afghanistanunrest4thleadwrap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257585850820-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kCHoDOvjqM518NC_ty4jgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan army medic soldier looks out from an ambulance in Kabul. Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest of the country, the defence ministry said Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_search nm/20091107/us_afghanistan_search Reuters world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:06:37 GMT Reuters - NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_nato_troop_increase ap/20091107/eu_nato_troop_increase AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:45:33 GMT AP - A top Pentagon official says President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will be certain to include reinforcements of foreign troops from both the United States and allied nations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_un ap/20091107/as_afghanistan_un AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:13:51 GMT AP - The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_karzai nm/20091107/us_afghanistan_karzai Reuters world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:42:45 GMT Reuters - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestleadwrap afp/20091107/afghanistanunrestleadwrap AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:52:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestleadwrap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257585729290-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=AL55lvaejhPCpRSAD28FVA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A US Army Chinook helicopter lands on a hill in Kabul as search continues for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwest Afghanistan. Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A search for two US soldiers missing in northwest Afghanistan continued after 25 soldiers were wounded in what one Western official said may have been a friendly-fire incident during the hunt.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestleadwrap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257585729290-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=AL55lvaejhPCpRSAD28FVA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US Army Chinook helicopter lands on a hill in Kabul as search continues for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwest Afghanistan. Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/un_un_afghanistan ap/20091107/un_un_afghanistan AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:30:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/un_un_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.99b553b97ad14ea7910ebd742ecbbd76.afghanistan_election_kab105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1TQ.TEeQ0E1QWJm3UAzIxw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A torn and defaced election poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seen as Afghans carry a plastic tent to sell in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, Karzai's challenger in the recent presidential election said Wednesday that the current government cannot bring legitimacy to the troubled nation and will not be able to rein in corruption. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)" border="0" /></a>AP - The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/un_un_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.99b553b97ad14ea7910ebd742ecbbd76.afghanistan_election_kab105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1TQ.TEeQ0E1QWJm3UAzIxw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A torn and defaced election poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seen as Afghans carry a plastic tent to sell in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, Karzai's challenger in the recent presidential election said Wednesday that the current government cannot bring legitimacy to the troubled nation and will not be able to rein in corruption. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_afghan_us_deaths ap/20091107/us_afghan_us_deaths AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:41:52 GMT AP - As of Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at least 833 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 Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest2nd afp/20091106/afghanistanunrest2nd AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:47:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest2nd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257534547972-5-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=lpcBYYgu8WC5cSKTB0qi_A--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Afghan men ride on a three-wheeler laden with firewood in Kandahar, on November 5. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, according to NATO.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as they hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwest Afghanistan, NATO said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest2nd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257534547972-5-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=lpcBYYgu8WC5cSKTB0qi_A--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="Afghan men ride on a three-wheeler laden with firewood in Kandahar, on November 5. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, according to NATO.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_afghanistan_speech ap/20091106/eu_britain_afghanistan_speech AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:58:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_afghanistan_speech"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0f8e16ac54ab4824acebecb5d382adfb.britain_brown_afghanistan_lon101.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=Lm86ojXPPcfi82z.xX39vw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech to the Royal College of Defence Studies, setting out Britain's position in the on-going war in Afghanistan, Friday Nov. 6, 2009. Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms. Brown said that success in Afghanistan is vital to Britain's security but declared that if the Afghan government does not mend its ways it will forfeit the world's support. (AP Photo/Oli Scarff/Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Washington's closest ally in Afghanistan, toughened his tone Friday with this harsh message for the Afghan leadership: Clean up your act &mdash; for real this time &mdash; or risk a cutoff of support.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_afghanistan_speech"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.0f8e16ac54ab4824acebecb5d382adfb.britain_brown_afghanistan_lon101.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=Lm86ojXPPcfi82z.xX39vw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech to the Royal College of Defence Studies, setting out Britain's position in the on-going war in Afghanistan, Friday Nov. 6, 2009. Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms. Brown said that success in Afghanistan is vital to Britain's security but declared that if the Afghan government does not mend its ways it will forfeit the world's support. (AP Photo/Oli Scarff/Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_missing nm/20091106/us_afghanistan_missing Reuters world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:43:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_missing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257534490926-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MdUUd9Zw2.yA1Qc77Rv_1w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A US medic of Medevac unit of 3rd battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade treats an injured Afghan soldier in the helicopter during transportation to a hospital in Kandahar on November 4. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a search Friday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_missing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257534490926-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MdUUd9Zw2.yA1Qc77Rv_1w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US medic of Medevac unit of 3rd battalion 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade treats an injured Afghan soldier in the helicopter during transportation to a hospital in Kandahar on November 4. At least 25 NATO and Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday as the hunted for two US paratroopers missing in remote northwestern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestnatomissingdrown afp/20091106/afghanistanunrestnatomissingdrown AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:38:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestnatomissingdrown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257526051544-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=lnIJPSZVNBvFjKeyFxjxJQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A German soldier on patrol in Khanabad near Kunduz, Afghanistan in October 2009. Two NATO soldiers who went missing in northwest Afghanistan two days ago died by drowning, an Afghan police official said on Friday, explaining that the deaths appeared accidental.(AFP/File/Michael Kappeler)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two NATO soldiers who went missing in northwest Afghanistan two days ago died by drowning, an Afghan police official said on Friday, explaining that the deaths appeared accidental.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestnatomissingdrown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257526051544-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=lnIJPSZVNBvFjKeyFxjxJQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A German soldier on patrol in Khanabad near Kunduz, Afghanistan in October 2009. Two NATO soldiers who went missing in northwest Afghanistan two days ago died by drowning, an Afghan police official said on Friday, explaining that the deaths appeared accidental.(AFP/File/Michael Kappeler)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_afghan_airstrike ap/20091106/eu_germany_afghan_airstrike AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:13:48 GMT AP - Germany's defense minister said Friday he believes civilians were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan, but insisted that the German-requested attack was necessary from a military standpoint. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy2ndlead afp/20091106/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy2ndlead AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:39:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy2ndlead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257503624463-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=FMU9zaXJoweWjnbMzTkoRA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul last year, has warned that the West could withdraw support for Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations in his second term in power.(AFP/Pool/File/Ahmad Masood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The West could withdraw support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations during his second term, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy2ndlead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257503624463-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=FMU9zaXJoweWjnbMzTkoRA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul last year, has warned that the West could withdraw support for Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations in his second term in power.(AFP/Pool/File/Ahmad Masood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy afp/20091106/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:34:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257503624463-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=FMU9zaXJoweWjnbMzTkoRA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul last year, has warned that the West could withdraw support for Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations in his second term in power.(AFP/Pool/File/Ahmad Masood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Friday that the West could withdraw support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations in his second term in power.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/britainafghanistanunrestdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257503624463-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=FMU9zaXJoweWjnbMzTkoRA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul last year, has warned that the West could withdraw support for Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations in his second term in power.(AFP/Pool/File/Ahmad Masood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)