The Times: US special forces soldiers dug bullets out of their victims’ bodies in the bloody aftermath of a botched night raid, then washed the wounds with alcohol before lying to their superiors about what happened, Afgan investigators have told The Times. Two pregnant women, a teenage girl, a police officer and his brother...
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Archive for September, 2010
US special forces ‘tried to cover-up’ botched Khataba raid in Afghanistan
German forces kill 6 Afghan soldiers
CBC News: German troops have admitted they accidentally killed six Afgan soldiers during a gunfight with what they thought were Taliban insurgents, the Afgan army said Saturday. Three Germans died in the incident Friday in northern Kunduz province. German soldiers in an armoured personnel carrier opened fire after coming across two civilian vehicles that...
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Sold, raped and jailed, a girl faces Afghan justice
Reuters: For the shy Afgan girl who sat quietly in a detention center with a pale blue headscarf, teenage rebellion had come at a heavy price: seven years in prison. Engaged to an older man who had offered $5,000 to her father but in love with a boy she spoke to on the...
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Afghanistan world’s top cannabis source – U.N.
Reuters: Long the world’s largest producer of opium, the raw ingredient of heroin, Afganistan has now become the top supplier of cannabis, with large-scale cultivation in half of its provinces, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Between 10,000 and 24,000 hectares of cannabis are grown every year in Afganistan, with major cultivation in 17...
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UN report: Afghans plagued by poverty, corruption
The Associated Press: The majority of Afghans live in dire poverty, despite an estimated $35 billion in aid being poured into the country between 2002 to 2009, the United Nations said Tuesday.A report by the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights claims that over a third of Afghans live in “absolute...
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The Nightmare Will End When We Wake Up! America, Please Open Your Eyes!
RAWA News: Another year another peace rally. The wars rage on, and the struggle continues. Like at all the others, I felt inwardly horrified. A billion wailing voices echoed in my mind. On we go with this tragedy of intention and this comedy of errors while the bodies pile higher. I long to take...
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Hamid Karzai accused of blocking arrest of official
The Telegraph: Sediq Chakari, former minister of Hajj, and who is thought to be in Britain has been under investigation into his alleged involvement in a kickback racket which made hundreds of thousands of pounds from poor pilgrims. Mr Karzai’s palace allegedly vetoed his arrest because of his close links to former warlords within...
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NATO Tries to Silence a Truth-Teller in Afghanistan After Killing Pregnant Women
Rethink Afganistan: recently, we spoke with Afganistan-based journalist Jerome Starkey about his reporting on special forces raids that killed civilians and NATOs surprising–and disappointing–response. This video contains disturbing images, and an even more disturbing story of violence, and an attempt to silence a truth-teller. It shows why its absolutely essential that we keep pushing...
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Bush, Obama and the Corporate Media: Eight Years of Immaculate Deception about America’s Afghan War
RAWA News: Examining a microcosm can shed light on the larger reality. I have chosen to analyze a small mountain hamlet, Chagoti Ghar (Chergotah), located some forty kilometers east of Khost city in eastern Afganistan in a time frame separated by eight and a third years – November 23rd 2001 and March 24th 2010....
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