Report: Afghanistan taxing reconstruction projects
Source: United Press International
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 23:08:40 -0700 | political-news
The Afghan government has collected at least $921 million in taxes from contractors on U.S.-funded reconstruction projects since 2008, a U.S. report says. The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction report looked at the books of 43 contractors, a small...
Apply for asylum, translators told
Source: New Zealand Herald
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-15 10:58:11 -0700 | political-news
Six Afghans who helped interpret for New Zealand's SAS and fear retribution may be able to resettle here. The Government says it will consider asylum for translators who worked with New Zealand's SAS soldiers in Afghanistan and have been left...
Flags at half staff, service set, for fallen Marine from Parker
Source: The Denver Post
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 23:14:52 -0700 | political-news
Font Resize Flags at all Colorado state building will be lowered to half staff on Thursday in honor of a local, fallen Marine...He was assigned to the 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion in Camp Lejeune, N.C. Flags will be lowered,...
Headlines for May 15, 2013
Source: Democracy Now
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 23:16:38 -0700 | political-news
You can choose another option on the listen/watch page if you prefer. download: Holder Defends Monitoring of AP Phone Records Attorney General Eric Holder is defending the Justice Department's seizure of the work, home and cellphone records used by almost...
21-yr-old becomes Afghan Air Force first female pilot to be trained in 30 years
Source: NewKerala
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-15 05:37:29 -0700 | political-news
Afghan Air Force first female pilot to be trained in 30 years Washington, May 15 : A 21-year-old has become the Afghan Air Force's first female pilot to be trained to fly in 30 years. Lieutenant Niloofar Rhmani, along with...
Sun Valley hires 3 new police officers
Source: Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-14 22:47:10 -0700 | political-news
Goodrich began working for the department earlier this month. Interim Police Chief Walt Femling said Frattura started this week and that Nguyen's start date is still up in the air, but will be soon. At the meeting, Femling said...
Senator questions Obama on cash payment to Karzai
Source: Zee News
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-14 21:24:10 -0700 | political-news
Arguing that alleged secret payments made to Afghan President Hamid Karzai by the CIA not only lacks accountability but also encourages corruption, a top US Senator has sought an explanation from President Barack Obama on reports in this regard.
Contractors Raked in $385 Billion on Overseas Bases in 12 Years
Source: Mother Jones
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-14 13:26:35 -0700 | political-news
Every year, US taxpayers send billions of dollars abroad to build and maintain our military presence...AM PDT Outside the United States, the Pentagon controls a collection of military bases unprecedented in history. With US troops gone from Iraq and the...
At least 3 US soldiers killed by Afghanistan bomb
Posted by: Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 04:07:51 -0700 | political-news
More dead Americans in Afghanistan And causes of the accident are similar to previous accidents Is there a quick exit inevitable now for foreign troops from Afghanistan? To be out now to avoid more dead The world has forgotten Osama...
150 girls get poisoned by toxic gas in Afghanistan
Source: Turkish Press
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-14 08:51:12 -0700 | political-news
The teachers and students of the Kharti Khorasan Girls` High School in Mazar-i-Sharif were hospitalized after they got poisoned by a toxic gas which was sprayed at their classrooms. Chief Physician of Mazar-i-Sharif Hospital Noor Muhammad Faiz said that the...
US, Afghanistan negotiating details of post-2014 agreement
Posted by: northsunm32
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 04:16:39 -0700 | political-news
Senior US and Afghan officials are holding talks to work out details of an agreement signed a year ago that sets out the relationships between Afghanistan and the US between 2014 and 2024. The Strategic Partnership Agreement sets forth the...
Afghan Taxes Weigh Heavily On U.S. Contractors, Report Says
Source: National Public Radio
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-14 06:51:50 -0700 | political-news
Since 2008, the Afghan government has assessed nearly $1 billion dollars in taxes sometimes erroneously on U.S. contractors working in the country, according to a new report from the Pentagon's Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction , NPR's Tom Bowman...
IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: May 14
Source: The New York Times
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-14 00:47:52 -0700 | political-news
With the region sapped by the euro crisis, confidence in the institution and the benefits it was supposed to provide is flagging faster and further than ever before, according to an influential opinion survey released Monday...Meer Afzal/European Pressphoto Agency Houses...
Poway soldier survives 6 IED blasts, wins Bronze Star
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-13 17:13:26 -0700 | political-news
Charles Preiss was about one week into his deployment to Afghanistan last year when he survived his first improvised explosive device blast. Then, the 25-year-old Poway resident came away unscathed from a second...Before he came home in November, after nearly...
A Turkish businessman kidnapped in Afghanistan
Source: Turkish Press
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-13 12:33:44 -0700 | political-news
A Turkish businessman was kidnapped by armed assailants in Afghanistan late on Sunday. Sami Yavuz, head of Afghanistan Turkish Industrialists & Businessmen's Association, was kidnapped at around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday. Armed assailants forced 41-year-old Yavuz to get on a...
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