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NH Guard unit to be deployed in Afghanistan
Milford :: CT :: USA | about 1 hour ago
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N.H.— Members of the New Hampshire Army National Guard head out next week for a deployment which will include a tour of duty in Afghanistan. The 140 members of the Mountain Infantry Company are based out of Milford and are expected to arrive in Afghanistan...
Tags: Afghanistan, Milford, Politics, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict
Letters: The higher education industry
Ilkeston :: United Kingdom | about 2 hours ago
Credibility I would not be surprised if the scam operated by London Metropolitan University (report, 23 November) were only the tip of a very large iceberg. Modern higher education is an industry. The activities of LMU have come to light in the very week that control...
Tags: Plan UK, ActionAid UK, Afghanistan, higher education, Britain, United Kingdom, Ilkeston, Nuclear power, Animal welfare, Violence against women, War in Afghanistan, Seafood, Iraq War, Violence, Lobster
US confirms Saudi role in talks with Taliban
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 2 hours ago
Credibility US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has confirmed that Saudi Arabia has initiated a dialogue with the Taliban and that the United States would support any Saudi initiative. Separately, US Secretary of State Hillary...
Tags: Afghan Taliban, Saudi Arabia, Richard Holbrooke, Saudi newspaper Al Watan, United States, Pakistan, Afghanistan, taliban leaders, Washington, Mujahideen, Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, Politics, Abdul Salam Zaeef, Taliban, Islamism, Mohammed Omar, War in Afghanistan, Inter-Services Intelligence, War Conflict
US President Obama Pledges to 'Finish Job' in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 4 hours ago
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Tags: obama pledges, president obama, Afghanistan Rollingstoned, finish job, Afghanistan Rollie, Afghanistan Nellie, Frank Zappa Dr John, NellieotAmerica, night tripper, Afghanistan, Kabul, Barack Obama, Captain Beefheart, War in Afghanistan, Frank Zappa, Entertainment Culture
Police chief let drug smugglers pass, lawyer tells 'new era' trial
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Diplomats hope that it marks the beginning of a new era in the fight against government corruption. Hidden behind blast walls, watchtowers and miles of razor wire, the 45-year-old police commander appeared in front of a panel of three judges, including...
Tags: drug smugglers, Kandahar, British Embassy, British Special Boat Service, police chief, Afghanistan, Kabul, War in Afghanistan, Law Crime, Cities along the Silk Road
Can Obama succeed in solving the problem of Afghanistan?
Do you withdraw Obama from Afghanistan? Do you take a bold step this withdrawal? Does the new experience of Alsacip Foreign Affairs? Questions we ask In the following days see the results and actions. The White House said President Barack Obama...
Tags: Robert Gates, president obama, Punahou School alumni, Barack Obama, Joe the Plumber, Afghanistan, Presidency of Barack Obama, Obama, United States presidential election, additional troops, War Conflict, allnews, Politics, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Europe, Stanley McChrystal, Can, Robert Gibbs, Mike Mullen, Joe Biden, war in afghanistan, Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. President Obama, The White House, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates. September 11, NATO
Wooing of Taliban fighters is dangerous game
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 9 hours ago
Credibility He nervously stepped out of the taxi, holding his Kalashnikov rifle by the barrel to show he didn't intend to shoot. "Can't you see it's a new Kalashnikov?" said Rahimullah, who like many Afghans goes by one name. "It's from the government: I've changed...
Tags: Rahimullah, Mohammad Daud, Sayyed Ahmed, tagab valley, Tagab, police officer, Abdul Hashem, Taliban, Afghanistan, Kabul, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Pashtun people, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict
Regina man survives 3-day ordeal on B.C. island
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 10 hours ago
Credibility A high-level bureaucrat who used to run the government's Afghanistan Task Force says he wants to appear as soon as Wednesday before a parliamentary committee looking into allegations that detainees were tortured in Afghan prisons. Amnesty International...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul, ETA, Human rights abuses, Irregular military, Grenades, Politics, Social Issues, Acronyms, War in Afghanistan, Molotov cocktail, Bombs
With eye on China visit, Amnesty demands torture probe
Toronto :: Canada | about 10 hours ago
Credibility T he word “cover-up” is just on the tip of Alex Neve’s tongue. But in a morning press conference, Amnesty International’s Canadian chief wouldn’t go as far to characterize the Afghan detainee situation as a government cover-up. Rather, he said the “secrecy”...
Tags: Canada, Toronto, Human rights abuses, Politics, Brian Mulroney, Jack Layton, Karlheinz Schreiber, Torture, Human rights in Afghanistan, Peter MacKay, Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal, War in Afghanistan, Canadians of German descent, Stephen Harper
President Obama to announce Afghanistan surge next week
President Obama will next week announce a surge of at least 25,000 new US troops to Afghanistan in a speech to the nation, according to US officials today. Mr Obama will make the announcement in an address on Tuesday, December 1, after weeks...
Tags: War Conflict, Afghanistan, Obama, president obama, Stanley McChrystal, allnews, Washington, Robert Gibbs, Karl Eikenberry, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, War in Afghanistan, Luo people, Stanley A. McChrystal, Punahou School alumni, Mr Obama&rsquo, Politics
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