Robert H. Reid

Recent stories written by Robert H. Reid

Three British troops killed in Afghanistan (2/9/2010)

KABUL, Afghanistan – Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 – exceeding the number of Britons lost in the Falklands war of 1982.

U.S. plans major Afghan offensive (2/6/2010)

KABUL – A new and possibly decisive chapter of the Afghan war is unfolding. The U.S. is preparing a major attack on the Taliban, the militants are being squeezed in their Pakistani sanctuaries, and the Afghan government is trying to draw them into peace talks.

Militants hit Afghan capital (1/19/2010)

KABUL, Afghanistan – Taliban militants wearing explosive vests launched a brazen daylight assault Monday on the center of Kabul, with suicide bombings and gunbattles near the presidential palace and other government buildings that paralyzed the city for hours.