AFGHANISTAN: Nearly nine million face food shortages
KABUL, 9 August 2011 ( IRIN ) – Ongoing drought in northern, northeastern and western Afghanistan is likely to push 1.5-2 million more people into food insecurity this autumn, according to the UN World...
View ArticleObama honors soldiers killed in Afghanistan crash
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del (Reuters) – President Barack Obama honored 30 U.S.
View ArticleLesson of Afghanistan Crash Is Not to Rush Exit: Mark Moyar
Unfortunately, it also led some reporters, talking heads and politicians to jump to unwarranted conclusions: that special operations raids are alienating the Afghan population, that this tragedy was...
View ArticleAfghanistan Courts Cannot Change Elections: Hamid Karzai
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president issued a decree Wednesday stating that the country’s courts do not have the power to alter election results, a move appeared aimed at ending months of...
View ArticleAfghanistan Helicopter Attackers Killed: NATO
WASHINGTON — The top commander in Afghanistan says international forces killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for downing a U.S.
View ArticleStrike kills insurgents who downed helicopter in Afghanistan, top commander says
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that his forces have killed the insurgents responsible for downing a Chinook helicopter packed with 30 Navy SEALs and other American troops...
View ArticleForces in Afghanistan kill militants involved in downing of copter
Coalition forces in Afghanistan have killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for the downing of a helicopter that left 38 U.S.
View ArticleAfghanistan’s Highest Mountain Accessible to Climbers Once Again
Closed off from the outside world for decades due to regional insecurity, Afghanistan’s highest mountain–Mount Noshaq–is once again accessible to the mountaineering community, according to the Wildlife...
View ArticleAfghanistan Endgame: Are U.S. Troops Caught in a Strategic Cul-De-Sac?
Afghanistan Endgame: Are U.S. Troops Caught in a Strategic Cul-De-Sac?
View ArticleAfter Troops Leave, Obama Must Stay Engaged in Afghanistan: View
World leaders can look at the same events and interpret them in radically different ways. So it is with President Barack Obama’s June 22 announcement to accelerate the withdrawal of U.S.
View ArticleBombs kill 6 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan
The attacks occur in southern Afghanistan, where most of the foreign forces are American or British. Insurgent bombs killed six Western soldiers on Thursday, the NATO force reported, five of those in a...
View Article5 NATO service members killed in southern Afghanistan
Five NATO service members were killed Thursday following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan, according to a NATO statement.
View ArticleAfghanistan Helicopter Crash: Chinook Caught Fire After Being Hit
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Chinook helicopter that insurgents shot down over the weekend burst into flames before hitting the ground, leaving wreckage scattered on both sides of a river in eastern...
View ArticleUS soldier kills 16 Afghans, deepening crisis
CNewsworld BALANDI, Afghanistan: An American soldier opened fire on villagers near his base in southern Afghanistan Sunday and killed 16 civilians, according to President Hamid Karzai who called it an...
View ArticleAfghanistan eye World Twenty20 after Asia Cup snub
CNewsworld DUBAI: Afghanistan are determined to use their resentment over being snubbed for the Asia Cup to fire them to a second appearance at the World Twenty20. The Afghans are among the favourites...
View Article05 Elvetham Heath Hustings 2010 -Afghanistan
Qus: How would the candidates rectify the problems about the supply of adequate equipment to troops in Afghanistan? Should the Hercules and Chinook transport aircraft be upgraded or replaced...
View ArticleGiannoulias on Afghanistan, "War We Didn’t Need"
Giannoulias on Fox Chicago http://www.youtube.com/v/eN_JbIymWpg?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata
View ArticlePress TV-Cine Politics-Vote Afghanistan!-05-15-2010
Press TV film review show, this program discusses the documentary Vote Afghanistan! directed by Havana Marking and Martin Herring. http://www.youtube.com/v/jq7u7K_jFQI?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata
View ArticleTaliban chief says victory in Afghanistan “close”
KABUL: Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar said on Wednesday his fighters were close to victory in driving foreign forces out of Afghanistan, flouting claims of progress against the militants by the top...
View ArticleSteps to Reduce Fraud in Afghanistan’s Election
An overview of Afghanistan’s election process, with a focus on measures intended to combat fraud. http://www.youtube.com/v/AsGB4hrvaZ8?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata
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