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Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 7 days ago
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Ever since I started meeting jihadis, I have been struck by one thing – their Britishness. I am from the East End of London, and at some point in the past decade I became used to hearing a hoarse and angry whisper of jihadism on the streets where I live.
Tags: east end, Usama Hassan, Eastern Afghanistan, Britain, North London, London Boys, British Muslim, Jimas, Tottenham Hotspur, Islam, Afghanistan, Kabul, Osama bin Laden, Hijab, Caliphate, Nazism in the Middle East, Omar Bakri Muhammad, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Islamic fundamentalism
Kidnapped journalist freed in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 10 days ago
Credibility A Norwegian freelance journalist taken hostage in Afghanistan a week ago was set free Thursday by his captors, authorities in Kabul said. Pal Refsdal, 46, and his translator who was also kidnapped last Friday, are said to be in in good condition and are...
Tags: Afghanistan, Norwegian, Kidnapped Norway, kidnapped journalist, Foreign Ministry, eastern afghanistan, journalist freed
UK serviceman dies in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility The airman, from 34 Squadron RAF Regiment, died on Thursday while on a patrol near Camp Bastion, in Helmand Province. Lt/Col Nick Richardson, of Task Force Helmand, called it a "true loss"...The death means 219 British service personnel have died in Afghanistan...
Tags: Afghanistan, suicide bomber, American, eastern afghanistan, British, U.S
Blackwater still has State Dept. ties
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The security contracting firm Xe, formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, is still involved in U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, documents indicate...State Department in Iraq after the shootings of 17 Baghdad civilians in 2007, the company is still...
Tags: Afghanistan-Pakistan, CIA, Eastern Afghanistan, Iraq, Blackwater Worldwide
Taliban built on years of 'mistakes': analysts
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
Credibility KABUL: The Taliban have been able to build an insurgency that threatens elections three weeks away because of years of mishandling Afghanistan, Afghan analysts say. While it may be too soon to judge the new US strategy of sending in more troops and aid...
Tags: killed, troops, commander, Afghanistan, Taliban, nato, war, Pakistan, eastern afghanistan, Hamid Karzai
Five foreign troops killed in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
Credibility KABUL: Three Americans were among five foreign troops killed in Afghanistan on Sunday, continuing a deadly trend ahead of a presidential election this month. The deaths were the latest in an escalation of violence which threatens to overshadow the Aug....
Tags: troops, killed, commander, Afghanistan, Taliban, U.S, eastern afghanistan, deadliest month, troops kills, roadside bombs
Troops suffer deadly Afghanistan weekend
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
Credibility Three US soldiers were killed yesterday when their patrol was hit with homemade bombs and automatic gunfire in eastern Afghanistan. On Saturday, six foreign troops were killed in three separate attacks. It has been one of the bloodiest weekends for international...
Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, troop killed, U.S, taliban leaders, peace talk, eastern afghanistan, militant commanders, soldiers killed, deadliest month
2 British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility KABUL: Insurgent attacks killed two British soldiers in the southern Afghanistan region where thousands of U.S. Marines pushed forward with the American military's biggest anti-Taliban offensive since the hard-line Islamist regime was toppled. The British...
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S, Paktia, Helmand Province, MDC, eastern afghanistan, Taliban, propelled grenade, police chief
16 UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan Posted July 6, 2009 00:45:00 Updated July 6, 2009 00:44:00 Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped 16 Afghans working for a United Nations-sponsored de-mining agency in eastern Afghanistan. UN officials and police say the...
Tags: Afghanistan, United Nations, Paktia, eastern afghanistan, MDC, police chief
Diggers in firing line over Afghan casualties
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility Afghanistan, amid unanswered questions about earlier incidents. The new claims relate to a June 11 incident in which eight civilians, including women and children, are said to have been killed in a helicopter attack . The allegations are reported in tonight's...
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S, eastern afghanistan, Taliban
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