Sat. March 20, 2010
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CounterPunch
March 19, 2010
Mourning is a direct challenge to the implicit devaluing of Iraqi (and Afghani and Palestinian, as well as those of
US soldiers) lives which contributes to ...
BBC News
March 19, 2010
I could hear people screaming. "I realised we were in a concentration of
IEDs, so I froze everybody's movement. I told everybody to stay still, ...
Veterans Today Network
March 19, 2010
VA Attempting To Make It Easier For
Iraq, Afghan Vets To Obtain Disability Benefits. Chief
technology Officer: VA Needs New Disability Claims System. ...
ABC News
March 19, 2010
Stanley McChrystal Also Say 'More Troops Won't Make A Difference' By MATTHEW COLE Two Russian veterans of the Soviet Afghan war privately warned Gen. ...
BBC News
March 19, 2010
An Afghan
bomb trap which killed five
UK soldiers left a scene like something "from a movie", an inquest has heard. Capt Ross Hocking said he saw "a lot of ...
Washington Post
March 19, 2010
Washington Post
March 19, 2010
AP
Marjah, Afghanistan -- The first shots came from the north, sending Marines ducking into the nearest ditch - sometimes filled with putrid ...
Washington Post
March 19, 2010
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2010
Elders failed to stop the rise of militancy after the
Taliban fled
Afghanistan and thousands of tribesmen joined their ranks, killing scores of ...
Washington Post
March 19, 2010
"The first contact was probably last spring, then of course you moved into the (Afghan presidential) election process where there was a lull in activity," ...
Los Angeles Times
March 19, 2010
Washington Post
March 19, 2010
"The
Afghan government is the lawful government," said Abdul Wahed Omarkhiel, the government head of one district, Chardara, which lies four miles from the ...
ABC Online
March 18, 2010
"The government
organisations started to leave ... and the
people of Afghanistan couldn't even travel to hospital any more to look for
healthcare."
ABC News
March 18, 2010
Christiane will join us from
CNN where, for two decades she has reported from the world's major conflicts, including those in
Iraq,
Afghanistan,
Pakistan, ...
Arab News
March 18, 2010
Tragically in many countries, including
Pakistan and
Afghanistan, seizing people and holding them for ransom is all too common. However, because the victims ...
BBC News
March 18, 2010
Mr Eide said there were now many channels of communication with the
Taliban, including those involving senior representatives of Afghan President Hamid ...
Voice of America
March 18, 2010
He said that is an important part of the effort to convince the people they would have a better future with the
Afghan government in firm control of the ...
NewsHour
March 18, 2010
Certainly,
General McChrystal in
Afghanistan seems more intent on not killing very many people and apologizing every time someone does get killed. ...
Los Angeles Times
March 18, 2010
"I want a city of people having jobs, of busy shops and movement, of
peace," he said. "It's imaginary, I know, but it is my desire for
Afghanistan. ...
Washington Post (blog)
March 18, 2010
Washington Post
March 18, 2010
THE BRUTAL slaying of three people connected to
the US consulate in Juarez,
Mexico, last weekend has called attention to a crisis that is getting too little ...
CBS News
March 18, 2010
I do however remember seeing much cheering and dancing in the streets of
Afghanistan,
Iraq,
Palestine, etc. when the World Trade Center towers fell. ...
ABC7Chicago.com
March 18, 2010
In
Iraq and
Afghanistan, the
US government has contracted to hire thousands of local residents as security guards. But what happens when those American-paid ...
Washington Post
March 18, 2010
Boston Globe
March 18, 2010
Voice of America
March 18, 2010
Photo: AP Officials in northern
Afghanistan say a crash between a bus and an oil truck on a treacherous mountain pass has killed at least 35 people. ...
Daily News Tribune
March 18, 2010
Q. What is your impression of the
peace movement in 2010? Is it about
Iraq?
Afghanistan? Poor people? Undocumented
workers? It used to be simple. ...
Washington Post
March 18, 2010
It's a depressing yet fascinating story of
Afghanistan's betwixt-between nature, in which the people so clearly yearn to reach out and touch the glow of ...
Washington Post
March 18, 2010
Los Angeles Times
March 18, 2010
Christian Science Monitor
March 17, 2010
Sify
March 17, 2010
'Our heartland, our cities and our people are exposed to the threat of
terrorism in a constant and almost unremitting way in a manner
the US well ...
CNN
March 17, 2010
Currently,
US troops have 96 hours to question people picked up in the field before they must either release them or hand them over to Afghan authorities. ...
NPR
March 17, 2010
Huffington Post (blog)
March 17, 2010
Afghanistan confirmed for the first time publicly on
Tuesday that it had enacted into law a blanket pardon for
war crimes and human rights abuse carried out ...
ABC News
March 17, 2010
There was also an increase in the number of reports filed in
Iraq and
Afghanistan. There were 175 reports of sexual assault in Iraq and 40 in Afghanistan in ...
Boston Globe
March 17, 2010
Fort Worth Star Telegram
March 17, 2010
Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's government will provide more than 1000 police officers as reinforcements for the southern
province of Kandahar in response to ...
RTT News
March 17, 2010
(RTTNews) - A top American
army General says the war in
Afghanistan, which has entered its ninth year, will get tougher before it gets easier, ...
Denver Post
March 17, 2010
With UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie's financial help, a new primary school for girls in
Afghanistan is ready to welcome 800
students. ...