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News Source: Honolulu Advertiser
| about 1 year ago
Special Forces soldiers conducting a daring nighttime operation freed a kidnapped American working for the Army Corps of Engineers the first known rescue by American forces in Afghanistan. The American, who was abducted in mid-August, had been...
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News Source: Scoop
| about 1 year ago
The purpose of such attacks is to stoke fear among the wider population,” he noted. “I strongly condemn all such acts.” The Special Representative said his thoughts, as well as those of all those working for the UN in Afghanistan, are with the...
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News Source: Pak Tribune
| about 1 year ago
Nations special envoy to Afghanistan has strongly condemned the attacks on Afghan civilians and foreigners over the last week. The UN special representative, Kai Eide, said the killing of five children in Kunduz, the beheading of civilians on a...
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News Source: International Herald Tribune
| about 1 year ago
The Afghan authorities said on Wednesday that an airstrike by coalition forces killed nine Afghan Army soldiers overnight in what the United States-led coalition said may have been "a case of mistaken identity on both sides." General Zahir Azimi,...
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News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| about 1 year ago
The US-backed government of President Hamid Karzai condemned the killing of the soldiers by foreign forces and said such incidents could sap the morale of security forces who are fighting a resurgent Taliban movement. The US military admitted that...
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News Source: Russia Today
| about 1 year ago
Ms Williams was on her way to work at the Christian NGO Serve Afghanistan when she was shot dead by two Taliban militants on Monday. The case is being investigated by the Afghan National Security Police. Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahed...
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News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 year ago
Humanitarian hazard Aid workers have long been seen as soft targets, but neutrality remains our best form of defence The murder of Gayle Williams in Kabul on Monday follows a string of attacks on humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan this year.
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News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 year ago
UK charity has halted operations in Afghanistan after one of its British aid workers was murdered for being a Christian. Gayle Williams, 34, was shot dead by two gunmen on a motorcycle as she walked to work in the capital, Kabul, on Monday morning.
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News Source: The independent
| about 1 year ago
Kabul's Christian community is on high alert amid claims that their congregations are under surveillance by Taliban agents after Monday's killing of Gayle Williams, the Christian charity worker shot dead in the street on her way to work. Afghan...
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News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 year ago
Afghanistan's government is reviewing protection for foreign aid workers in the country. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman in Kabul reports the review follows the killing of a charity worker in the capital Monday. The hundreds of foreign aid workers in...