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June 17, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Guardian: An enormous bomb ripped through a police academy bus at Kabul's busiest transportation hub Sunday, killing at least 35 people in the deadliest insurgent attack in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. The Taliban claimed responsibility. Full news...
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May 9, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
AFP: Taliban insurgents and armed Afghan groups are processing opium in makeshift laboratories to maximise drug profits and better fund the fight against Western forces, a top US drug official said on Monday. Full news...
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May 9, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Associated Press: Britain's defense minister said Tuesday there was some indication that Iran may be helping Taliban forces fighting NATO troops in Afghanistan. Full news...
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May 7, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Pajhwok Afghan News: The war-era weapons were being smuggled from northern parts to the restive southern zone, said an official of the Disarmament of Irresponsible Armed Groups (DIAG) programme in Balkh on Sunday. Full news...
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May 3, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Deccan Herald: According to an official report, 51 villagers died during a US-led operation against Taliban militants in western Afghanistan. Afghanistan can no longer accept or understand civilian deaths, President Hamid Karzai said, after officials reported that 51 villagers died during a US-led operation against Taliban militants in western Afghanistan. Full news...
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April 21, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Reuters: Afghanistan's Taliban movement has used a 12-year-old boy to execute a man accused of helping U.S. forces hunt down and kill one of its top commanders in December, Al Arabiya television reported on Saturday. Full news...
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April 17, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Associated Press: U.S. forces in Afghanistan recently intercepted Iranian-made mortars and other weaponry in Afghanistan, although it is not clear they were shipped directly from Iran, the military's top general said Tuesday. Full news...
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April 17, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IRIN News: The United Nations and two prominent human rights organisations have raised grave concerns about the increasing number of civilians affected in armed conflicts in Afghanistan. On Monday, the New York-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on the dramatic rise in civilian casualties during insurgent attacks in Afghanistan. Full news...
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April 11, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IWPR: President Karzai may have helped save the Prodi government by trading Taliban prisoners for an Italian hostage, but in the process, he has damaged his own credibility at home. Full news...
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April 10, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Scotsman: ITALY'S government paid a ransom of £1 million to the Taliban to free an Italian photographer taken hostage in Afghanistan, an aid group has claimed. Full news...
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April 8, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Associated Press: Roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan on Sunday left seven NATO soldiers dead, the alliance said, as its forces continued an anti-Taliban offensive in the world's most fertile opium-producing region. It appeared to be the biggest combat loss for foreign troops in Afghanistan since 2005. Full news...
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April 7, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
FinalCall.com: It is year six of the UN-backed NATO occupation of Afghanistan and Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon admitted in a report to the United Nations Security Council on Mar. 20 that the resistance in Afghanistan appears "emboldened." In 2006, the casualty rates increased on the ground and NATO lost 46 troops. Full news...
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April 2, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Reuters: The new, white Australian-built Trade Training School of Tirin Kot is spotless, pristine -- and tucked safely away behind blast walls in the middle of a massive military camp in southern Afghanistan. Full news...
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April 2, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN): More than five years after the ousting of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, residents of the southern province of Helmand say their lives have become more insecure. Full news...
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April 2, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Hindu: The Taliban on Sunday executed three men accused of spying for NATO and Government forces in southern Afghanistan, a local militant commander and villager said. Full news...
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March 25, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Sunday Telegraph: Islamic militants linked to Osama bin Laden have been offered a safe haven by the Taliban in Afghanistan, bringing them into conflict with British troops patrolling the lawless province of Helmand. Full news...
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March 19, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
BBC News: Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo has returned home to a hero's welcome after two weeks as a captive of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. But the terms of his release, which saw five insurgent leaders freed from Afghan prisons, have been universally criticised. Full news...
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March 18, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Associated Press: A suicide bomber targeting a Canadian military convoy killed a child and wounded a NATO soldier and three other people Saturday in southern Afghanistan, officials said. Full news...
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March 16, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Deccan Herald: For the US administration, Afghanistan is a lab experiment gone horribly wrong, very much like Iraq. Not only did they lose initiative within months of their invasion here; the brutality and randomness of their attacks resulted in more civilian deaths than insurgents. In five years the death toll is five times the number killed in the 9/11 attacks. So if retribution is what they were really after, then they have overachieved. And, this does not include deaths by radioactive material and cluster bombs. Full news...
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March 14, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Denver Post: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls Afghanistan "a war that is unfinished and nearly forgotten." For all the political drama that is unfolding over the Democrats' decision to use the upcoming debate over war spending to challenge President Bush's policies in Iraq, the Democratic congressional caucus is also using the spending measure for a purpose equally crucial. It is redirecting funds toward Afghanistan in a last-ditch effort to rescue the country that was the original "central front" in the war on terror. Full news...
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February 27, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Australian: A SUICIDE bomber killed as many as 20 people outside the main US base in Afghanistan today, coinciding with a visit to the base by US Vice President Dick Cheney. Mr Cheney was not hurt, according to his spokeswoman. Full news...
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February 27, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Associated Press: A suicide bomber outside Bagram, the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, kills at least 19 people, during a visit by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, Afghan officials say. Cheney is safe and leaves the base soon after. Full news...
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February 25, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Dawn (Pakistan): "Security has sharply deteriorated in all regions. Afghans are more insecure today than they were in 2005. This is due largely to the violence surrounding the insurgency and counter-insurgency campaigns, and the inability of security forces to combat warlords and drug traffickers." Full news...
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February 20, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
AFP: Suspected pro-Taliban militants beheaded and cut off the hands and feet of a man in a Pakistani border area, accusing him of spying for US forces in Afghanistan, officials said. Full news...
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February 12, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR): Helmand's status as the opium capital of the world seems secure for the present. Sources inside the provincial government say this year's opium poppy harvest could dwarf even the record levels of 2006. And a team of eradicators sent from Kabul to destroy the crop is meeting with armed resistance even before they begin work, say local residents. Full news...
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February 12, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA): When Khan Aga powers up his Mercedes diesel truck and leaves Kabul for southern Afghanistan, he doesn't know if he will ever see his wife and eight children again. Full news...
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February 3, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
AP via The Boston Globe: More than five years after the fall of the Taliban regime, the plundering of Afghanistan's archaeological sites and museums not only continues but has evolved into a sophisticated trade that could be financing the country's warlords and insurgents, experts say. Full news...
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February 2, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
DPA via TeluguPortal.Net: The United Nations office in Afghanistan has voiced strong opposition to the Afghan parliament's approval of a bill granting immunity to war-criminals and exempting them from judicial proceedings. Full news...
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February 1, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Khaleej Times: Afghanistan's parliament has granted immunity to all Afghans involved in the country's 25 years of conflict, lawmakers said on Thursday, despite calls by human rights groups for war crimes trials. Full news...
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January 30, 2007 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
AP: More than 1,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2006, most of them as a result of attacks by the Taliban and other anti-government forces in the country's unstable south, a rights group said Tuesday. Full news...
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