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Dozens of Taliban killed in Helmand Thursday, July 26, 2007 : Officials say more than 50 Taliban fighters have died in 12 hours of fighting....
Posted: Thu, Jul 26, 2007 7:44am PDT
Deadly rocket fire hits Pakistan Tuesday, July 24, 2007 : At least nine dead and 35 hurt as four rockets hit North West Frontier Province....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2007 8:21pm PDT
"The Bravest Woman in Afghanistan": Part Two of An Interview With Afghan Feminist and MP Malalai Joya Tuesday, July 24, 2007 :
Afghanistan's most outspoken female lawmaker has been suspended for the rest of her term after she publicly criticized the Afghan parliament. For years Malalai Joya has been a leading critic of her government and the U.S. role in her country. She's faced constant harassment and attempts on her life for her views....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2007 10:00am PDT
Taliban Ringing Kabul CAIRO — The recent kidnapping of foreigners from major highways in provinces close to Kabul demonstrated the growing influence of Taliban and its control of major highways, which could be a prelude to ringing the capital and a precursor of looming attacks there, experts agreed....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2007 9:21am PDT
Afghanistan buries its last king Tuesday, July 24, 2007 : The funeral is held in Afghanistan of the country's last king, Zahir Shah, who died on Monday aged 92....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2007 8:57am PDT
Taliban leader 'kills himself' Tuesday, July 24, 2007 : Former Guantanamo Bay inmate blows himself up as the army surrounds his hideout....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2007 8:53am PDT
Taliban talks 'not going well' Monday, July 23, 2007 : The captured South Korean church group are said to be in good health....
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 6:57am PDT
Taliban extend Korea hostage deadline by 24 hours From a Sunday, July 22, 2007 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and Barnett R. Rubin...
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 6:53am PDT
Musharraf Running Out of Options Originally From New America Media
Sunday, July 22, 2007 :President Musharraf was dealt a legal blow in Pakistan when its highest court reinstated the chief justice whom he had removed from office. With street protests from lawyers and students alongside suicide attacks in the aftermath of a bloody siege at the Red Mosque in Islamabad, is Pakistan’s strongman running out of options? Khalid Hassan is the U.S. correspondent for the The Daily Times, an English-language Pakistani daily based ou...
Posted: Sun, Jul 22, 2007 6:07pm PDT
Afghan casualty rate (UK) equal to second world war In the most dangerous regions of the country, the casualty rate is approaching 10 per cent. Senior officers fear it will ultimately pass the 11 per cent.
More than 11 million troops served in the British Commonwealth during the Second World War with 580,000 killed or missing and 475,000 wounded, giving a casualty rate of almost 11 per cent....
Posted: Wed, Jul 18, 2007 10:17am PDT
Attacks kill troops in Pakistan Sunday, July 15, 2007 : Waziristan tribes scrap peace treaty while violence surges in Lal Masjid's aftermath....
Posted: Sun, Jul 15, 2007 11:57am PDT
Deadly blast hits Pakistani troops Saturday, July 14, 2007 : At least 18 soldiers die in suicide attack in volatile north Waziristan....
Posted: Sat, Jul 14, 2007 8:53am PDT
Canadian PM says NO to extending Afghan combat mission When asked whether he has any desire to prolong the combat mission in southern Afghanistan beyond 2009, Prime Minister Harper said: "No."...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 10:15am PDT
Mosque massacre: Washington's "war on terror" shakes Pakistan Tuesday, July 10, 2007 :A week-long siege mounted by the Pakistani military against Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in Islamabad ended violently Tuesday in bitter fighting that claimed a heavy loss of life. Citing Pakistani military sources, the Dawn News television network reported that 88 civilians and 12 army commandos had been killed by late Tuesday, as the day-long battle continued....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 10:05pm PDT
Children killed in Afghan blast Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : Seventeen people, including 12 children, are killed in a suicide bombing in south Afghanistan, officials say....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 10:58am PDT
Afghanistan: Costly Park Project Puzzles Helmand Residents Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : British funding for a new green space in one of the more troubled parts of Lashkar Gah has left residents wondering about the international community’s priorities....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 10:48am PDT
Reports indicate over 150 civilians killed in Afghanistan during past week Tuesday, July 10, 2007 :More than 150 civilians were killed in the past week from US-led airstrikes and combat in Afghanistan, according to several reports. In the Bala Boluk district of the western province of Farah, 108 civilians, including women and children, were killed from airstrikes on Friday according to a tribal council chief....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 9:05am PDT
Afghan MP talks of hatred of NATO "There is a big hatred in the heart of our people against NATO already," said Haji Abdul Khaleq Mojahed, a parliament member
More civilian deaths -- 314 -- were caused by international or Afghan security forces than by insurgents, who caused 279 deaths.
In interview after interview, ordinary Afghans say they increasingly distrust NATO's motives and increasingly blame their government...
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 3:18pm PDT
Musharraf Warns Militants of Death From a Sunday, July 8, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sun, Jul 8, 2007 9:20am PDT
Fawzia Afzal-Khan: What Lies Beneath: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Burqa Brigade Saturday, July 7, 2007 :As a Pakistani-born feminist academic living in the USA for almost thirty years, I have been horrified, yet fascinated, at the phenomenon that has had the Pakistani public and press in its grip these past six months: the terrorizing tactics of Pakistan's self-appointed "moral police," the band of women popularly referred to by the secular elite of Pakistan as the Burqa Brigade, or, by the more titillatingly sexist (and sexy) label, "Chicks With Sticks." So, whe...
Posted: Sat, Jul 7, 2007 10:26am PDT
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