... from Pakistan. Of immediate need is security for the country's Aug. 20 election. Southern Afghanistan is a Taliban stronghold but also a region where Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seeking votes from fellow Pashtun tribesmen. Without such ...

... who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. The area is a Taliban stronghold close to the Afghan border where Pakistani troops are gearing up for a major offensive. Two missiles struck an ...

... also crack down on drug lords and reduce production, employing sustained force when necessary particularly in the Taliban stronghold of Helmand province. Our strategy must also reflect the interconnectedness of the region. This requires redoubled ...

... Taliban or al-Qaida members, residents said. Omar has been in hiding since the fall of Kandahar, the last main Taliban stronghold, a month ago. Baghran, a mountainous region north of the U.S. Marine base at Kandahar airport, is in the ...

... for an offensive on Kabul under the protection of U.S. airstrikes. Other aerial strikes were under way on the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, according to a Taliban official who refused to be identified by name. At the same time, the Afghan ...

... sent shoppers scattering in panic Thursday, jumping on donkey carts and bicycles to flee heavy explosions. In the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, a hit on a munitions dump set off a series of deafening blasts -- and an exodus of civilians toward ...

... miles away. To the south, two U.S. special forces gunships entered the air war for the first time, raking the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar with cannon and heavy machine gun fire in a pre-dawn raid. Heavy, round-the-clock attacks and ...

... conference. Myers said an undetermined number of Taliban forces were killed or injured. Omar's compound was near the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, and the airfield was "a considerable distance" southwest of Kandahar, according to another senior ...

... cross. Many of those crossing were from Kandahar, the nearest major Afghan city, 125 miles to the northwest. A Taliban stronghold, the city has been pounded repeatedly by airstrikes since the U.S.-led bombardment began on Oct. 7. The ...

... target information. In Kandahar, bombs began falling before dawn Wednesday. Foreign journalists brought to this Taliban stronghold on a media tour watched from a rooftop as detonations lighted the sky. Later, the 29 journalists -- including ...