Archive for the 'Afghanistan' Category
State Department says human rights conditions worsened …
WASHINGTON – As the U.S. military prepares to leave Iraq, the State Department is blaming the Iraqi government for arbitrary killings of civilians and other human rights abuses. The department’s annual human rights report, released Thursday, also …
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India ‘close friend’ but Pak ‘conjoined twin’, says …
ISLAMABAD: In a delicate balancing act, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday described India as a “close friend” while referring to Pakistan and Afghanistan as “conjoined twins.” In remarks apparently aimed at assuaging Pakistan’s concerns about the …
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Afghanistan: A Return to Humanitarian Action
In late 2008, refugees from Farah province, Afghanistan, told Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) aid workers in Iran about the horrific levels of violence they faced inside their country. Some even said that the violence that summer was worse than at …
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Kan. Unit Returning From Afghanistan
A group of Kansas National Guard soldiers with expertise in agriculture returns this weekend from a one-year deployment in Afghanistan. The Agribusiness Development Team is made up of about 60 soldiers and airmen. They worked with Afghans in Laghman …
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Bomb kills four children in Afghanistan
Separate bomb attacks killed five Afghan civilians, including four children, and a Nato soldier in troubled parts of Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said. The soldier, whose nationality was not released, was killed when a makeshift bomb …
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Gates Discusses Iraq, Afghanistan With Deployed Troops
SOUTHWEST ASIA – Service members quizzed Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates about Afghanistan, the elections in Iraq and the Iran situation during a question-and-answer period here, March 11. Gates spoke to members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing …
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Iran’s Afghanistan Fix
“We do not see the presence of foreign military forces in Afghanistan as a solution for peace in Afghanistan,” said Ahmadinejad. (Reuters) TEHRAN — Iran appears to be in a fix over the future of Afghanistan. Tehran opposes the presence of the US-led …
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Soldiers from Fort Eustis deploy to Afghanistan
FORT EUSTIS – About 20 soldiers left Fort Eustis this morning for a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan. The soldiers, from the 70th Movement Control Team, 53rd Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade were scheduled to leave at 10 a.m. today …
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House Afghanistan Debate: What Kucinich Accomplished
Yesterday, at long last, there was a vigorous debate about the war in Afghanistan on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. The legislative vehicle was a resolution introduced by Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich calling for U.S …
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Afghanistan welcomes Pakistan’s help in talks with …
Pakistan will play a major role in peace talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday, apparently trying to dismiss speculation that Kabul was trying to sideline Islamabad, once a close ally of the militants. Karzai recently …
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