The New York Times: Farmers from the district of Marja, which since February has been the focus of the largest American-led military operation in Afganistan, are fleeing the area, saying that the Taliban are terrorizing the population and that American troops cannot protect the civilians…. Over 150 families have fled Marja in the last...
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Archive for July, 2011
Taliban Hold Sway in Area Taken by U.S., Farmers Say
Afghans protest against execution of political prisoners by Iranian regime
Radio Zamaneh: Hundreds of Afgan citizens staged a protest in Herat against the execution of political prisoners by the Islamic Republic burning posters of Ayatollah Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The demonstration was organized by Solidarity Party of Afganistan and protesters chanted slogans against Iranian officials. They also carried images of political executions in Iran,...
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America’s Continued Thirst for War
DailyCensored.com: America’s insatiable addiction to war not only destroys countless innocent lives abroad; it robs its own citizens from basic human needs at home. It robs them from envisioning a better world and an auspicious tomorrow. Since its amoral inception the so-called United States of America has steadily built a reputation antithetical to peace,...
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Afghanistan president’s brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, under investigation
The Christian Science Monitor: Afgan military investigators have accused Ahmed Wali Karzai, U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai’s controversial half-brother, of intervening to protect powerful allies who are squatting illegally on government property in southern Afganistan… Investigators concluded that Ahmed Wali Karzai’s friends, allies and relatives were building offices, housing projects illegally on more than 1,000...
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Civilian Casualties Raise Afghan Ire at U.S.
TIME: Local witnesses interviewed by TIME say the nighttime raid by U.S. forces killed eight residents of this sun-baked farming village in eastern Afganistan. The U.S. military insists that the operation in Koshkaky targeted insurgents active in the area, including a Taliban sub-commander who was killed. But ordinary Afghans are more inclined to believe...
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Ten wounded, 30 fall ill in attacks on Afghan schools
The Associated Press: Six schoolboys and four teachers were injured Tuesday in a bombing on a school in eastern Afganistan, while 30 schoolgirls fell ill in a suspected poisoning in the north, officials said. The blast, triggered by a bomb hidden inside the building, occurred as students were entering Rohi High School in the...
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Victims of Afghan wars demand justice before peace
AFP: As President Hamid Karzai prepares to host a peace conference later this month to discuss how to tackle the brutal Taliban insurgency, victims of the violence blighting Afganistan complain their voice is not being heard. “I want peace in my country, but peace will only be possible if those who have brought death...
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Hillary lies again to Afghan women
Daily Mail Times: Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Rodham-Clinton has once again lied to Afgan women. She said that America will not abandon Afgan women. It already has. America has not kept its promises to the women of Afganistan. The youngest woman in the Afgan parliament has used International Women’s Day to slam the...
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