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The hidden beauty parlour of Helmand
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 16 days ago
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Pamela Anderson and Afghanistan's most dangerous, conservative province might not at first glance seem to have much in common. But step into a busy, cramped room in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province, and there she is: blonde locks, wide darkly...
Tags: Helmand, Lashkar Gah, radio stations, PRT, international troops, Taliban, Afghanistan Human Rights Organisation, beauty parlour, radio shows, ins helmand, Afghanistan, Kabul, Helmand Province, War in Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, Foreign relations of Afghanistan, Islamism
Foreign soldiers among dozens killed in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 5 months ago
Credibility Four foreign soldiers and dozens of Afghans, mostly Taliban militants, have been killed in two days of violence across insurgency-hit Afghanistan, authorities said Saturday. One soldier serving with the US-led coalition was killed in an insurgent attack...
Tags: Afghanistan, Task Force Helmand, Helmand Province, services member, U.S, Bagram Air Field, soldiers kills, international troops, soldiers died
Afghan governor pulls out of presidential race
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 7 months ago
Credibility Afghan governor pulls out of presidential race A high-profile Afghan governor who had been tipped to run in presidential elections in August announced Saturday that he had decided not stand against President Hamid Karzai and other candidates. Gul Agha...
Tags: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Gul Agha Sherzai, U.S, Iraqi, president hamid, international troops, presidential race, eastern afghanistan, Nangarhar
14 militants killed in southern Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 9 months ago
Credibility Officials in Afghanistan say a battle outside of the southern city of Kandahar has killed at least six Taliban fighters, while an airstrike against militants elsewhere in the south killed eight. Kandahar deputy provincial police chief Abdullah Khan says...
Tags: security forces, Kandahar, international troops, Afghanistan, helicopter gunships
Suicide bomber attacks foreign troops in Kabul
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 10 months ago
Credibility A police officer says a suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in the Afghan capital.Gen...President Barack Obama's administration has indicated it will likely send 30,000 additional troops to turn the tide of Taliban gains in the...
Tags: Kabul, afghans capital, foreign troops, suicide car, suicide bomber, car bomber, foreign forces, international troops
Afghans demand 'new troops deal'
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility International troops are in Afghanistan to help provide security, particularly in a fierce counter insurgency campaign against the Taleban. But in recent months there has been increased anger over the issue of civilian casualties. Two senior Afghan military...
Tags: forces, karzai, afghans cabinet, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, international troops, news, cabinet demanded, air strike, foreign troops
Blast kills 3 coalition troops in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Afghanistan — An explosion targeting international troops on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan killed three members of the U.S.-led coalition Thursday, the coalition said. The coalition did not release any details about the attack, including the troops'...
Tags: southern afghanistan, led coalition, Afghanistan, taliban militants, blast killing, international troops, foot patrol, coalition troops, explosion killing, Coalition
15 Taliban killed in Afghan prisoner hunt
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility IST(15/6/2008) US-led and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents in a search for hundreds of prisoners, including Taliban, who broke out of jail after comrades blew up the gates, the U.S. military said on Sunday. The jailbreak in the southern city...
Tags: Kandahar, Afghanistan, news, southern city, international troops, guards late, U.S, prisoners search, prisoners hunted, blast open
Roadside bomb kills 3 in southern Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The bomb hit the car in the Shahjoy district of Zabul province, in an area frequently patrolled by Afghan and international troops, Shahjoy district chief Qayum Khan said. Khan accused the hard-line Taliban of planting the bomb and called it a "terrorist...
Tags: roadside bomb, shahjoy district, Afghanistan Two Dutch, Shahjoy, southern afghanistan, bomb hit, zabul province, chief qayum, international troops, frequently patrolled
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