In model Afghan city, kidnappings surge
Source: Washington Post
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-24 13:55:20 -0700 | travel-news
In death, he has become a poster child for an unlikely crisis in an unlikely place. In this modern city far from the battlefields, the growing epidemic of abductions has raised a troubling question about Afghanistan's future: What if eradicating...
Taliban amputate two Afghans as punishment police
Source: The Hindustan Times
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-21 01:46:44 -0700 | travel-news
Afghanistan's Taliban Islamic insurgents have amputated a hand and a foot of two private security guards because they worked for foreign troops, police and one of the victims said on Saturday. The Taliban confirmed they had cut off the right...
Afghan Taleban kill 44 in suicide attack on courtroom
Source: Arab News
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-03 17:14:50 -0700 | travel-news
Nine Taleban suicide bombers killed themselves and 44 others on Wednesday in an attack on a courtroom in western Afghanistan where 10 of their comrades were on trial, a local official said. Causing the biggest death toll in a single...
British couple released after Afghan 'terror plot' arrest
Source: The Guardian
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2011-11-08 11:42:43 -0800 | political-news
Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters A British couple seized by special forces in Afghanistan on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack have been released, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has disclosed. They were due to be extradited at the end of last week...
U.S. ambassador rebuts Afghan criticisms
Source: United Press International
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2011-08-19 21:34:23 -0700 | political-news
Afghan President Hamid Karzai was given a strong rebuke about mounting anti-U.S. sentiment Sunday by U.S...Speaking to 200 students and faculty at Herat University, Eikenberry never used Karzai's name, but referred to remarks the president has made in recent weeks,...
Taliban torch four logistic vehicles of foreign forces?
Source: The Frontier Post
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2011-05-27 17:54:36 -0700 | political-news
Taliban attacked a logistic convoy of foreign forces in Bakwa district of Furah province yesterday, torching four vehicles, security sources said Saturday. The logistic convoy was attacked late yesterday on the border between Farah and Nimroz province in which a security...
Police arrest four for alleged involvement in suicide attack
Source: The Frontier Post
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2011-02-02 21:12:43 -0800 | political-news
Afghan officials say police detained four people in connection with a suicide attack in which two police were injured three days ago. Abdul Hayee Khatibi, spokesman of governor Ghor, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that counter-crimes police raided a house...
Gleeman’s Daily News—11/25/10
Source: EMRUpdate
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-11-02 08:55:30 -0700 | entertainment-news
Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on all the things we should be thankful for...Please take time out of your day for all of these and please say a prayer of thanks for our troops! Afghanistan Deployed Army, Air Force,...
14 prisoners escape Farah City Central Jail: Official
Source: The Frontier Post
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2010-09-19 01:51:44 -0700 | political-news
At least 14 prisoners escaped the Farah City Central Jail following an explosion near the facility building last night which caused one wall of the prison to collapse. The Farah security chief Muhammad Faqir Askar told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP)...
With end of Afghan war in sight, Europe pushes business
Source: Chicago Tribune
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-20 06:27:14 -0700 | travel-news
An Afghan policeman stands guard at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul May 16, 2013. The European Union threw its weight behind developing Afghanistan's small but promising private sector this week, in the hope that business can usher...
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