Afghanistan

Three British soldiers die in Afghanistan

Reuters (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

LONDON (Reuters) - A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the Defense Ministry said, the fifth to die in five days as UK forces take part in a major U.S.-led offensive against Taliban strongholds.

• UK & World News: Afghan death three due to be named - Liverpool Echo.co.uk
• Three soldiers die in 24 hours in Afghan fighting - euronews24
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Added U.S. Troops Enable Afghanistan Strategy, Mullen Says

Global Security (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Additional American troops in Afghanistan are making it possible to institute the new strategy in the country, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.

• Head of Joint Chiefs Says Added US Troops Enable Afghanistan Strategy to Move Forward - THE TENSION
• Added U.S. Troops Enable Afghanistan Strategy, Mullen Says - Department of Defense

Police: Suicide bomb kills 1 in Afghanistan

USA Today (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Police say a suicide attacker has detonated a car bomb near the gates of the main NATO base in southern Afghanistan, killing ...

Two British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

Global Security (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The British military says two British soldiers were killed during separate attacks in southern Afghanistan

16 UN deminers kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

Gunmen abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial police chief said Sunday.

Department of National Defence: Canadian Soldier Dies in Quebec Hospital From Injuries Sustained in Afghanistan

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) A Canadian soldier who recently sustained serious injuries in Afghanistan passed away in a Quebec hospital yesterday.

2 British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

Fox News (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

A roadside bomb and a rocket-propelled grenade in southern Afghanistan killed two British soldiers, while gunmen in the east abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations, officials said Sunday.

Stakes High in Afghanistan Ahead of August Elections

Washington Post (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- As U.S. Marines launched a major offensive against Taliban insurgents in southern Helmand Province, the presidential campaign unfolding in more peaceful parts of northern and eastern Afghanistan last week seemed to be taking place on another planet.

16 UN deminers kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

Gunmen abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial police chief said Sunday.

Recruiter of child suicide bombers arrested in Afghanistan

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

Kabul - A terrorist who allegedly recruited Afghan children to serve as suicide bombers has been taken into custody, US officials reported Sunday. The arrest was made south of the Afghan capital of Kabul. A second rebel sympathizer had been taken int...

16 U.N. deminers kidnapped in Afghanistan

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

Gunmen abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial police chief said Sunday.

Two U.K. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

A roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan killed two British soldiers, while gunmen in the east abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the U.N.

16 UN deminers kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan

euronews24 (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago

KABUL - A roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan killed two NATO soldiers, while gunmen in the east abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations, officials said Sunday. The blast that killed the troops came as thousands of U.S. ...

Despite U.S. tactical shifts in Afghanistan, Taliban terror continues

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

1st Lt. Chip Heidt, his wire spectacles sliding down his wet nose in the hot midday sun, was walking with a purpose amid a stretch of the 20-foot-high mud walls in this Afghan town opposite Pakistan's lawless Waziristan tribal area. Heidt, 25, a scion of the Scripps newspaper family in Cincinnati, was on a foot patrol to gather local intelligence.

16 UN deminers kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

Gunmen abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial police chief said Sunday.

Watch The Objective Online For Free

the_objective | 02/05/2009

A horror flick that takes place in Afghanistan in November of 2001? Intriguing, to be sure, but I’ll admit to being more than a little skeptical as I walked in to check out Daniel Myrick’s The Objective. I was half-expecting some sort of run-of-the-mill occult thriller that got mixed with modern warfare … just because it’s a topical thing to do. Happily, those assumptions turned out to be completely

YAHOO 360 : THE BEST SOCIAL TO KNOW PEOPLES FROM MIDDLE-EAST

blogmasterpg | 12/12/2008

To open a Blog on YAHOO! 360 BLOG s is the best way to know peoples from East and Middle-East Countries . I love Persian culture , as culture of Afghanistan , or Turkye , or Israel , or India , or Saudi Arabia , or other littles Arab Countries. The Peoples of these Countries can gift to Our cultures ( I'm Italian and now, european Culture is very similar to United States culture) many knowledges ,

Afghanistan: First blogging workshop in Kabul

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.

• For The First Time: Blogging Workshop in Kabul - meri72