Afghanistan

President-elect Barack Obama intends to sign off on Pentagon plans to send up to 30,000 more U.S.

(NYGOV) After visiting with members of the armed forces in Iraq, Governor Paterson and U.S. Representatives Steve Israel (D-NY) and Anthony Weiner (D-NY) toured Afghanistan Tuesday as they completed their visit with American troops stationed in both countries.In Afghanistan, the delegation met with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and nearly 200 New York troops. Governor Paterson awarded Purple

CBC News December 23, 2008 The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has issued a scathing report on the use of air strikes and nighttime raids by international forces in the country. The report, which was released in Kabul on Tuesday, suggests that NATO is undermining its own mission by stoking resentment in the local population. Air strikes and nighttime [...]

Insieme al presidente della Camera l'ex maggiore Paglia e la vedova CalipariNapolitano: "Paese diviso in politica ma unito nelle missioni" Afghanistan, Fini va a Herat visita a sorpresa le truppe italiane "Qui c'è molto da fare, l'Italia non verrà meno agli impegni presi"

During the last election Barack Obama assured the American people we would not “lose” in Afghanistan and the best way to assure that victory was sending in more troops. Secretary of Defense Gates is now struggling with the process of winding down in Iraq as we jump start the military effort in Afghanistan. The [...]

(AP)- Well President-elect Obama is definitely keeping one of his campaign promises. He vowed to ramp up the offensive in Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced this week that the Pentagon is moving to get three of the four combat brigades requested by commanders into Afghanistan by the summer. A brigade is equivalent to about 3,500 troops. Still no clear time table on when the draw

General Petraeus announced the dispatch of an additional 20,000 troops to Afghanistan in an effort to restore some semblance of order to a nation which has slowly been descending into chaos. There are currently 60,000 foreign troops in that battered nation of whom about 30,000 are American. The additional troops raises the level of American [...]

Visiting Afghanistan for a second time, a war correspondent noted that since the fall of the Taliban, wives who used to wall ten paces behind their husbands were now walking ten paces in front. The journalist asked one of the men if this was a sign of growing equality. " No, " the man replied. " Landmines. "

[Author's note: I thought I had cross posted this, but failed to find it in the list. A Yahoo search also failed to turn it up, but turned up mentions in unexpected places which I intend to check out. This is one of my most vitriolic posts, so I will warn Bush lovers, Libtards & Muslims: reading this post may be harmful to your emotional health.] An important question was propounded in the

KABUL: Troops killed 44 militants in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, as around a dozen police and soldiers were still missing following a major clash and believed to be in Taliban hands. Thirty-three of the militants were killed in a firefight Friday in the southern province of Helmand, a Taliban stronghold where several districts are said to be in the hands of the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents

Yiwei has written has nice blog entry about the grand opening of the Gandhara exhibition in the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn on Thursday, November 20, 2008. I was not able to participate since I have been in Tallinn.

By Daily.pk An article in The New York Times says that there is an “increasing belief” among Pakistanis, including members of the armed forces, that what the US really wants is the breakup of Pakistan, the only Muslim country with nuclear arms. “One of the biggest fears of the Pakistani military planners is the collaboration between India [...]

Over the next five months, the U.S. Army is preparing to reinforce troop morale in Afghanistan with Entertainment from the Home Front, a string of touring entertainers and athletes that will include World Wrestling Entertainment Divas, National Football League cheerleaders and players, NASCAR drivers, and professional rodeo participants.According to the Washington Post, the program calls for 10 to

More than 18 civilians and an American soldier were killed in a suicide bomb attack that targeted a US convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday. The US military said the attack occurred at a market near Jalalabad, the capital of the country's eastern Nangarhar province.Read the rest of this entry »

The ongoing inability of the United States and Pakistan to reach an agreement on the conduct of the war in Afghanistan, and, particularly in tribal regions of the northwest, was dealt a blow when the Pakistan government closed an important supply route to the west. A Pakistani decision temporarily bars trucks from delivering supplies through [...]

The September 29, 2008, issue of The New Yorker features a compelling photo essay titled PORTFOLIO BY PLATON: SERVICE.The essay was introduced by the following paragraph:This summer, the photographer Platon took pictures of hundreds of men and women who volunteered to serve in the military and were sent to Iraq or Afghanistan. He followed them on their journey through training and deployment, afte

The strange vision of an abandoned plane on top of 2 abandoned tanks at Bagram Airport.coordinates : 34°55'56.74"N 69°15'29.54"Egoogle mappictures sources : 1

The video is from Asia Times The following quote is from George Washington’s Blog: Thursday, November 6, 2008 The War in Afghanistan Is Unwinnable Veteran journalist Tariq Ali said this morning that the war in Afghanistan is lost. Specifically, he said that British intelligence has concluded that - no matter how many troops are sent in - the war is [...]

There can be little doubt that these attacks are intentional. Funerals and weddings are such common targets. The thinking must be to punish a clan or a tribe for what some of its members are doing. Hardly a week goes by without such a report. These must be reprisals for a ‘taliban’ attack on the US or NATO. It’s [...]

Angelina Jolie's role as a UNHCR Ambassador brought her to tears on her first trip to Afghanistan in her official capacity. In this video you will see her struggle to control her emotions as she... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

BBC News October 30, 2008 US General David Petraeus has taken control of US military operations throughout the Middle East and much of Asia as head of US Central Command. His responsibilities include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. At a change-of-command ceremony at Central Command headquarters, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said he was “precisely the man we need”. Previously

Pentagon officials increasingly have concluded there is need for almost double the number of soldiers currently in Afghanistan if the Taliban are to be controlled. Current plans call for dispatching about 10,000 more troops, but the general consensus is at least 20,000 must be sent in order to get the Taliban under control. They need [...]

Are things going poorly in Afghanistan? According to US General David McKiernan, the media is only reporting bad news and leaving out all the good news that comes out of Afghanistan. “There’s a lot of negative reporting. Somebody likes to report an attack somewhere and that becomes the trend in Afghanistan, of they don’t report [...]

Washington, 25 ott. (Ap) - Dall'invasione dell'Afghanistan da parte delle forze Usa nel 2001 fino a ieri, almeno 549 membri dell'esercito americano sono morti in Afghanistan, Pakistan e Uzbekistan, come risultato dell'attacco contro il regime talebano di Kabul. Lo afferma il Dipartimento alla Difesa Usa, sulla base delle sue stime aggiornate. Tra le vittime, 397 sono state uccise in azioni ostili.

The killing of a British aid worker in Afghanistan has again highlighted the dangers posed to humanitarian staff in many parts of the world.Aid work is about helping those less fortunate than yourself, but for hundreds of humanitarian workers in the world's most dangerous countries the threat of violence goes hand in hand with their chosen path.The shooting of aid worker Gayle Williams, who had du

Seyyed Parwiz Kambakhsh, a journalism student who downloaded and distributed an article on women's rights from the Internet has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Afghanistan. He initially received a death sentence.

Christian missionary killed by Taliban in KabulAssociate Press - Oct 20, 2008 Gayle Williams, a 34-year-old dual British-South African national who helped handicapped Afghans, was shot to death as she was walking to work about 8 a.m., said Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary.A spokesman for the militants said the Taliban ordered her killed because she was accused of proselytizing."This woma

A sad tale of a 13 year old, denied a normal life, thanks to the religion of peace.

TV gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire has been snapped up by Afghani television but winners can expect to bag a lot less than a million pounds. The Afghani show's top prize will equate to about £11,690, but...

While relying less on the central government in Kabul, "US forces would scale back combat operations to focus more on training Afghan government forces and tribal militias," the report said. "The plan is controversial because it could extend the influence of warlords while undermining the government of President Hamid Karzai," it said, noting that such a plan also could stoke rivalries betwee

By the monkey at World For Fun Afghanistan police with rubber guns

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday urged southeastern European leaders to shift their military efforts from Iraq to Afghanistan, where their forces are more urgently neededSpeaking at a meeting here of the Southeast European Defense Ministerial, Gates said that as the security situation in Iraq continues to improve, countries should considered filling the "urgent need" for trainers in Afg

(10-08) 21:37 PDT Washington -- A draft report by U.S. intelligence agencies concludes that Afghanistan is in a "downward spiral" and casts serious doubt on the ability of the Afghan government to stem the rise in the Taliban's influence there, according to American officials familiar with the document. The classified report finds that the breakdown in central authority in Afghanistan ha

I am surprised I haven’t heard more about this in the news. Apparently, The Taliban have come to the conclusion that they cannot defeat the U.S. and it’s allies in Afghanistan, and long attempts at a negotiated peace are starting to bear fruit. The Taliban is no longer working with Al Qaeda. Why isn’t [...]

I would pull the trips out of Afghanistan and Iraq and attack Canada from 9 AM to 5PM Monday through Friday.  It’s a win-win situation.  War mongers get a war closer to home.  Soldiers get a war and get to go home to their families every night. Posted in Acrobat, Afghanistan, Ahmnodt, Belmont, debate, foreign policy, [...]

Britain's commander in Afghanistan has said the war against the Taliban cannot be won, the Sunday Times reported. It quoted Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith as saying in an interview that if the Taliban were willing to talk, then that might be "precisely the sort of progress" needed to end the insurgency. "We're not going to win this war. It's about reducing it to a manageable level of insurgency tha

Like the proverbial “when EF Hutton talks, everyone listens”, when the British Commander in Afghanistan talks about defeat all armies should listen. The Europeans are all ears, but General Patreious with all his hubris is not interested in any history lessons of Maiwand and Kabul. The US General wants to replicate the Iraqi surge. No matter that the situation to totally different. No matter th

Seems like things in Afghanistan, at least in the world of perceptions, is going south as fast as Dow Jones. While circumstances on the ground have not changed radically in recent months, the Taliban have scored significant success simply by starting the current debate on whether the war in Afghanistan is winnable at all. The opening salvo was fired in a leaked French diplomatic cable, which quote

“We’re not going to win this war”, Brig Mark Carleton-Smith, the UK’s commander in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, told London’s Sunday Times this week. “It’s about reducing it to a manageable level of insurgency that’s not a strategic threat and can be managed by the Afghan army.” he added. “If the Taleban were prepared to sit on t

Bagram: The Guantanamo of Afghanistan Oct. 1st, 2008 at 5:24 AM Only WORSE! “A Growing Afghan Prison Rivals Bleak Guantánamo” by Tim Golden and Eric Schmitt/New York Times February 26, 2006 While an international debate rages over the future of the American detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the military has quietly expanded another, less-visible prison in Afghanistan,

Perhaps the single biggest deterrent to a successful insurgency or armed movement is the civilian population. If they are with the insurgency, the armed group will endure, if not necessarily prevail. Without popular support, or at least tolerance, the group will wither. So it is really alarming to read the Washington Post story about the growing nostalgia for the Taliban in Kabul and other areas u

Seven years ago, the dynamic trio of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld directed an American invasion of Afghanistan which, ostensibly, was aimed at crushing the Taliban and capturing Osama bin Laden, dead or alive. Seven years have passed and the situation in 2008 is remarkable worse than it was in 2001. Ordinarily, when nations invade another [...]

Seven years ago, American forces, working with several tribal groups. destroyed the Taliban and drove them from Afghanistan. There was a moment in which an intelligent president of the United States would have focused on developing an effective Afghanistan army that surmounted tribal alliances and became the center of a new nationalism that might unite [...]

Washington Post writer Walter Pincus notes an increase in proposed contracts to civilian companies to operate in Afghanistan. It seems this will coincide with a potential “surge” in the ever-bloodier warfront in Afghanistan. “The military is stretched very thin, and to keep low the deployments numbers, there is a tendency to go to contractors who have [...]

Seven years ago today the world changed in a few moments when war came to the shores of our country for the first time since the British came to subdue the rebellious American colonies. In the hopes of deterring another such horrific blow, American troops have been deployed in first Afghanistan and now Iraq since soon after that fateful day. And while the situation in Iraq seems to be improving

CNews WASHINGTON: The U.S. is "running out of time" to win the war in Afghanistan, and sending in more troops will not guarantee victory, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff warned Congress on Wednesday.Adm. Michael Mullen says investment and alternative crops will also be key to winning in Afghanistan.Adm. Michael Mullen made his statement to the House Armed Services Committee a day after

Bush administration has made plans to withdraw around 8000 troops from Iraq by next February. President of America George Bush told this to people during a press conference. This will be a small relief to people of Iraq who are asking for immediate withdrawal of all America forces from their land. Even after this cut, there will still remain 1.38 Lakh American soldiers in US; therefore, cut of 800

Archaeologists have unearthed a 62-foot Buddha statue along with other relics in central Afghanistan, Reuters reported. The discovery was made in the central province of Bamiyan, near the ruins of giant statues that were destroyed by the Taliban seven years ago. The statue of the Buddha in a sleeping position dates to the third century. “In total, 89 relics such as coins, ceramics and a 19 meter

War faced us in the 70’s. Vietnam was foremost in our thoughts as we aged.A good lottery number was often life saving. Iraq faces today’s kids and many do volunteer and some die. In the several years after high school I had many friends who never came home. Sadly today I know some kids who have given the ultimate sacrifice for their country. I wore my ROTC uniform proudly in 1966 and wrote to

Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the indictment of Aafia Siddiqui on charges related to her attempted murder and assault of United States nationals and officers and employees. Siddiqui is scheduled to be arraigned on the Indictment on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. by United States District Judge Richard M. Berman in t

Miss Afghanistan 2003- Vida Samadzai hot Afghan chick

The continuing deterioration in being able to provide individuals protection in war-torn Afghanistan has resulted in some Japanese organizations suspending their relief activities in order to protect personnel. The Basic Human Needs Association which has been active in developing telecommunications systems in that nation have pulled out its personnel after the death of a Japanese [...]

Le déroulement supposé de la journée du 18 Août 2008 au cours de laquelle 10 soldats Français sont décédés en Afghanistan.Compte rendu et enquête sur cette terrible journée qui a coûtée la vie aux soldats Français au cours d'une embuscade tendue par les Talibans.Imprimer cette page - Print Page

Sergeant Shawn Eades, Corporal Dustin Roy Robert Joseph Wasden, and Sapper Stephan John Stock, combat engineers with 12 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment, were killed on August 20. Ottawa, Ontario – (Photo courtesy of the Department of National Defence) Three Canadian soldiers were killed and one seriously injured when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle on

Is there hope for this country!! Perhaps Afghanistan's first Olympic medal - might be an indication of a start.Beijing, 20 August (AKI) - Rohullah Nikpai won Afghanistan's first medal ever at the Beijing Olympics after winning a bronze in Taekwondo on Wednesday.Nikpai, 21, easily defeated world flyweight champion Juan Antonio Ramos from Spain in the under 58-kilogramme competition.When he realised

(AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Afghanistan's first ever medalist Rohullah Nikpai just won Afghanistan's first olympic medal, winning in taekwondo.Yahoo News reports:President Hamid Karzai immediately called to congratulate Nikpai. He also awarded him a house at the government's expense, said Humayun Hamidzada, the president's spokesman.Nice. Just I'd be careful about which house I was given. Especially

Afghanistan: Base Usa attaccata dai Taleban Truppe della Nato in Afghanistan sono state impegnate in combattimento oggi dopo che alcune decine di taleban hanno attaccato la principale base americana nella provincia di Khost, nel sud est del Paese. Lo hanno detto abitanti del posto e funzionari provinciali. La base, Camp Salerno, ieri è stata attaccata da da un kamikaze a bordo di una auto

Media sources are reporting that Pakistan security forces have killed the general head of al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (a.k.a. “Shaykh Saeed” and "Abu Saeed al-Masri"), in in a clash in the Bajaur tribal area in northwestern Pakistan. If confirmed, this would be a major triumph for Pakistani forces and an important blow to al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A

The United States government continually describes Afghanistan as a citadel of democracy fighting the totalitarian Taliban and al-Qaeda. According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission the National Security Directorate is constantly suppressing media freedom and preventing other voices being heard by the Afghan people. Mohammad Nasir Fayyaz was detained for “msrepresenting”

I got this email forwarded from the wife of a soldier:From: Shapiro, Bonnie A Civ USAF ACC 23 WG/SEA Date: 7/25/2008 7:45:35 AM Subject: FW: Obama in Afghanistan Hello everyone, As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to 'The War Zone'. I wanted to share with you what happened. He got off

Bengawan Solo (baca: Thaliban) riwayatmu ini, sedari dulu jadi perhatian insani (baca: Rusia dan Amerika-Inggris). Apa kata dunia Kini? Thaliban kini dicap oleh dunia gelar kehormatan: "terroris".Berita terbaru:*Taliban overruns Afghan district*Irish SunMonday July 21st, 2008(IANS)Kabul, July 21 (Xinhua) Taliban militants have captured a district in the central Afghan province of Ghazni, a p

Bengawan Solo (baca: Thaliban) riwayatmu ini, sedari dulu jadi perhatian insani (baca: Rusia dan Amerika-Inggris). Apa kata dunia Kini? Thaliban kini dicap oleh dunia gelar kehormatan: "terroris".   Berita terbaru:*Taliban overruns Afghan district*Irish SunMonday July 21st, 2008(IANS)   Kabul, July 21 (Xinhua) Taliban militants have captured a district in the central Afghan province

Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star August 9, 2008 More shakeups in the Afghan war. The New York Times reports that the U.S. has decided to merge American and NATO troops under one command. Technically, NATO would run the combined mission. But a U.S. general is already in charge of NATO forces; according, to the Times, that command structure [...]

I don’t know if this Playboy was for real, but it is a funny idea… Playboy in Afghanistan is so funny…

As of Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, at least 496 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. Suffering the most through this seems to be the children and in all conflicts this holds true,in Afghanistan you g

~Snooper~I saw this late last night and once again, Atlas Shrugs is on top of things:Aafia Siddiqui is a MIT-trained neuroscientist who married a top Al Qaeda operative who intended to blow up gas stations or poison water reservoirs in the United States.. She is a possible associate of Majid Khan and she is believed to have links to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 200

A statement posted on an Islamist Web site says an al-Qaida field commander in Afghanistan has been killed by a U.S. airstrike.The message, dated July 14 and signed by an al-Qaida leader, says Abu Abdullah al-Shami was killed, but it does not specify when or where. Shami was one of four al-Qaida inmates to escape from the U.S. military prison in Bagram, Afghanistan in 2005. In another development,

CNews HEART: A small bomb exploded Thursday near Pakistan's consulate in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, injuring a policeman and a woman, police said.The bomb, attached to a bicycle, appeared to have been detonated remotely, deputy city police chief Ghulam Sarwar Haidary told foreign news agency."A bomb placed on a bicycle exploded nears the Pakistan consulate. One policeman, guarding the co

There were three UK deaths this week. And an official wounded tally of 340 since the start. The UK is about to boost its troop strength to 8,000, double that of Iraq. Obama’s Brezinski says raising troop levels in Afghanistan IS A BIG MISTAKE. NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES [DEATHS]: United States 560 Britain 112 Canada 88 Germany 26* Spain 23 Netherlands 16 Other nations 75 TOTAL: [...]

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier made a surprise visit to Afghanistan where he will spend four days examining the situation. The trip was made hours after he spent time with Senator Barack Obama discussing the topic of Afghanistan. The government of President Karzai has come under increasing criticism as the Taliban grows in strength, corruption [...]

Over the past five days we’ve been inundated with all sorts of talking points emanating from the usual suspects in the Democratic Party and the leftwing echochamber of the blogosphere that one, the Iraqis, President Bush, and Gen. Petraeus have mirabile dictu suddenly found the wisdom of the Great Man’s pronouncements on Iraq vis-a-vis the [...]

Saw this coming a mile away...now it's confirmed. Listen to a US soldiers account of Obama's visit

This, an e-mail from someone in the USAF, It comes via Blackfive, where you can read the whole thing. Quote: As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand, he blew them off and didn’t say... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Due to the SUCCESS of the troop surge (opposed by B Hussein Obama), al Qaeda is retreating from Iraq, and attempting to regroup in Afghanistan.

You all know that Obama is on a "fact finding" tour right now. You would think (if you buy into Obamamania) that he would be meeting and talking with our boots on the ground; you know, the experts. Not so fast. Over at Blackfive is this: Posted By Blackfive This is from a USAF friend in Afghanistan: Hello everyone, As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted

~by Bill Harrison “We have been all over India and we have decided that India isn’t big enough for such as us.” “We are not little men, and there is nothing that we are afraid of except Drink, and we have signed a Contrack on that. Therefore, we are going away to be Kings.” British Indian Army Sergeants [...]

John McCainWASHINGTON (AFP) — John McCain on Saturday asked if his Democratic rival Barack Obama would be wrong about Afghanistan as, in the Republican presidential hopeful's view, he had been about Iraq."Senator Obama announced his strategy for Afghanistan and Iraq before departing on a fact-finding mission that will include visits to both those countries."Apparently, he's confident enough that

Barack Obama arrived Saturday in Afghanistan on the first stop of his tour of the Middle East and Europe, aimed at boosting his foreign policy credentials. Sen. Barack Obama arrives in Afghanistan for first stop of global tour Obama's visit comes as U.S. officials want to send more troops to region Obama also expected to visit several countries in Middle East, Europe Source and full story @

Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the first stop on a campaign-season tour of war zones, a spokesman said. “I want to, obviously, talk to the commanders and get a sense both in Afghanistan and in Baghdad of, you know, what the most, their biggest concerns are, and I want to thank our troops for the heroic work that they’ve been doing

Soldiers’ Angels is an organization benefiting U.S. troops that I have previously blogged about. And on my book’s website at www.mrslieutenant.com – in the section on military organizations that support military families – there’s a listing for Solders’ Angels. So when my husband read in one of the milblogs he follows – www.blackfive.net – the blog post with the title “Sold

Afghan teenage cluster bomb victim battling for ban By Robin MillardAgence France Presse Afghan teenager Soraj Ghulam Habib, whose legs were blown off by a cluster bomb, is campaigning hard for a ban on such lethal munitions that would spare other children from his tragic fate. A 10-year-old boy when the unexploded bomblet left him close to death, Habib, now 17 and wheelchair-bound, is in Dubl

Who is fighting NATO in Afghanistan? “it is my desire, dream and vision to fight the USA in Pakistan“: Osama Bin Laden NEW YORK| July 16th, 2008| Rupee News: If you answered “Taliban”, thats a wrong answer. If you call them “safe havens” in Pakistan, you have a Neocon Agenda. The answer is a bit more compex and you have to read on. The Urdu version of CNN (actuall

9 United States troops have been reported killed in Afghanistan after Taliban militants attacked an outpost in the Kunar Province near the Pakistan border.The Battle of Wanat - a mountainous village in the Dara-I-Pech district - began at 4:30 local time (UTC+4:30), just before dawn, with insurgents firing from homes and a mosque in Wanat."The insurgents went into an adjacent village, drove the vil

CNews KABUL: Afghanistan lashed out at neighboring Pakistan on Monday and said it would not attend any of the meetings with Pakistan being participant until the restoration of derailed bilateral ties.She accused Pakistan’s intelligence service and army being behind the bloody Taliban-led insurgency, calling the security forces the ``world's biggest producers of terrorism and extremism.''The sta

Yesterday Senator Hagel's office released this statement:Hagel and Reed Announce Plans to Join Obama for Bipartisan CODEL to Iraq and Afghanistan Later This SummerJuly 13th, 2008 - WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) today announced plans to join U.S. Senator Barack Obama in traveling to Iraq and Afghanistan later this summer to get a firsthand look at the secu

Militant attacks killed 10 NATO soldiers and at least two dozen Afghans on Sunday, officials said, in one of the bloodiest days for international forces helping Afghanistan fight an Islamic insurgency. At least 40 insurgents were also killed in two days of fighting in the southern province of Helmand, the US-led coalition announced. Nine of the soldiers of NATO's International Security Assistance

Kabul, July 12 (Xinhua) A suicide bomber blew himself up targeting an army patrol Saturday killing two soldiers and one civilian and wounding five others in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the police said. Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the provincial police chief said the blast occurred at around 12 a.m.(0730 GMT) when the suicide attacker detonated [...]

Seven Pakistani soldiers and two civilians have been wounded by firing from inside Afghanistan in the latest incident along the border between the uneasy U.S. allies.Last month, Pakistan was outraged when 11 of its border soldiers were killed in a U.S. air strike as U.S. forces battled Taliban militants.Days later, Afghan President Hamid Karazi, increasingly frustrated with Taliban attacks into Af

Laut Medienberichten wurden bei einem Selbstmordanschlag in Nord-Afghanistan auf ein Bundeswehrfahrzeug drei deutsche Polizeiausbilder und außerdem noch 4 Einheimische verletzt.  Der Attentäter soll westlich von Kundus mit einem Auto ein Bundeswehrfahrzeug gerammt haben und zudem noch 3 Schulmädchen, die gerade vorbei liefen, verwundet haben. Ein Sprecher der EU-Polizeiausbilder be

Stumbled upon this fascinating article in Slate this evening about Nasim Fekrat whom is a pioneering Afghan blogger and is actively organizing bloggers across Afghanistan as part of an effort to push for more openness and transparency in the media and government in his home country.They even have an Afghan blog aggregator set-up with about two dozen English language blogs and by my quick count ove

A simple and down to earth video about life in Afghanistan, featuring the brick makers in the vicinity of Kabul.More articles on the Road about Afghanistan.Video via The Real News

The US Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a compromise bill to free up 162 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the final congressional step before the bill goes to President George W. Bush for his approval. The legislation passed 92 votes to six in the Senate after its approval by the House of Representatives June 19 topped weeks of haggling between Democrats and

Apparently diverting from the literal translation of the quran is forbidden.

An Afghan journalist accused of distributing an unacceptable translation of the Koran should be put to death, says former Prime Minister Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai.Ahmadzai, who ran in the 2004 presidential election against current President Hamid Karzai, told Adnkronos International (AKI) he supported the death penalty for Zalmay. "Today Afghanistan is full of vices. Several Afghan restaurants serve liq

AdministratorHandicap InternationalLocation: Kabul, AfghanistanLast Date: June 30, 2008Email: recrut07@handicap-international.org An AdministratorAFGHANISTAN – Kabul – 9 months”Handicap International is an international organisation specialised in the field of disability. Non-governmental, non-religious, non-political and non-profit making, it works alongside people with disabilities, whatev

The husband of the first female soldier to be killed in Afghanistan has spoken of his "beautiful wife" who died a hero.1 Voti

During the past week, Taliban forces blasted their way into Afghanistan’s largest prison to free 800 of their colleagues, and then moved into several villages near Khandahar, and confronted NATO, Canadian and Afghan troops. For some reason, Taliban leaders decided to abandon their suicide and roadside bombings which have been successful and attempt an open [...]