Eurasia Press & News
CANBERRA – David Hicks, the Australian Guantanamo Bay inmate who has admitted aiding the al Qaeda terror group, has become a major recipient of political and taxpayer largesse as he waits for a decision on the deal his lawyers have struck with American military prosecutors. He could also become rich. …
Read More »ØªØصن خبرنگاران اÙغان برای رهایی اجمل نقشبندی
شماری از خبرنگاران اÙغان روز چهارشنبه در مقابل ساختمان شورای ملی کشور خیمه بر پا کرده Ùˆ از دولت خواستند تا برای رهایی اجمل نقشبندی خبرنگار اÙغان از Ú†Ù†Ú¯ طالبان عملا اقدام نماید.آنها همچنان از وکلای مناطق جنوبی کشور خواستند تا با استÙاده از Ù†Ùوذی Ú©Ù‡ در این مناطق دارند …
Read More »Ø§Ø¯Ø¹Ø§ÛŒ وزارت دÙاع ملی مبنی تلÙات سنگین مخالÙین در عملیات نوروزی
وزارت دÙاع ملی از دست آورد های عملیاتی خبر داده است Ú©Ù‡ از یک Ù‡Ùته بدین سو تØت نام نوروزی در هلمند راه اندازی شده است.به گزارش خبرنگار ما ظاهر عظیمی سخنگوی وزارت دÙاع ملی روز چهارشنبه Ø·ÛŒ یک نشست خبری در کابل Ú¯Ùت: Ø·ÛŒ این عملیات122 تن از جنگجویان …
Read More »Worries grow over mental health of U.S. soldiers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Retired U.S. Navy medic Charlie Anderson twice thought about committing suicide: once when he feared he would be sent back to Iraq in 2004 and again last year when a friend and fellow veteran killed himself. “I can’t say that I can’t go because we don’t do …
Read More »Berlusconi’s “own goal” splits Italian opposition
ROME, March 28 (Reuters) – Italian opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi may have scored an “own goal” by not supporting an Afghan peace mission in a Senate vote which, instead of showing how weak the government is, split the centre right in two. Berlusconi’s coalition, ousted by Romano Prodi’s alliance last …
Read More »Afghanistan: ‘Two feet and a lot of skin’
GURBUZ, Afghanistan – Government officials in this town in Khost province refer to the cross-border operations simply as “Suicide, Inc”, a sophisticated joint venture between al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Young Arab, Pakistani and Afghan bombers strapped with increasingly potent bombs aim for softer and softer civilian targets, both Afghan and …
Read More »Conservatives Oppose Pet Projects
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate conservatives and the Bush administration are taking aim at billions of dollars of non-war spending added to President Bush’s $100 billion funding request for Afghanistan and Iraq. In addition to money and equipment for overseas troops, there is $100 million for state and …
Read More »Tribes ‘will not hide militants’
Tribesmen in Pakistan’s tribal region bordering Afghanistan have promised not to shelter foreign militants.The assurance came as part of a deal signed by the government and local tribes in Bajaur agency. Unlike other controversial deals in the troubled Waziristan region nearby, this deal was with tribesmen not militants. The government …
Read More »Behind enemy lines with the Taliban of Helmand
In this exclusive report for the ‘IoS’, three members of the Taliban waging war on British troops in Afghanistan tell Chris Sands why they feel they have no choice but to take up arms against the ‘foreign invaders’ When Zahir Jan set out on the journey from his home in …
Read More »Italian premier under fire in Afghan prisoner exchange
ROME // Italy’s strategy of negotiating the release of Taliban militants in exchange for an Italian hostage in Afghanistan has put Premier Romano Prodi under fire days before a crucial parliamentary vote on keeping the country’s troops in Afghanistan.The move has drawn the ire of conservative opponents – whose backing …
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