Afghanistan
Afghanistan eye World Twenty20 after Asia Cup snub
Mar 12th
CNewsworld DUBAI: Afghanistan are determined to use their resentment over being snubbed for the Asia Cup to fire them to a second appearance at the World Twenty20. The Afghans are among the favourites to land one of the two places up for grabs at the 2012 finals in Sri Lanka in September and October when…
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Amerikaanse soldaat dood 16 Afghanen, deepening crisis
Mar 11th
CNewsworld BALANDI, Afghanistan: 'N Amerikaanse soldaat het die vuur op van dorpenaars naby sy basis in die suide van Afghanistan Sondag en vermoor 16 burgerlikes, Volgens President Hamid Karzai wat noem dit 'n “moord” en verwoed op 'n verduideliking van Washington. Nege kinders en drie vroue was onder die dooie. The killing spree deepened a crisis between U.S.…
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Afghanistan Helicopter Crash: Chinook Caught Fire After Being Hit
Aug 11th
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Chinook helicopter that insurgents shot down over the weekend burst into flames before hitting the ground, leaving wreckage scattered on both sides of a river in eastern Afghanistan and killing 30 Americans and eight Afghans, witnesses told The Associated Press on Thursday.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...5 NATO service members killed in southern Afghanistan
Aug 11th
Five NATO service members were killed Thursday following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan, according to a NATO statement.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Bombs kill 6 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan
Aug 11th
The attacks occur in southern Afghanistan, where most of the foreign forces are American or British. Insurgent bombs killed six Western soldiers on Thursday, the NATO force reported, five of those in a single attack.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...After Troops Leave, Obama Must Stay Engaged in Afghanistan: View
Aug 11th
World leaders can look at the same events and interpret them in radically different ways. So it is with President Barack Obama’s June 22 announcement to accelerate the withdrawal of U.S.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Afghanistan Endgame: Are U.S. Troops Caught in a Strategic Cul-De-Sac?
Aug 10th
Afghanistan Endgame: Are U.S. Troops Caught in a Strategic Cul-De-Sac?
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Afghanistan’s Highest Mountain Accessible to Climbers Once Again
Aug 10th
Closed off from the outside world for decades due to regional insecurity, Afghanistan’s highest mountain–Mount Noshaq–is once again accessible to the mountaineering community, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, Australian Geographic Outdoor, and other groups.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Forces in Afghanistan kill militants involved in downing of copter
Aug 10th
Coalition forces in Afghanistan have killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for the downing of a helicopter that left 38 U.S.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Strike kills insurgents who downed helicopter in Afghanistan, top commander says
Aug 10th
Die top U.S-. military commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that his forces have killed the insurgents responsible for downing a Chinook helicopter packed with 30 Navy SEALs and other American troops , though the original target of their mission got away.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Afghanistan Helicopter Attackers Killed: NATO
Aug 10th
WASHINGTON — The top commander in Afghanistan says international forces killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for downing a U.S.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Afghanistan Courts Cannot Change Elections: Hamid Karzai
Aug 10th
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president issued a decree Wednesday stating that the country’s courts do not have the power to alter election results, a move appeared aimed at ending months of uncertainty over the parliament’s legitimacy.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Lesson of Afghanistan Crash Is Not to Rush Exit: Mark Moyar
Aug 10th
Unfortunately, it also led some reporters, talking heads and politicians to jump to unwarranted conclusions: that special operations raids are alienating the Afghan population, that this tragedy was evidence that the U.S. troop withdrawal needs to be further hurried, and that the Taliban are on their way to victory.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Obama honors soldiers killed in Afghanistan crash
Aug 9th
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del (Reuters) – President Barack Obama honored 30 U.S.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...AFGHANISTAN: Nearly nine million face food shortages
Aug 9th
KABUL, 9 Augustus 2011 ( IRIN ) – Ongoing drought in northern, northeastern and western Afghanistan is likely to push 1.5-2 million more people into food insecurity this autumn, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Whatever Happened to the Civilian Surge in Afghanistan?
Aug 9th
Recently departed U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry says he is proudest of his work with the civilian surge in Afghanistan. Observers ask, “What civilian surge?”
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