American Power (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
While everyday Americans are cocooned at home, shopping at the mall , watching the latest Blake Lively video on their laptop, or even protesting the evil Bush/Cheney cabal in Washington, our brave U.S. Marines are busy fighting in Helmand Province , Afghanistan: See more at the Daily Mail : A Marine just millimetres from death as a bullet whistled past his head had the moment of his miraculous...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Source: [b]AP[/b] Top military officer says violence up in Afghanistan 36 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) Violence in Afghanistan is increasing, as security in Iraq in recent months has improved, the top U.S. uniformed military officer told Congress Tuesday. Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of th...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
"Restraint in our response does not signal lack of resolve or capability to defend ourselves against threats," Mullen said in prepared testimony before the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The top U.S. military officer has told Congress that violence in Afghanistan is increasing, as security in Iraq has improved.
Dhimmi Watch (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... claim that no deal was made regarding the release at the weekend of the country's envoy to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, who had been in the captivity of the Pakistani Taliban for three months. But this is pure fantasy. There certainly was a deal, orchestrated by pro-al-Qaeda Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, and far from indicating any move on the part of the militants to negotiate,...
"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A US Marine narrowly avoids death in this dramatic series of photos taken on the frontline of the battle against the Taliban. See all Photos Here (RG) This Marine should go buy a lottery ticket. © Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran. Rogue_gunner_32_alpha@yahoo.co.uk Boycott BP HT/ The last of the few
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Kabul - Two NATO soldiers were killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, where a police official was also killed by unknown gunmen, officials said Tuesday. One soldier serving in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) w...
Iraq War (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Peach Pundit (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
“39-year-old Sgt. Davy Nathaniel Weaver was on his third Mideast tour. He was a 1987 graduate of Lamar County High School. His family says he was killed on Sunday.” Full story from the AJC, al.com, Macon Telegraph, Herald-Gazette of Barnesville and the blog of SGT Weaver’s cousin.
Right Commentary (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
... spring, and one National Guard Army brigade, with about 3,100 soldiers, to prepare to deploy to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010. The Guard announcements, said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, are being made far in advance so that soldiers and their families can begin training and other preparations for their service. Guard brigades heading to Iraq will provide security, while the brigade...
NoisyRoom.net (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
From NewsMax: By: Arnaud de Borchgrave Buried by a 24/7 deluge of soundbites and analyses of soundbites from three U.S. presidential candidates and their handlers, the media packaged the rest of the world into two huge natural disasters — Myanmar and China. The manmade geopolitical disaster in the making in both Pakistan and Afghanistan got lost in the [...]
"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of a British soldier in Afghanistan today, 19 May 2008. Read It Here © Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran. Rogue_gunner_32_alpha@yahoo.co.uk Boycott BP
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
Two NATO soldiers killed in two separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, the alliance says. Read the full story
Global Security (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
Vermont Army National Guard Brigade Alerted To Deploy In 2010 for AfghanistanMay 19, 2008The Department of the Army joined the Department of Defense in announcing May 19 the alert of the 86th Brigade Combat Team, Vermont Army National Guard in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to continue training of the Afghan National Security Forces in Afghanistan. More than 3,100 Soldiers alerted...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two NATO soldiers were killed in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the alliance said.
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meri72 | 04/11/2008
The Afghan Association of Blog Writers (Afghan Penlog) overcame financial difficulty and obstacles like electricity shortages to organize the first blogging workshop in their history. The workshop was held in Kabul on April 3-4, in association with Nasim Fekrat and Masoumeh Ebrahimi [Fa], two active Afghan bloggers.
meri72 | 04/11/2008
For the first time in Afghanistan , a two days Blogging workshop was organized by the Afghan Association of Blog Writers . The participants were an Afghan journalist, a University teacher, a poet and writers from different provinces and of various ethnic backgrounds. The main goals of this workshop are better access of journalists to weblogs and other digital media. Since Afghan print and internet
legionofmarduk | 03/28/2008
Last November the 27th the Italian National Confederacy of Artisans and Small and Medium Businesses (Cna) presented its cooperation project with the "Save the Children" organization to help protecting and schooling children in war-torn Afghanistan, renewing an effort which started back in 2006...
