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Arrests mount over Helmand anti-opium effort
Bangkok :: Thailand | about 2 hours ago
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The governor of Helmand province, Gulab Mangal, has had much to be proud of in his 20 months as head of one of the most lawless provinces in Afghanistan. Several districts have been stabilized by the presence of United States forces, after years when...
Tags: Thailand, Bangkok, Helmand Province, Sher Mohammad Akhundzada, Taliban, Opium, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Year of birth missing, Law Crime, Mohammad Gulab Mangal
Afghans cynical about U.S. troop surge
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 12 hours ago
Credibility Afghans expressed doubts about whether the impending surge in U.S. troops would make much of a difference in the war-torn country. "It is just a political decision taken by the Americans; it has nothing to do with us," a diner in a Kabul restaurant said...
Tags: troops, obama, taliban, Afghanistan, New U.S, nato, troop surge, US Marines, Kabul, War Conflict, War in Afghanistan, Helmand Province, Human rights abuses, Politics, Stanley A. McChrystal, Helmand province campaign, Barack Obama, Operation Strike of the Sword, Orￅﾫzgￄﾁn Province, International Security Assistance Force, Human rights in Afghanistan, Opposition to the War in Afghanistan, Coalition casualties in Helmand and Kandahar
Pizza delivery and motorbike dealerships at town built for US surge troops
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 14 hours ago
Credibility For the military contractors who feed the soldiers, provide them with shops, shelter and petrol, at up to £240 a gallon, it’s pay day. The influx of 30,000 fresh US troops will call for bigger bases, blast walls, bunkers, kitchens, latrines and somewhere...
Tags: Nato, Afghanistan, Kandahar, Russian, pizza delivery, military supply, Helmand Province, Kandahar International Airport, KBR, War in Afghanistan, Military of Afghanistan, War Conflict
US forces to transfer security to Afghans in July 2011
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago
Credibility U.S. forces in Afghanistan will begin transferring control to Afghan security forces in July 2011, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Wednesday. U.S. President Barack Obama said in a speech on Tuesday that U.S. forces would begin withdrawing...
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, president barack, Spain, security forces, prime minister, Kabul, Politics, War Conflict, War in Afghanistan, Human rights abuses, Human rights in Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, Taliban, Helmand Province, Josￃﾩ Luis Rodrￃﾭguez Zapatero, Afghan National Army, Military of Afghanistan, Heroin, Medicinal plants, Opium, Hamid Karzai, Islamic terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Social Issues, International public opinion on the war in Afghanistan, Opiate, Islamism, Opioids
Families Pay Tribute To Fallen NI Soldiers
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility The brigade lost a total of 83 men during Operation Herrick 10. Sappers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey were also murdered by dissident republican terrorists in Northern Ireland on the night they were preparing to be deployed to Afghanistan. Commander...
Tags: United Kingdom, Belfast, Operation Panther's Claw, Helmand Province, Operation Herrick, Taliban, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Helmand province campaign, War Conflict
Soldier killed in Afghanistan blast named
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility He died from wounds after an explosion in the Babaji area, in central Helmand Province, on Monday. It happened while he was going to the assistance of a colleague who had been wounded in an explosion moments earlier...His widow, Sue, said she was devastated...
Tags: John, United Kingdom, London, British Forces casualties in Afghanistan since, War in Afghanistan, Helmand Province, Coldstream Guards, Afghanistan, Human Interest, War Conflict, Coalition casualties in Helmand and Kandahar
Princess Mary visits troops
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 1 day ago
Credibility S Crown Princess Mary, the Australian-born wife of Crown Prince Frederik, visited Danish troops in Afghanistan this week, the defence ministry announced today. The visit, which took place on Sunday and Monday, was only disclosed to the media on her return...
Tags: افغانستان موافقت, افغانستان حضور, دراين افغانستان, درهرات واقع, پايتخت افغانستان, خود را, نيروي بيشتربه, بيشتربه افغانستان, از دست, دست دادند, Afghanistan, Kandahar, Helmand Province, Politics, Denmark, NATO, War in Afghanistan, Military of Afghanistan, Sￃﾸren Gade, War Conflict, International Security Assistance Force
Clinton to attend NATO summit for more troops
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 1 day ago
Credibility Washington seeks further allied reinforcements for Afghanistan. The December 7th gathering is a "very important coordination meeting" for future Afghan deployments, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said on Tuesday...The Brussels meeting follows an...
Tags: obama, Barack Obama, U.S, Afghanistan, president barack, Pakistan, Clinton, Islamabad, Politics, War Conflict, War in Afghanistan, Taliban, International Security Assistance Force, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Helmand Province, Richard Holbrooke, Presidents of the United Nations Security Council, Human rights abuses, Mujahideen, War on Terrorism, Kabul, Punahou School alumni, Taliban insurgency, Hamid Karzai, NATO, Islamic terrorism, Operation Mountain Fury, Istanbul summit, Joe Biden, Presidency of Barack Obama, Afghan National Army
Canada to shift focus in Afghanistan with help from more U.S. troops
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 2 days ago
Credibility Marines from Fox Company 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines searching house-to-house during day three of Operation Germinate into the restive Bhuji Bhast Pass in Farah Province, southern Afghanistan...Canada's military command in Afghanistan in charge of the tactically...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kandahar, International Security Assistance Force, War Conflict, War in Afghanistan, Afghan National Army, Taliban, Helmand Province, Islamic mujahid movement, Politics, Taliban insurgency, Provinces of Afghanistan, Military of Afghanistan, Islamic terrorism, Coalition casualties in Helmand and Kandahar
9000 Marines to Helmland in Afghanistan immediately after Obama speech.
This will annoy Pakistan no end. There will be an influx of Taliban into Balochistan where separatist tendencies are already dangerous and strong. If Taliban combine with separatists Pakistan can face even more troubles than it already does. There...
Tags: Balochistan, Afghan Surge, Helmand province, Afghan war
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