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Two Western soldiers killed in Taliban 'spring offensive' Two soldiers, an American and a Canadian, were killed in a major Taliban attack on a base in the Afghan province where thousands of British troops are to deploy in the coming months....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 3:52pm PST
Pro-Taliban militias clash in Pakistan Militias loyal to rival pro-Taliban clerics have clashed in Pakistan's restive tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, leaving at least 23 people dead, officials say....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 1:20pm PST
The General and the Taleban Former warlord reckons he can succeed where others have failed in defeating the insurgents....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 11:25am PST
Afghan Christian Convert Freed, Seeks Asylum KABUL, March28 , 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - An Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity was out of prison late Monday, March27 , with reports that he is seeking asylum abroad....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 8:56am PST
US soldier, 7 Taliban killed in Afghanistan KABUL: A US soldier was killed and another was wounded in a clash with militants which left seven Taliban fighters dead in southern Afghanistan, the American-led coalition said....
Posted: Sat, Mar 25, 2006 10:14pm PST
Dead Pakistanis 'were innocent' Pakistan says 16 of its nationals travelling in Afghanistan were arrested and then killed by Afghan security forces....
Posted: Thu, Mar 23, 2006 10:22am PST
Amnesty International reports that Saudi Arabia oppresses women Recommended thematic category: women's rights and human rights. Amnesty International reports sexist and misogynist oppression of women by Saudi Arabia....
Posted: Thu, Mar 23, 2006 9:51am PST
Human rights abuses: "child brides" in Afghanistan "Married at the age of four, an Afghan girl was subjected to years of beatings and torture." This sort of thing is all too common in US occupied Afghanistan....
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 4:20pm PST
Afghanistan: Parliament Makes Little Headway The newly-elected body is at loggerheads with President Karzai over how the government is appointed....
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 6:54am PST
Afghan Christian convert could face death Kabul - An Afghan man detained for converting to Christianity could face the death penalty if he refuses to become Muslim again, police and a judge said on Sunday....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 3:07pm PST
Afghan ex-governor killed in ambush An influential former governor has been killed in an ambush near his home in eastern Afghanistan....
Posted: Sat, Mar 18, 2006 7:50pm PST
Bird flu confirmed in Afghanistan Tests have confirmed the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu in chicken in Afghanistan, officials say....
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 10:25pm PST
Canadian troops gun down Afghan civilian The grim reality of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) deployment in Afghanistan became apparent in Kandahar late Tuesday night, when a military convoy opened fire on a taxi, killing an unarmed civilian. Coming just hours after Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper had ended a three-day visit to Afghanistan, this killing illustrates the grave threat posed to the civilian population and the colonialist character of the CAF’s “rebuilding” operation in this impoverished Central Asian country....
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 8:14pm PST
Today at 4pm: Women's Rights, Warlords, and the US Occupation of Afghanistan Malalai Joya Speaks Out, a talk by the 27 year old Afghan Parliamentarian who has survived assassination attempts and continues to speak out against abuses by warlords and drug lords...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 12:05pm PST
Afghanistan's feared woman warlord Amid the brooding mountains on the borders of Baghlan province, Afghanistan's only female warlord clings to her remote fiefdom....
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 8:56pm PST
Huge Oil Reserves Discovered in Afghanistan
U.S. Geological Survey and Afghanistan scientists say they’ve found a significantly greater petroleum resource base in that nation than was expected....
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 4:24pm PST
Afghanistan urges drug lords: Keep profits here LASHKARGAH: AFGHANISTAN WILL encourage its powerful drug lords to invest their illegally earned profits back into the war-shattered country, according to the governor of the nation’s top opium growing region....
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 4:21pm PST
Canada in Afghanistan: "We're Here Because We're Here" Has nobody questioned whether Canada's Prime Minister should be making "surprise" trips to Afghanistan? Since when are foreign policy decisions in a democratic country conducted in secrecy and revealed as surprises, like sexy underwear or chocolates on your birthday?...
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 6:25am PST
Pakistanis accused of aiding Taliban with missile parts American and Nato forces are following up reports that the Taliban have received vital components for shoulder-fired Stinger missiles from Pakistani officials enabling them to be used against helicopters in Afghanistan....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 7:29am PST
Moazzam Begg Describes Bagram and Gitmo and Witnessing the Killing of Fellow Detainees In a Democracy Now! U.S. national broadcast exclusive, we hear former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg in his own words. He was imprisoned for three years without charge by the United States at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan and Guanatanmo Bay in Cuba. We broadcast his first comments in this country since the publication of his book in Britain, "Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 7:20am PST
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