Posted by warvictims on July 22, 2009
By Aziz Ahmad Shafe, Mohammad Ilyas Dayee and Aziz Ahmad Tassal in Khanshin, Helmand province (ARR No. 326, 14-July-09)
It is all too rare a phenomenon lately: local residents cheerful at the sight of foreign troops. But Operation Khanjar (Dagger Thrust), which the United States Marines launched in early July in southern Helmand, has so far delivered on its promise to put protection of civilians ahead of killing the enemy. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Bomb, Car Bomb, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Clusters/Mines, Country, Government, Grenade, Gunfire, ISAF, Insurgents, Military, Mortars, NATO/Allies, Police, Property Damage, Region, Rocket, Suicide Bomb, Tactics, Taliban, Type of Harm, United States | Tagged: Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, Afghanistan, ANA, Civilian Casualties, civilian protection, Helmand province, IEDs, improvised explosive devices, Insurgents, Lashkar Gah, militants, Operation Dagger Thrust, Operation Khanjar, Operation Strike of the Sword, reconstruction, roadside bombs, Taleban, Taliban, United States Marines, us, us military | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 22, 2009
By ERIC SCHMITT and JANE PERLEZ
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan is objecting to expanded American combat operations in neighboring Afghanistan, creating new fissures in the alliance with Washington at a critical juncture when thousands of new American forces are arriving in the region. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Country, Government, ISAF, India, Insurgents, Journalists, Military, NATO/Allies, Pakistan, Region, Taliban, Terrorists, United States | Tagged: Afghan Taliban leader, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, India, Insurgents, Lashkar-e-Taiba, militants, Mullah Muhammad Omar, Nato, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Quetta, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Swat Valley, Taliban, US government, us military, Waziristan | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 22, 2009
by Julie McCarthy
All Things Considered,
July 20, 2009 ·
After claiming success against Taliban guerrillas in the northwestern Swat Valley, Pakistan’s military now is targeting Taliban strongholds to the south. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Central Asia, Country, Government, Insurgents, Military, Pakistan, Region, Taliban, Terrorists | Tagged: Al Qaeda, al-Qaida, IDPs, Insurgents, internally displaced people, Internally Displaced Persons, militants, Pakistan, Pakistan military, South Waziristan, Swat Valley, Taliban, terrorism, terrorist attacks | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 22, 2009
22 Jul 2009 08:12:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
The United States will give an additional $45 million in aid to Pakistan as it brings people displaced by the fight against militants back home, U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke said in remarks published on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Central Asia, Country, Displacement, Foreign Aid, Government, Insurgents, Military, NGOs, Other, Pakistan, Refugee Camps, Region, Taliban, Terrorists, Type of Harm, United Nations, United States | Tagged: Afghanistan, aid, humanitarian aid, IDPs, Insurgents, internally displaced people, Internally Displaced Persons, Islamabad, militants, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Taliban, United Nations, United States, us | Leave a Comment »
