Soviet soldier tells why he defected to Afghanistan
Source: The independent
Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-11 12:44:50 -0700 | sports-news
A former Soviet soldier presumed dead for 33 years has spoken of how he embraced Islam and turned his gun on his countrymen after he was shot, left for dead by his unit, and nursed back to health in a...
Investigation into killed soldier's death suffered from 'systematic failures'
Source: The Independent
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-11 12:58:30 -0700 | sports-news
The family of a soldier who was killed by friendly fire urged the Ministry of Defence yesterday to admit responsibility for his preventable death. Sapper Mark Smith's mother spoke shortly after coroner Roger Hatch called for an inquiry into systematic...
Heart Of A Marine gala celebrates military service, sacrifice
Source: The Daily Herald
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-11 09:39:13 -0700 | sports-news
The ball is a celebration of military service and sacrifice, honoring all branches of the United States Armed Forces, veterans from all conflicts, and presents special reverence to KIA's, MIA's, and POW's...Parnell served as an Airborne Ranger with the 10th...
On the Morris County clerk campaign trail, it's already getting ugly
Source: Glen Rock Gazette
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-09 22:18:28 -0700 | sports-news
Last month, three of the five candidates Morris County Freeholder Ann Grossi, Jefferson Councilman Michael Sanchelli and James Vigilante vying for the post being vacated by Joan Bramhall next year attended the Mount Olive Republican Club meeting to introduce themselves,...
Artefacts galore: City dig revealed as 'most important ever' in London
Source: The Independent
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-09 10:45:12 -0700 | sports-news
Experts excavating the site, which lies alongside a huge building project for new offices on Queen Victoria Street, have uncovered wooden structures from the 40s AD around 40ft (12 metres) beneath the ground. The discoveries have been so well preserved...
Afghan student stabbed on Azam Campus
Source: Indian Express
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-06 18:45:10 -0700 | sports-news
Little did Mohammed Samim Rahimi, an Afghan student of Azam Campus' MBA stream, know that singing Hindi and Afghani songs could spell trouble for him...According to Cantonment police, Mohammed Samim Rahimi, currently staying at an Azam Campus accommodation, was badly...
Churchill beat Pune FC 2-1, go 5 points clear at top of table
Source: Zee News
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-05 11:41:29 -0700 | sports-news
Churchill Brothers took a giant step towards regaining the I-League title after scoring a 2-1 victory over Pune FC in a 23rd round I-League clash at Tilak Maidan on Friday. After a barren opening session, Churchill scored through Bineesh Balan...
On Relgion: A Basketball Blowout Raises Theological Questions
Source: The New York Times
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-05 08:50:50 -0700 | sports-news
Cory Hall/Grinnell College Athletics, via Associated Press Jack Taylor's 138 points against Faith Baptist Bible smashed an N.C.A.A. record set in 1954. Yet, what may have been the most significant contest this season took place more than four months ago...
Officer avoids jail but is demoted for falsifying data
Source: The Age
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-03 13:32:18 -0700 | sports-news
Alex Ellinghausen A senior military policeman who falsified paperwork to hide the fact that an Afghan prisoner had been held longer than the regulation 96 hours has escaped a jail term and instead been demoted. David Sperry Pratt, 46, was...
The Afghans mourning the George W Bush days: Traders fear the good times are over
Source: The independent
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-03 11:20:57 -0700 | sports-news
The former US President George W Bush hardly lacks critics for his foreign policy decisions, which took America into war in Afghanistan. But in a corner of Kabul, some Afghans are so grateful to him that they have named a...
'I dream about that day. I try not to but it keeps coming back': Tarana Akhbari, the girl in the ...
Source: The independent
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-04-01 11:51:50 -0700 | sports-news
The image was shocking and haunting, summing up the suffering and despair of Afghanistan's brutal war: a young girl in a green shalwar kameez standing alone amid the bloody carnage of a suicide bombing, her mouth open in a scream....
Obama, Kerry show off soccer skills — but what does a pro say?
Source: Washington Post
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-03-27 13:10:16 -0700 | sports-news
ET, 03/27/2013 Mar 27, 2013 07:02 PM EDT TheWashingtonPost Obama, Kerry show off soccer skills but what does a pro say? Both President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry bounced soccer balls around Tuesday Obama at a White House...
Past leadership ballots
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-03-21 09:27:16 -0700 | sports-news
Politics has become more brutal, Julia Gillard tells Michael Gordon , but she remains unbowed. Peter Martin So-called middle-class welfare is now counted upon...Shane Green reports from where the lack of work hits hardest. Tim Mathieson, the Prime Minister's partner...
Denver Broncos' Von Miller, Champ Bailey on USO tour to visit troops
Source: Denver Post
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-03-21 00:03:40 -0700 | sports-news
Equipped with communication devices more modern than a fax machine, Von Miller was on his way to a USO tour in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan when he heard about the paperwork gaffe that led to the release of pass-rush partner Elvis...
Afghan deportation not lawful, court rules
Source: The Age
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-03-20 05:48:30 -0700 | sports-news
Five judges ruled that Immigration Minister Chris Bowen's September decision to deport the Hazara man was not made according to law, nor according to procedural fairness. Advertisement "It is inexplicable why the minister accepts that the processes he has put...
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