Afghans

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• Canadian troops to go on living with Afghans despite IED death

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 165
  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Canadas military will press ahead with its new strategy of having troops live among Afghans despite this weeks "surprise" death of a Canadian soldier in a village in Panjwaii district, a senior officer said.
  3 days ago

• Who Are The Four Afghan Detainees Released From Guantanamo?

  
  The Public Record — Authority: 133
  Over the weekend, 12 prisoners were released from Guantánamo, as the Justice Department announced in a press release on December 20. I have previously reported the stories of the two Somalis who were released — emphasizing how nothing about their cases demonstrated that they were “the worst of the worst” ...
  5 days ago

• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
  5 days ago

• Who Are The Four Afghans Released From Guantánamo?

  
  Andy Worthington — Authority: 544
  Over the weekend, 12 prisoners were released from Guantánamo, as the Justice Department announced in a press release on December 20. I have previously reported the stories of the two Somalis who were released — emphasizing how nothing about their cases demonstrated that they were “the worst of the worst” ...
  6 days ago

• Taliban claim control of over 80pc of Afghanistan

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 518
  Taliban claim control of over 80pc of Afghanistan
  6 days ago

• Pair held over $4m card skimming scam

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Police in Sydney have arrested two men over an EFTPOS scam which has so far netted more than $4 million from bank accounts in Western Australia. Thousands of Western Australians have had their card details stolen at several McDonalds restaurants across Perth since October. Police allege the 31-year-old Canadian man ...
  1 week ago

• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
  1 week ago

• Afghans fleeing Taliban are flooding Tajikistan

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 952
  DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN -- The night his 11-year-old son escaped from kidnappers, Abdul Aziz bundled a few belongings into a car and drove his family 18 miles north across the Afghan border into Tajikistan. "It is too frightening to live in Afghanistan anymore," he said, standing in the bare, unlit...
  1 week ago

• Georges et les soldats afghans en charter

  
  THE BLORG! Corp — Authority: 137
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  1 week ago

• Afghans Say 8 Dead in Suicide Blast

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
  A car bomb blast in the Afghan capital Tuesday killed at least 8 people and wounded 40, according to the Interior Ministry. Security officials think former vice-president Ahmad Zia Massoud may have been the target. (Dec 15)
  2 weeks ago

• Canada kept Afghan governor in power despite abuser rep

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 165
  OTTAWA — A former governor of Kandahar who is accused of personally torturing Afghans might have been removed from office as far back as 2006 if Canadian officials hadnt defended him, according to diplomatic memos that have never been made public by the
  2 weeks ago

• Boat crew’s shock as shark gnashes oar

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A surf boat has been attacked by a white pointer shark while on a training run at Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle. The boat was about 400 metres off shore when the sweepers oar was ripped from his hands by the shark - thought to be a juvenile. Surf boat sweeper, Greg Ross says the crew got the shock of their lives. ...
  2 weeks ago

• More ‘Corruption’ Is Needed in Afghanistan

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 487
  In the 20th century, the few successful counterinsurgency campaigns run by an outside power—the Americans in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War at the turn of the last century, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• Afghans in Crochet Today!

  
  notyourgranny'scrochet — Authority: 91
  I recently designed two completely different afghans for the January/February issue of Crochet Today! Its finally out on the news stands, and the issue is now on their website . But, I want to show you the pictures of my two afghans - they both were fun to design and crochet. This is the Big Love afghan. It ...
  2 weeks ago

• 9/11 mastermind’s Manhattan trial will make him ‘larger than Osama’, warns Cheney

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Washington, Dec. 9 (ANI): Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has warned that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s trial in New York City will give make him an extremist hero like Osama bin Laden.Fox News quoted Cheney, as saying that holding the trial in a lower Manhattan courtroom near ground zero will make ...
  2 weeks ago

• ‘Intolerant’ Pak could help US ‘finish off’ Haqqqani network: McChrystal

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Washington, Dec.9 (ANI): General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, has said that if Pakistan takes stringent action against the Haqqani network inside its territory, dismantling the Al-Qaeda linked group would be a matter of time for the US troops.“If the Pakistan government became ...
  2 weeks ago

• Could Tom Be Going to Jail?

  
  Tokio Hotel Network — Authority: 137
  Bild.de is reporting that Tom has been called to because of the altercation with the now well-known Afghans On Tour, and most notably the member named Perrine. Tom is being charged with assault, and although David Jost says they won’t go to trial, Bild says it’s very likely he will. If Tom is found [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Military News Update

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 451
  Defense Secretary Robert Gates told senior officials in Afghanistan Tuesday, the United States is committed to winning the war against the Taliban and partnering with the Afghans. The commanding general of Multi National Forces in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, spoke at Fort Hood Texas Monday.
  3 weeks ago

• Karzai: Afghans Need Military Aid for 15 Years

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
  Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday it will be at least 15 years before his government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country from the threat of insurgency. (Dec. 8)
  3 weeks ago

• Karzai pleads for patience from allies

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Washington, Dec 7 (DPA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked the international community to have patience as Afghanistan builds the ability to take responsibility for its own security.In his first Western interview Sunday since US President Obama announced plans to put another 30,000 troops in Afghanistan, Karzai ...
  3 weeks ago

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