Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Government, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, Region, Taliban, Type of Harm, tagged Afghan Army, Afghanistan, British troops, Farah province, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, German troops, Helmand, Kandahar, Kunduz, Pakistan, Pashtun militants, Quetta, Taliban, United States Marines, US Marines on July 16, 2009 |
By ERIC SCHMITT
KABUL, Afghanistan — The new American commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that United States Marines had faced less resistance than expected in their operation to clear Taliban safe havens in the south, but that British troops just to the north were running into fiercer fighting than anticipated. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Air Strike, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Government, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, Region, Tactics, Type of Harm, United Nations, United States, tagged Afghanistan, airstrikes, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Compensation, Farah province, United Nations, us military on June 15, 2009 |
The Sunday Times
By Jon Swain
06/14/2009
Tears streaming down her face, the Afghan woman sat in a corner of a room with no roof and broken windows, mourning 19 of her closest and dearest relatives. “They were parts of my heart,” she said. (more…)
