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HRW counts human cost of Afghan war The Taliban is increasingly hitting civilians, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a new report, against a backdrop of worsening violence in Afghanistan....
Posted: Mon, Apr 16, 2007 7:10am PDT
US 'excessive' in Afghan attack US marines violated international humanitarian law by using excessive violence in reaction to a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan, a report says....
Posted: Sun, Apr 15, 2007 11:29am PDT
Afghan blasts claim 13 lives Thirteen people including seven policemen were killed in Afghanistan yesterday in a series of explosions, one targeting a police headquarters, officials said....
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 10:03am PDT
French captives 'appear on video' Video footage has surfaced of two French aid workers seized by the Afghan Taleban several weeks ago....
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 9:36am PDT
Canada’s Conservative government moves to extend Afghan intervention Canada’s minority Conservative government and corporate media had long planned to use this past week’s 90th anniversary of the First World War battle of Vimy Ridge to whip up public support for the Canadian military and, above all, to promote the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) intervention in Afghanistan....
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 9:27am PDT
Civilian compensation claims: a glimpse into US crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan Hundreds of legal claims filed by civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan against the US military, which were released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday, provide a small glimpse into the tragedies inflicted by US occupying forces in these two countries....
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 9:20am PDT
Pakistan to expel Afghan refugees Afghan refugees in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar have been told by the Pakistani government that they have until April 15 to leave the country....
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 9:10am PDT
UN Urges Taliban Dialogue BERLIN — The UN envoy in Afghanistan, Tom Koenigs, urged Friday, April 13, talks with Taliban in Afghanistan to stanch the bloodshed in the country, saying the military force is not a panacea for the raging violence....
Posted: Fri, Apr 13, 2007 6:38pm PDT
UK soldier killed by Taliban A British soldier was killed in Afghanistan yesterday after being hit by small arms fire during a clash with Taliban fighters in the southern Helmand province....
Posted: Fri, Apr 13, 2007 6:36pm PDT
Pakistan army joins tribal fight Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has admitted publicly for the first time that the army has helped tribal fighters battling foreign militants....
Posted: Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:31pm PDT
Pakistan: The tribes' revolt Recent fighting between tribesmen and foreign militants has been presented by the Pakistani government as a vindication of its strategy in the Pakistan-Afghan border regions. The reality is more complex, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad...
Posted: Thu, Apr 12, 2007 5:23pm PDT
ACLU Releases Files on Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq Americans Have a Right to Unfiltered Information About the Human Costs of War, ACLU Says...
Posted: Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:52am PDT
Many dead in Afghan fighting Afghan security forces have clashed with suspected Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, and a subsequent air strike has killed 35 fighters, according to an official....
Posted: Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:46am PDT
Pakistani Tribesmen 'kill 300 foreigners' Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf says tribesmen have killed about 300 foreign militants in fighting near the Afghan border....
Posted: Thu, Apr 12, 2007 7:34am PDT
Building of Food Reserves Critical To Afghanistan Food Reserves can offer Afghanistan protection against potential food shortages caused by droughts, flooding and other disasters....
Posted: Wed, Apr 11, 2007 8:53am PDT
Blast hits NATO troops in Afghanistan A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of NATO troops in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, wounding eight civilians but causing no military casualties, witnesses said....
Posted: Wed, Apr 11, 2007 6:45am PDT
Aid agency threatens to leave Afghanistan after Kabul accuses it of al-Qa'ida links Afghanistan, reeling from the effects of war and with terrorist attacks reaching deep into the few parts notionally under government control, now faces the loss of the only hospitals in the country which offer free and universal high-quality medical treatment....
Posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2007 6:17pm PDT
Afghanistan Views Iran as Strategic Partner TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta described Iran as the strategic partner and trustworthy neighbor of his country, underlining that no one can leave a negative impact on the two states' desirable relations....
Posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2007 8:52am PDT
Australia to double Afghan force Australia is planning to almost double its troop numbers in Afghanistan by next year, PM John Howard has said....
Posted: Mon, Apr 9, 2007 10:05pm PDT
Taliban Resurgence Upsets Pak-US ties ISLAMABAD — Shaken by the remarkable resurgence of Taliban in Afghanistan, relations between strategic allies Pakistan and the United States are in a critical phase with American lawmakers to mount pressure on Islamabad to do more....
Posted: Mon, Apr 9, 2007 6:45am PDT
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