Northern Afghanistan

Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 4 days ago
Kabul - A passenger bus collided with a trailer in Northern Afghanistan on Monday morning, leaving 19 dead and 28 others injured, police said. Children and women were among the victims in the accident that took place in Doshi district of Northern Bag... ...

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 17 days ago
Mercian Regiment troops are training in Northern Ireland after returning from duty in Afghanistan. ...

Source: www.chron.com --- 28 days ago
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.-led coalition troops killed more than 10 militants and detained two others during two separate raids in Afghanistan, the coalition said Friday. The militants were killed in Tagab district of Northern Kapisa province during a Thursday raid on an insurgent commander involved in roadside bomb attacks, the coalition said in a statetement. ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 28 days ago
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants attacked a logistics convoy in western Afghanistan on Friday, sparking a clash that killed 10 insurgents and five Afghan guards, an official said. Another 10 militants were killed by U.S.-led coalition troops north of Kabul. The militants attacked the convoy in the western Farah province, said Farah's Gov. Roohulla Amin. In the ensuing gunfight with the guards protecting the trucks, 10 militants and five Afghan private security guards were killed, Amin said. Three other guards were missing following the clash, believed captured by the Taliban, he said. Separately, U.S.-led coalition troops killed more than 10 militants and detained two others during two separate raids, the coalition said in a statement. The militants were killed in Tagab district of Northern Kapisa province during a Thursday raid on an insurgent commander involved in roadside bomb attacks, according to the statement. "Coalition forces were engaged with small-arms fire from multiple groups of armed militants as they entered a compound. The force returned fire, killing the militants," it said. Separately, coalition troops detained two militants in the eastern Khost province during a raid on the network of Siraj Haqqani, the son of longtime warlord Jalalludin Haqqani. The U.S. has called Siraq Haqqani a ruthless new brand of militant leader and last year announced a $200,000 reward for his capture. Haqqani, a Taliban-associated ...

Source: clipmarks.com --- 26 days ago
clipped by: klippety clipper's remarks: Condi Rice is no more than a provocative Gun Sales Person, who wouldn't care about diplomacy in the least. Every stop she makes, she sells guns or creates other havoc and provocations Clip Source: www.nytimes.com With White House Push, U.S. Arms Sales Jump WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is pushing through a broad array of foreign weapons deals as it seeks to rearm Iraq and Afghanistan , contain North Korea and Iran , and solidify ties with onetime Russian allies. From tanks, helicopters and fighter jets to missiles, remotely piloted aircraft and even warships, the Department of Defense has agreed so far this fiscal year to sell or transfer more than $32 billion in weapons and other military equipment to foreign governments, compared with $12 billion in 2005. The trend, which started in 2006, is most pronounced in the Middle East, but it reaches into Northern Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and even Canada, through dozens of deals that senior Bush administration officials say they are confident will both tighten military alliances and combat terrorism. “This is not about being gunrunners,” “This is about building a more secure world.” ...

Source: www.politics.ie --- 36 days ago
by White Horse (Posted 1 hour ago) A Irish soldier from the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment has been killed in an explosion while on a routine foot patrol in southern Afghanistan. Northern Irish First Minister Peter Robinson said he was shocked and saddened by the death. "We owe a great debt of gratitude to him and the young people who are fighting to build peace and stability in Afghanistan and protect us from the threat of international terrorism. The people of Northern Ireland will be deeply saddened to hear of his death and I would like to take this opportunity to extend my sympathy to his family and his colleagues who continue to fight in Afghanistan." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7598896.stm Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasail. href="http://www.politics.ie/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=40655"> ...

Source: www.truthout.org --- 23 days ago
    In November 2001, during the Bush administration's foreshortened war against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, a US missile slammed into the broadcasting headquarters of Al Jazeera in Kabul. In March 2004, Israeli helicopters flew over a mosque in Northern Gaza shortly after morning prayers and fired three missiles to kill Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. And just last week in Pakistan's unruly frontier area, a US drone fired into a guesthouse, reportedly killing 12 people, while a helicopter gunship flew several miles into the area on a "snatch and grab" operation against suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists. read more ...

Source: www.politics.ie --- 35 days ago
by White Horse (Posted Yesterday, 9:00 pm) A Irish soldier from the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment has been killed in an explosion while on a routine foot patrol in southern Afghanistan. He has been named as Justin Cupples who lived with his wife in Co. Cavan. Northern Irish First Minister Peter Robinson said he was shocked and saddened by the death. "We owe a great debt of gratitude to him and the young people who are fighting to build peace and stability in Afghanistan and protect us from the threat of international terrorism. The people of Northern Ireland will be deeply saddened to hear of his death and I would like to take this opportunity to extend my sympathy to his family and his colleagues who continue to fight in Afghanistan." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7598896.stm Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasail. href="http://www.politics.ie/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=40679"> ...

Source: www.militaryphotos.net --- 17 days ago
Hello Mp.net! Lets get started! Image: http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7926/fc3b6rsvarsmaktennx4.jpg ---Quote--- Soldiers from 7th company, 6rd battalion, Fort P7 partols the Kings castle at Drottningholm ---End Quote--- Image: http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8308/fc3b6rsvadrsmaktenmy5.jpg ---Quote--- Soldiers from both 4th and 7th company, after there first day of guarding the Royal castle ---End Quote--- Exercise, exercise, exercise! Image: http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/143/33900391kw1.jpg ---Quote--- Camp Northern Lights, Mazar-e-Sharif, Northern Afghanistan. Soldiers from all companys man there positions when there base came under attack by demonstraters ---End Quote--- Image: http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7389/erik20hellerhl0.jpg The world military shooting championships finished Image: http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/796/mats20engfors2c20pic20woi2.jpg ---Quote--- The precipitating countrys gatherd to watch the ending ceremony ---End Quote--- Image: http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/3126/mats20engfors2c20pic20wtw8.jpg ---Quote--- General Anders Lindström, right, hands over the CISM banner to the Canadian Major-General Doug Langton ---End Quote--- ...

Source: en.wasalive.com --- 18 days ago
WEEKEND ROUNDUP Must-reads: Christie Blatchford on Gerry Ritz; Doug Saunders on the Eurabia hypothesis; David Olive on uniting the left; John Ivison in Northern Ontario; Rosie DiManno and Peter Worthington on Afghanistan; Scott Taylor on Canada and the Caucasus; Konrad Yakabuski on Justin Trudeau;... ...

Source: ccgi.ajg41.plus.com --- 39 days ago
A report from the Gulf Times of 31 August 2008. German army proposes new Afghan rail link The German military is considering building a railway line in Northern Afghanistan to ease transport of Nato supplies to the country and boost economic activity in the area, a German news magazine reported yesterday. Apart from a short stretch from [...] ...

Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 17 days ago
Kabul - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car Tuesday near a convoy of German and Afghan troops in Northern Afghanistan, killing himself but causing no other casualties, a provincial governor said. The attack took place in the centre of ... ...

Source: www.kentucky.com --- 27 days ago
Taliban militants attacked a supply convoy in western Afghanistan on Friday, sparking a clash that killed 10 insurgents and five Afghan guards, an official said. At least 10 more militants were killed by U.S.-led coalition troops north of Kabul. The convoy was ambushed in western Farah province, setting off a gunfattle between the attackers and the private Afghan guards protecting the trucks, Farah Gov. Roohulla Amin said. He said 10 militants and five security guards were killed, Amin said. Three other guards were missing and believed captured by the Taliban, he said. Separately, U.S.-led coalition troops killed more than 10 militants and detained two others during two separate raids, the coalition said in a statement. The militants were killed in Tagab district of Northern Kapisa province during a Thursday raid on an insurgent commander involved in roadside bomb attacks, according to the statement. ...

Source: www.asiantribune.com --- 19 days ago
By Asif Haroon Raja The US and its allies succeeded in toppling Taliban regime in November 2001 and replacing it with a puppet regime, but the Taliban were neither militarily defeated nor eliminated from the system. But for effective encirclement of Afghanistan from all directions and massive air support provided by USA, the Northern Alliance could not have made any progress. Once the Taliban realised that they were no more in a position to offer resistance particularly after Pakistan ditched them, they considered it prudent to carry out a tactical withdrawal from Kabul and most took shelter in Pashtun dominated southern and eastern Afghanistan. Some trickled into FATA and Baluchistan where they had their kith and kin and some moved into Iran. They remained inactive till 2002 but utilised this time to regroup and refit themselves to be able to strike back at the invading forces that had devastated their country. Bush and his teams of neo-cons felt complacent that the Taliban and Al-Qaeda had been taken care of and only the remnants had to be flushed out. read more ...

Source: www.norwichbulletin.com --- 27 days ago
Last week, Americans heard again the harrowing tale of the dark days of John McCain’s life. The torture of McCain 40 years ago, and the grit and courage it took to survive it, were recurring themes in St. Paul. What went unmentioned was the torture the Bush administration made a major tool in its war on terror. The same things the North Vietnamese did to him — beatings, sensory deprivation, stress positions, sleep deprivation, close confinement, denial of medical treatment — have been done to hundreds of prisoners in the name of the United States. People such as Maher Arar, the former Framingham, Mass., resident kidnapped by the CIA while changing planes in New York and shipped off to Libya, where he was beaten and locked away for months in a coffin-sized hole. People caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, such as John Walker Lindh, who thought he was held prisoner by Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance until he heard American voices talking about whether he should be killed on the spot. Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen detained at the Macedonian border in a case of mistaken identity, was taken by the CIA to a prison in Afghanistan, where he was subject to the full range of “enhanced interrogation” techniques. Some CIA handlers suspected early on he was no terrorist, but an official in Langley who had a “gut feeling” he was guilty insisted he be given the treatment. He lost 60 pounds before he was released 149 days after he was ...

Source: www.morungexpress.com --- 16 days ago
A German Air Force military aircraft Transall C-160 prepares to land at the airfield of the German camp in the outskirts of Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan, ...

Source: www.worldpoliticsreview.com --- 32 days ago
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan -- Since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban, a network of local translators and guides has taken shape in this country to assist international troops and journalists. Now that network is beginning to serve the country's nascent tourism industry. A visit to the country makes it clear that there are now two Afghanistans: one at war, particularly in the southern provinces, and another at peace, with levels of stability that vary from the jittery Kabul to this carefree Northern city. ...

Source: www.globalvoicesonline.org --- 38 days ago
Azar Balkhi reports that the Taliban militias attacked a convoy of stationary and burned over 80,000 textbooks, which were to be delivered to the secondary schools of the Northern Afghanistan. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 11 days ago
(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)ISAF soldiers with the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) pass by Afghan men on donkeys during a patrol in the mountains above Feyzabad, Northern Afghanistan, Saturda... ...

Source: www.opendemocracy.com --- 8 days ago
The previous column in this series reflected on the first seven years of the post-9/11 conflict, and highlighted three of its significant if less prominent aspects - the performance of United States troops, the impact of Washington's relationship with Israel, and the fate of the US-led coalition (see " The war on terror: seven years on - part one ", 25 September 2008). This second part of the retrospective - which takes account of the (now) 371 weekly columns in openDemocracy since 26 September 2001 - also looks ahead, to assess the prospects for the emergence of a different security strategy and way of thinking in the coming years. Paul Rogers is professor of peace studies at Bradford University, Northern England. He has been writing a weekly column on global security on openDemocracy since 26 September 2001 Such an assessment must begin from an acknowledgment of the current situation. These seven years saw what initially appeared definitive acts of regime-change in Afghanistan (October 2001) and Iraq (March 2003), but which have been followed by two protracted wars. The one in Iraq has diminished in intensity but is still far from over; that in Afghanistan has returned with unexpected ferocity and spread across the border to Pakistan (see " Pakistan: the new frontline ", 18 September 2008). The al-Qaida movement that was dispersed and assumed to have been severely weakened by the Afghan overthrow remains active: it is recruitin ...