Posted in Afghanistan, Air Strike, Central Asia, Ground Assault, Insurgents, Looting, NATO/Allies, Property Damage, tagged Afghanistan, agriculture, Kandahar, Nato, news, prison, Taliban on June 18, 2008 |
Voices from Kandahar conflict
BBC News
Nato and Afghan forces have launched an operation to drive out Taleban insurgents from Arghandab district on the outskirts of the southern city of Kandahar.
Residents of Kandahar and people who fled when the Taleban occupied their villages spoke to the BBC about their concerns. (more…)
Posted in Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Insurgents, Israel, Middle-East, Mortars, Palestine, Rocket, tagged airstrike, Beit Lahiya, ceasefire, Civilian Casualties, civilians, explosion, gaza, gaza strip, Hamas, Ismail Haniya, Israel, Israeli, Katyusha rockets, militants, mortar, news, Palestine, Palestinian, Qassam Brigades, Qassam rockets, rockets on June 13, 2008 |
Explosion in Gaza destroys home of a Hamas commander, killing 5
By Isabel Kershner and Taghreed El-Khodary
Thursday, June 12, 2008
JERUSALEM: A large explosion in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya destroyed a residential building Thursday, killing a baby girl and four Palestinian men known locally to be Hamas militants.
Hamas, the Islamic group that controls Gaza, initially blamed an Israeli airstrike for the blast. It then unleashed a hail of rockets and mortar rounds at Israeli towns and villages around the periphery of Gaza. (more…)
Posted in Afghanistan, Air Strike, Bomb, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Foreign Aid, Insurgents, Military, Pakistan, Property Damage, Refugee Camps, tagged Afghan, Air Strike, aircraft, airstrikes, Al Qaeda, ambassador, America, armed forces, artillery, attack, Bomb, bombing, bombs, border, casualties, CIVIC, Civilian Casualties, civilians, collateral damage, Condoleezza Rice, conflict, death, drug trafficking, FATA, foreign ministry, Frontier Corps, grenade, Insurgents, investigation, Islamabad, Kunar, Marines, Military, military casualties, Nato, news, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pakistani, paramilitary, Paris, Pashtu, peace, Pentagon, protest, RAND, refugee, Refugee Camps, refugees, Reuters, Rice, Secretary of State, Secretary Rice, self-defense, Taliban, tribal, tribes, United States, us, war, Washington, Waziristan on June 13, 2008 |
Pakistan Angry as Strike by U.S. Kills 11 Soldiers
By CARLOTTA GALL and ERIC SCHMITT
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — American air and artillery strikes killed 11 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers during a clash with insurgents on the Afghan border on Tuesday night, a development that raised concerns about the already strained American relationship with Pakistan.
The strikes underscored the often faulty communications involving American, Pakistani and Afghan forces along the border, and the ability of Taliban fighters and other insurgents to use havens in Pakistan to carry out attacks into neighboring Afghanistan. (more…)
Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Foreign Aid, Government, tagged Afghan, Afghanistan, aid, conference, corruption, Donors, Europe, First Lady, Foreign Aid, French, Germany, Government, humanitarian aid, international, Karzai, Laura Bush, news, opium, Paris, rebels, Steinmeier, Taliban, United States on June 13, 2008 |
With reservations, countries pledge $17 billion in aid for Afghanistan
By Helene Cooper
Thursday, June 12, 2008
PARIS: The United States, Europe and more than 60 other countries and international institutions offered more than $17 billion in aid for Afghanistan at a donors conference here Thursday. But amid the public pledges of support, officials were fretting over whether the Afghan government is doing all it can to make sure the money goes to rebuilding and not into the pockets of warlords and corrupt government officials.
