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March 6, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Fiscal Times: The decision by the United States Agency for International Development to scrap the completion of a dam project meant to supply electricity to Kandahar, the spiritual home of the Taliban in Afghanistan, is the latest and perhaps largest failure of the United States to use development dollars to create stability by building Afghan infrastructure. Full news...
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March 6, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: Two radio stations have been closed and at least a dozen journalists arrested or attacked by police in various parts of Afghanistan since the start of the current year, an international group said on Wednesday. Voicing its concern about an increase in harassment and violence against journalists and sanctions against news media, Reporters Without Borders said... Full news...
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March 5, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Global Research: On March 1, a U.S./NATO helicopter gunship killed two Afghan brothers, seven and eight years of age, as they tended cattle in Uruzgan province. According to reports from residents, the boys were listening to a radio, which the helicopter crew interpreted as “radio signals” from Afghan resistance fighters. The latest killing comes amidst a series of atrocities against civilians that has further enflamed opposition to the ongoing occupation. Full news...
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March 4, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Nation: Two more children dead in Afghanistan, thanks to an American airstrike. The war is winding down, but try telling that to the families of the children blown to pieces by mistake. Unless you’ve been reading news accounts closely, you probably missed the story: Two boys out collecting firewood with their donkeys were killed by weapons fired from a NATO helicopter, Afghan and American military officials announced Saturday. Full news...
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March 4, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Channel 4 News: It has come to this. A woman sits in the mud and puddles. The snow falls relentlessly. It is minus 6 degrees, even at 11 in the morning. But sit here she must. If she moves suddenly, she will be hit, for she sits in the middle of the road and covered head to foot in the blue burkha. Her vision is restricted ahead and her peripheral vision is non-existent. Full news...
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March 2, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Reuters: NATO forces accidentally shot dead two boys during an operation in Afghanistan’s south, the alliance said on Saturday, in the latest in a series of incidents involving allegations of civilian deaths at the hands of international troops. The two boys were shot dead when they were mistaken for insurgents during an operation in the northwest of Uruzgan on February 28, ISAF commander, U.S. General Joseph Dunford, said in a statement. Full news...
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March 2, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Digital Journal: Even though the Taliban government in Afghanistan fell more than ten years ago, the justice system is still discriminatory in its treatment of women as is the legal system. Al Jazeera reporter, Jennifer Glasse reports from Herat at a women’s jail. Many Afghan women are in jail for fleeing domestic abuse or violence. Full news...
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March 1, 2013 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Japan Times: A report just released by the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan states that there were 2,754 civilian deaths and 4,805 civilian injuries in that country during 2012. Unmentioned is a serious side effect of the conflict: the high number of opium-addicted children in Afghanistan. The number has increased systematically the past few years. Full news...
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