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International forces will not rush their exit of Afghanistan because of a soldier who is suspected of murdering 16 civilians, US President Barack Obama has announced. The President added that although the Kandahar killings have strained relations further between foreign forces and Afghans, a responsible model of withdrawing the troops must be followed. The soldier, [...]
(Read More)31st Aug 11
US has wasted $30bn on Afghanistan and Iraq contracts
by Paul Russell
The government of the US has wasted over $30bn (£18.3bn) on grants and private contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq during the past 10 years – more than 15 per cent of the overall spend – revealed a bipartisan group in charge of examining the issue. The amount, which was referred to as sobering but conservative, [...]
(Read More)24th Mar 11
US soldier confesses to trophy Afghan killings
by Katie Naylor
A US soldier has pleaded guilty to killing unarmed civilians in order to help pass the time while he was serving in Afghanistan. Army specialist Jeremy Morlock has admitted three counts of premeditated murder in what has been one of the worst crimes committed during the US occupation of the country. The atrocities, which occurred [...]
(Read More)22nd Mar 11
US soldiers posed for trophy photos of murdered civilians
by Katie Naylor
Commanders in Afghanistan are preparing themselves for riots and public fury following the publication of trophy photographs that depict US soldiers posing alongside the dead Afghan civilians they killed. The photos, which were published by the German news magazine Der Spiegel, have been compared by senior Nato officials to the images of abuse of Abu [...]
(Read More)16th Mar 11
Afghanistan suicide bombing at army centre kills 36
by Katie Naylor
At least 36 people have died in a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan on an army recruitment centre, said local officials. There have also been reports that over 40 people were wounded in the blast in the city of Kunduz. The police chief of Kunduz province was also killed by a suicide bomber on Friday. [...]
(Read More)12th Mar 11
Afghan suicide blast leaves Kunduz police chief dead
by Harry Oldfield
The chief of police in the northern Afghanistan province Kunduz has been killed as a result of a suicide bomber. Witnesses reported that the bomber approached Abdul Rahman Sayedkhili in a Kunduz City street and detonated the bomb. Officials stated that at two other people died and eight were wounded. Security forces and police are [...]
(Read More)12th Mar 11
Nato kills cousin of Hamid Karzai
by Paul Russell
A family member of Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, has mistakenly been killed by Nato soldiers if southern Afghanistan, say officials. Yar Muhammad Khan was shot dead during an overnight raid at his home in the district of Dand near Kandahar city. Nato says it is carrying out an investigation to deter how it [...]
(Read More)11th Mar 11
Nato shoots cousin of President Karzai dead
by Paul Russell
A cousin of Afghan president Hamid Karzai was accidentally killed by Nato troops, according to officials. Nato is currently investigating the accident in which Yar Muhammad Khan was shot dead at his home near Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan during an overnight raid. Khan, said to have been a farmer in his 60s, had reportedly [...]
(Read More)8th Mar 11
Afghan civilians killed by roadside bomb
by Harry Oldfield
At least 12 civilians, five of them children, have been killed in eastern Afghanistan by a roadside bomb. A further five people were wounded in the blast in Paktika province, close to the Pakistan border. The provincial governor said that enemies of peace were to blame and that they had, once again, revealed their evil [...]
(Read More)8th Mar 11
Injured Afghan war hero fined for lack of Blue Badge
by Paul Russell
A British soldier who suffered terrible injuries in Afghanistan was fined £60, despite being in a wheelchair. Corporal Graeme Billington suffered horrific injuries in an explosion while serving with UK armed forces in Afghanistan. Council parking authorities lumped insult on injury recently, when they decided to uphold a £60 parking fine, despite the fact that [...]
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