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GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- Heavy explosions, mortar...wounded, officials said. The fighting in Gardez, a strategic provincial capital, added...which sent plumes of smoke billowing over Gardez. The battles also complicate U.S. efforts...
GARDEZ, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. fighter...in the battle zone, south of the town of Gardez. "I don't think anybody here cares anymore...unit is back in the fight. In the town of Gardez, an Afghan commander, Ismail, said al-Qaida...
GARDEZ, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan troops and...about 1,000 new Afghan fighters to the Gardez area, of whom about 600 had already arrived...province Friday heading south from Kabul to Gardez. An Associated Press photographer saw another...
GARDEZ, Afghanistan (AP) -- Airstrikes from...craggy gorges. The air bombardment, felt in Gardez at least 30 miles to the north, appeared...resistance. Storm clouds moved in over Gardez in the afternoon and sandstorms whipped...
GARDEZ, Afghanistan (AP) -- At a checkpoint...too dangerous to travel. On the road to Gardez, 65 miles southeast of Kabul, a young...peacekeepers. In Surmad, 18 miles beyond Gardez, men sit on the carpeted floor of a cavernous...
GARDEZ, Afghanistan (AP) -- After a two-day battle that combatants said killed...Town leaders said the artillery of Bacha Khan, a warlord who tried to take Gardez by force after being appointed governor of surrounding Paktia province, fell...
GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- U.S. warplanes and helicopters opened a new offensive...and Taliban," said Saif Ullah, a member of the local governing council in Gardez, 20 miles north of the assault. Six hundred Afghan fighters, moving with...
...large ground assault near the town of Gardez is taking the U.S. military into precisely...who has been involved in planning the Gardez operation. "But if you're a terrorist...Rumsfeld told reporters Monday that the Gardez combat is not likely to mark the end of...
...their rescue. The power struggle for Gardez, the capital of strategic Paktia province...United States and Britain. Warriors of the Gardez local council forced fighters loyal to...Malek, a policeman. "The people of Gardez are a little disappointed in America now...
...fighting broke out in the eastern town of Gardez last week, killing more than 60 people...Wednesday, tensions remained high in Gardez although both sides said they would observe...Friday. Government mediators returned to Gardez on Wednesday in an attempt to negotiate...