Posted by warvictims on July 28, 2009
By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Even as hundreds of thousands of people stream back to the Swat Valley after months of fighting, one important group is conspicuously absent: the wealthy landowners who fled the Taliban in fear and are the economic pillar of the rural society. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on July 28, 2009
Published July 27, 2009 12:44 PM
As U.S. combat troops begin a gradual withdrawal from Iraq, they continue to train and advise Iraqi forces, which are increasingly responsible for maintaining security. But one of the most useful security tools is a hard one for Iraqis to accept — not because of technical difficulty, but because of a cultural taboo. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Bomb, Car Bomb, Country, Culture, Government, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Military, Other, Police, Region, Suicide Bomb, Tactics | Tagged: bombings, bombs, car bombs, explosives, Iraq, Iraqi forces, suicide attackers, suicide attacks, suicide bombs, US combat troops, US forces | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 28, 2009
At least 9 Afghans were killed and 6 others wounded in separate bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan on Monday, according to government. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Bomb, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Insurgents, Military, Region, Tactics, Taliban, Type of Harm | Tagged: Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilian wounded, Giriskh, Helmand, ied, improvised explosive device, insurgency, Insurgents, Khost, militants, roadside bomb, southern Afghanistan, Taliban | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 28, 2009
27 July 2009 – The issue of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan will be discussed at a major meeting in Kabul. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Country, Displacement, Government, Other, Pakistan, Refugee Camps, Region, Type of Harm, United Nations | Tagged: Afghan refugees, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Refugee Camps, refugees, repatriation, UNAMA, UNHRC, United Nations | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 28, 2009
Source: Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA)
Date: 28 Jul 2009
Helen Maguire, dpa
Tbilisi_(dpa) _ Since last summer’s war with Russia over the country’s breakaway provinces, Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili may have felt at times like a man under siege. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Central Asia, Country, Displacement, Georgia, Government, Military, Peacekeepers, Region, Type of Harm | Tagged: Abkhazia, EU monitors, Georgia, IDPs, internally displaced people, Internally Displaced Persons, Joe Biden, Mikheil Saakashvili, monitoring, Nicaragua, Our Georgia, refugees, Russia, south ossetia, Tbilisi, WU mission | Leave a Comment »
