cross-referenced news and research resources about

districts of Herat province, Afghanistan

Tue. December 02, 2008

WELT ONLINE
November 17, 2008

Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior says that 76 civilians were killed in strikes in the Shindand district of Herat province. US coalition officials say that ...

Teaching justice abroad: Local attorney shares knowledge in ...

Journal Times
November 16, 2008

By Janine Anderson RACINE - For six months, Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Arn traded his job here for one in Afghanistan. ...

DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN Air Force Report Confirms Rising Civilian Toll

Spiegel Online
November 13, 2008

Callan writes, for example, about an "air strike" on the village of Azizabad in Shindand district in Herat Province, in the country's far west, ...

Taliban claim killing of Herat intelligence chief, AG

Pakistan Observer
November 11, 2008

... landmines set by Taliban in Adrashkan District near the centre of Shendand district of Herat province exploded when their vehicles were passing by. ...

Defence minister flies out to bring home suicide attack dead and ...

Think Spain
November 10, 2008

Defence minister Carmé Chacón has confirmed that a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy in the Shindand district of Herat has claimed the lives of four ...

2 Spaniards Killed in Afghan Blast

New York Times
November 10, 2008

... said in a telephone call that the suicide attack was made on a military convoy near the village of Azizabad, in the Shindand district of Herat Province. ...

Two Spanish NATO soldiers killed in Afghan suicide attack

TopNews
November 9, 2008

In a another incident Sunday, Afghan police and intelligence agents arrested a suspected would-be suicide bomber in Adraskan district of Herat province, ...

Afghan commandos capture 2 insurgents, kill 1 in Herat province

Blackanthem.com
November 7, 2008

... assisted by Coalition forces, Tuesday detained two Insurgents and killed one in Zer-e-koh Valley, Shindand district, Herat province. ...

Air strikes kill dozen civilians in Afghanistan

SINDH TODAY
November 6, 2008

... being an incident in Shindand district of Herat in western Afghanistan where an air raid in August killed 91 non-combatants including women and children.

FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan, Oct 22

Reuters
October 22, 2008

Herat - Taliban fighters captured five Afghan policemen in an attack on their post in the Salma district of Herat province, some 645 km (400) miles west of ...

Iranian woman held in abduction charges

TMCnet
October 19, 2008

He added police arrested her in the nine police district in Herat city on Saturday afternoon. Ahmadi said she is accused of abducting three children Mariam, ...

The information fight, part II

Schenectady Gazette
October 10, 2008

22 operation in the vicinity of Azizabad, Shindand district, Herat Provence, Afghanistan. The investigation accounted for approximately 22 Insurgents and 33 ...

CENTCOM concludes Shindand investigation

US Central Command
October 8, 2008

22 operation in the vicinity of Azizabad, Shindand district, Herat Provence, Afghanistan. The investigation accounted for approximately 22 Insurgents and 33 ...

US inquiry said to find raid killed 30 Afghan civilians

International Herald Tribune
October 8, 2008

... called in airstrikes after they came under attack while approaching a compound in Azizabad, a village in the Shindand district of Herat Province. ...

US Inquiry Is Said to Conclude 30 Civilians Died in Afghan Raid

New York Times
October 7, 2008

... called in airstrikes after they came under attack while approaching a compound in Azizabad, a village in the Shindand district of Herat Province. ...

SLAUGHTER LIES AND VIDEO AFGANISTAN

Cleveland Indy Media
October 2, 2008

... that the engagement in the Shindand district of Herat province, Friday, may have resulted in civilian casualties apart from those already reported. ...

10 Taliban killed in western Afghanistan

PRESS TV
September 28, 2008

... unidentified gunmen killed a tribal elder, Abdul Majid Mo?jir in the Tajarmin village, located in the Chishti Sharif district of Herat Province. ...

Children worst sufferers in Afghan conflict

RAWA News
September 19, 2008

Sixty out of over 90 people killed in air strike in Shindand district of Herat last month were children, said the statement. The casualties were caused ...

US defence chief expresses "deep regret" for Afghan civilian deaths

Monsters and Critics.com
September 17, 2008

In a meeting with President Hamid Karzai, Gates expressed his 'deep regret for the loss of civilian lives in Shindand district of Herat province and said he ...

Two killed in bomb blast targeting Afghan district governor

Earthtimes (press release)
September 15, 2008

The attack targeted Lal Mohammad Omarzai, district chief of Shindand district in Herat province, as he was entering the district headquarters compound ...

ISAF Closes Western Afghan Airport After Missile Attack

RedOrbit
September 13, 2008

... Police Command in the western region says the attack was launched from Gozara district of Herat Province but did not cause any human or property loss. ...

Afghans arrested over disputed air strike deaths

Reuters India
September 13, 2008

The US military said its investigation of the operation in the Shindand district of Herat found that a top Taliban commander was among the Insurgents killed ...

Afghans arrested over disputed air strike deaths

Reuters India
September 12, 2008

The US military said its investigation of the operation in the Shindand district of Herat found that a top Taliban commander was among the Insurgents killed ...

The Value of One, the Value of None

Antiwar.com
September 12, 2008

... that the engagement in the Shindand district of Herat province, Friday, may have resulted in civilian casualties apart from those already reported. ...

Afghans say life no better after invasion

RAWA News
September 11, 2008

9, 2008, shows an Afghan child who was allegedly killed during a US- led raid in Azizabad village of Shindand district of Herat province west of Kabul, ...

AFGHANISTAN: Self-immolation on the rise among women

IRINnews.org
September 9, 2008

Herat, 9 September 2008 (IRIN) - Sarah, 20, set herself ablaze in a desperate bid to end her life after four years of marriage to a drug addict in Sheendand ...

Off-target NATO bomb kills 2 Afghan civilians

Kansas City Star
September 9, 2008

9, 2008, allegedly killed on August 22, 2008 during a US led raid in Azizabad village of Shindand district of Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan . ...

USCENTCOM names investigating officer

US Central Command
September 9, 2008

... combined Afghan National Army (ANA) and US forces operation in the vicinity of Azizabad, Shindand district, Herat Provence, Afghanistan on 22 August. ...

Video shows dead Afghan children after US raid

PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
September 8, 2008

«In light of emerging evidence pertaining to civilian casualties in the August 22 counter-insurgency operation in the Shindand district, Herat province, ...

US Military Looks Anew at Azizabad

RedOrbit
September 8, 2008

"In light of emerging evidence pertaining to civilian casualties ... in the Shindand district, Herat province, I feel it is prudent to request that US ...

Footage of Slain Afghan Civilians Sparks Investigation into US Attack

Truthdig
September 8, 2008

... woman and her daughter, right, wail after their relative was killed in an air strike in Azizabad, a village in the Shindand district of Herat province. ...

US to review Afghan attack case

Irish Times
September 8, 2008

"In light of emerging evidence pertaining to civilian casualties in the August 22 counter-insurgency operation in the Shindand district, Herat province, ...

CENTCOM commander directs review of investigation

US Central Command
September 8, 2008

... combined Afghan National Army (ANA) and US forces operation in the vicinity of Azizabad, Shindand district, Herat Provence, Afghanistan on 22 August. ...

Top US commander requests new probe into Afghan civilian casualties

Monsters and Critics.com
September 8, 2008

Afghan government and UN teams said that 90 civilians, including 60 children, were killed in the air raid in Azizabad village in Shindand district of Herat ...

Drones Bomb Pakistani Village, 3 Dead

Alalam News Network
September 8, 2008

In Afghanistan, scores of Afghan women and children were killed in the Aug 22 US airstrikes in the Shindand district, Herat province. ...

Sources: Photos alter course of Afghan airstrike probe

CNN
September 8, 2008

"In light of emerging evidence pertaining to civilian casualties in the August 22 counter-insurgency operation in the Shindand district, Herat province, ...

UPDATE 1-US to look again at civilian deaths in Afghan raid

Reuters India
September 8, 2008

22 counter-insurgency operation in the Shindand district, Herat province, I feel it is prudent to request that US Central Command send a general officer to ...

US says new evidence of civilian deaths in raid

Reuters India
September 8, 2008

22 counter-insurgency operation in the Shindand district, Herat province, I feel it is prudent to request that US Central Command send a general officer to ...

US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack

Ely Times
September 7, 2008

"In light of emerging evidence pertaining to civilian casualties in the August 22 counter-insurgency operation in the Shindand district, Herat province, ...

Afghans fed up with government, US

Jamestown Sun
September 6, 2008

23, 2008 photo, an Afghan woman shouts anti-US slogans in front of her destroyed home in Azizabad, the village in Shindand district of Herat province, ...