Contributor ReportsWe can't buy peace in Afghanistan | Seumas Milne
Source: The Guardian
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Mon Nov 23 09:13:36 -0800 2009 | travel-news
We can't buy peace in Afghanistan The classic colonial practice of giving insurgents wads of cash is no more likely to be successful in Afghanistan than it was in Iraq So now we know the secret weapon of the the...
Afghan government says 3 Afghan soldiers killed
Source: The Boston Globe
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Mon Nov 23 07:02:45 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Afghan officials say three Afghan National Army soldiers have been killed and two others have been wounded by a roadside bomb in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior said Monday that the bombing occurred on Sunday in...
Combat zone designation for Fort Hood massacre transcends semantics
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Nov 22 16:47:07 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Twelve of the 13 casualties in the Fort Hood massacre were soldiers. But were they combatants, and was an Army post in the middle of Texas a combat zone? If the answer is yes – as many Texas lawmakers say...
US Lawmakers Divided on Afghanistan
Source: Voice of America
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Mon Nov 23 03:21:12 -0800 2009 | travel-news
But what the White House sees as a necessary, thoughtful process to arrive at the best-possible decision on an eight-year conflict is seen as dangerous "dithering" [delay] by Republican legislators. Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee spoke on Fox News Sunday....
Renewed optimism in search for missing Halifax sailor
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Nov 22 17:08:02 -0800 2009 | travel-news
The search for a 68-year-old missing sailor from Halifax resumed Sunday and officials say there is reason to be optimistic after another vessel that made the same trip arrived safely in Bermuda Saturday. A Cape Breton man is recovering from...
Canadian soldiers push deeper into insurgent territory in Kandahar
Source: Macleans
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | updated Sat Nov 21 11:11:42 -0800 2009 | travel-news
The military announced Saturday that Canadian troops had moved into the northern limits of Nakhonay, a town of around 2,000 people in the heart of the volatile Panjwaii district. Continued Below This marked a new phase of an operation dubbed...
Bomb blast kills five Afghan border policemen
Source: Sify News
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Nov 22 13:42:10 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Five Afghan border policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan Sunday, a police official said. The explosion happened in Spin Boldak, a district in the volatile province of Kandahar bordering Pakistan, said General Abdul Raziq, the...
Hekmatyar claims responsibility for Kabul attack
Source: Press TV
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Nov 22 13:42:45 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Despite conflicting casualty reports, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zamary Bashary confirmed that four people were injured in the rocket attack near a luxury hotel in the center of the capital Kabul. Bashary added that two women and one Afghan police...
Defence slams soldier drug addict claims
Source: The Courier-Mail
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sat Nov 21 22:18:54 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Angus Houston has described as "completely baseless" reports Australian soldiers on tours of duty in Afghanistan are returning home as drug addicts. The Sunday Telegraph claimed figures obtained under Freedom of Information revealed hundreds of soldiers, sailors and airmen have...
Afghan soldier fries at US troops, injures several
Source: Press TV
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Nov 22 01:06:11 -0800 2009 | travel-news
The officials who wanted to remain unnamed added that the Afghan soldier was also injured during the incident. However, it was not clear whether he was shot by the US soldiers or himself. This is the third time such accident...
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