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Afghan War: The state of Popular Support on the ground Estimates say that the Taliban control perhaps half a dozen provinces in the south – with popular support. It also proves that there is no popular support for the US occupation – only the opportunist Karzai and the former warlords support this war....
Posted: Tue, May 29, 2007 1:45pm PDT
Afghan demonstrators 'shot dead' Seven people have died after Afghan police opened fire on demonstrators in Shiberghan, the capital of the northern province of Jowzjan, officials say....
Posted: Mon, May 28, 2007 8:59am PDT
Al-Qaeda's Afghan head 'named' Al Jazeera has obtained a videotape showing Mustafa Abu al-Yazid presenting himself as the leader of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan....
Posted: Thu, May 24, 2007 8:26am PDT
The Afghan Quagmire: Looking More and More Like Vietnam The longer the U.S. and NATO stay in Afghanistan, the more the place is looking like Vietnam:...
Posted: Wed, May 23, 2007 7:02am PDT
Afghan MP expelled for calling parliament 'worse than a zoo' The most outspoken female MP in Afghanistan has been expelled from parliament after saying proceedings had descended to a level "worse than a zoo". The views of Malalai Joya, in a television interview, outraged fellow parliamentarians, who immediately voted to suspend her from the house for the rest of her five-year term. Some even demanded that she should be brought before a court for defamation and stripped of the right to stand again as a candidate....
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2007 8:10am PDT
NATO Reviews Afghan Tactics WASHINGTON — Fearing a major public backlash over the growing number of innocent civilians killed in indiscriminate air strikes, NATO has pledged to review its tactics and techniques in Afghanistan to stop alienating war-weary locals....
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 6:32am PDT
Pak Mosque Standoff Reaches Dead-end ISLAMBAD — The standoff of four Pakistani policemen taken hostage by madrassah students at the Red Mosque in Islamabad reached a dead-end Saturday, May 19, after the government insisted on the unconditional release of all hostages despite initial agreement to some of the students' demands....
Posted: Sat, May 19, 2007 9:07am PDT
ICRC Slams US Afghan Raids KABLU — Up to 2,000 Afghan civilians were left homeless by indiscriminate US raids in western Afghanistan last month, said the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday, May 19....
Posted: Sat, May 19, 2007 9:06am PDT
US demands lead to border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan Pakistan’s attempts to tighten security along its border have led to a series of clashes with US-occupied Afghanistan. On Thursday, for the second time this week, Pakistani forces in the Kurram tribal agency fired mortars and rockets at positions in the adjacent Afghan province of Paktia. Four Afghan troops were killed, while US aircraft reportedly buzzed the skies overhead....
Posted: Sat, May 19, 2007 8:59am PDT
Afghanistan Suicide Attack Kills 10 A suicide attacker detonated himself next to German soldiers shopping in a crowded market in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 10 people and wounding 16, officials said....
Posted: Sat, May 19, 2007 8:58am PDT
Taleban Create Diversion in Northern Afghanistan From roadside bombs to suicide attacks, northern regions are seeing the same tactics the Taleban employ in the south....
Posted: Fri, May 18, 2007 6:29am PDT
Kabul…Widows' Capital CAIRO — While Western-style shopping malls, bars and French restaurants are opening their doors for foreign aid workers and wealthy Afghan expatriates, the hidden face of modern Kabul as the widows' capital of the world is surfacing....
Posted: Fri, May 18, 2007 6:28am PDT
Meeting the Taliban The Taliban-led opposition to the occupation continues to grow, though little has changed in the Taliban's vision of the future, which is as bleak as its past for Graham Usher, who interviews a more fortunate comrade of Dadullah in Hawed, Pakistan...
Posted: Thu, May 17, 2007 4:08pm PDT
The General vs. the Judge: General Strike Paralyzes Pakistan Sixty years old this August, Pakistan has been under de facto military rule for exactly half of its life. Military leaders have usually been limited to a ten-year cycle: Ayub Khan (1958-69), Zia-ul-Haq (1977-89). The first was removed by a nation-wide insurrection lasting three months. The second was assassinated. According to this political calendar, Pervaiz Musharraf still has another year and a half to go, but events happen....
Posted: Thu, May 17, 2007 3:53pm PDT
Blasts kill Afghan police officers Two bomb blasts minutes apart on a road in the southern city of Kandahar have killed several police officers and wounded many people, Al Jazeera says....
Posted: Thu, May 17, 2007 7:41am PDT
Afghans protest border clash outside Pakistan embassy KABUL - Thousands of Afghans protested outside the Pakistani embassy in Kabul on Wednesday, chanting ”Death to Pakistan, Death to Musharraf”, after the bloodiest clash in decades on the disputed border last weekend....
Posted: Wed, May 16, 2007 7:14am PDT
Pakistan clash 'kills US soldier' A US soldier has been shot dead after meeting Pakistani troops at a town near the Afghan border, Pakistan's military spokesman has said....
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 9:25am PDT
Pakistan hotel hit by deadly blast A bomb blast in Peshawar in the northwest of Pakistan has killed at least 24 people and injured many more, officials say....
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 9:05am PDT
Air raids 'target Afghan villages' Air attacks by foreign forces have killed 60 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province overnight, the provincial police chief has said....
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 8:41am PDT
Dire Situation for Women Under U.S. Occupation and Rising Fundamentalism Two leading feminists, one from Iraq and one from Afghanistan, join us to talk about the dire situation for women in their countries. Yanar Mohammed is the co-founder of the Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq. The group vocally supports women's rights in Iraq and shelters Iraqi women targeted in honor killings and sectarian violence. Dr. Sima Samar is the chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and is the United Nations special envoy to Darfur, Sudan. She served as Deput...
Posted: Mon, May 14, 2007 7:27am PDT
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