Afghanistan Press

Islamismul de tip Taliban, o evolutie radicala in cadrul liniilor islamiste

“Acceptăm Shari’a  legea lui Dumnezeu….dacă cineva consumă alcool în public, chiar dacă  Consiliul Natiunilor Unite sau Charta Natiunilor Unite spune ca acela nu trebuie pedepsit, noi îl vom pedepsi. AcÅ£iunile ÅŸi  politica noastră sunt în concordanţă cu voinÅ£a lui Dumnezeu, aÅŸa cum este ea conÅ£inută în Qu’ran.

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U.S. air raid kills dozens of Taliban: Afghan official

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Several dozen Taliban guerrillas were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led troops in southern Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Thursday. The strike on Wednesday was called in after Taliban fighters ambushed Afghan forces in Shah Joy district in Zabul province on the main highway …

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Attack kills 4 Taliban in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops clashed with suspected Taliban militants in the volatile south and called in an airstrike that left four militants dead, the coalition said Tuesday. As Taliban fighters began to flee, coalition aircraft engaged and killed four Taliban fighters who were attempting to escape,” …

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Australian offered plea bargain at Guantanamo

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – Australian David Hicks has grown his hair to chest-length so he can use it to cover his eyes from the lights that shine in his Guantanamo prison cell all night, one of his lawyers said.Hicks believes he will be convicted at his …

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Winning Afghan hearts and splitting hairs

KABUL – Amid political bickering in Washington and Brussels, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which assumed command of international military operations for Afghanistan last October, is struggling to assert a new image – one that Afghans can get their minds around. “We are determined to build the NATO brand …

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Afghans admit doing deal with Taliban to free Italian hostage

The Afghan government admitted yesterday it had struck a deal with Taliban kidnappers to secure the freedom of an Italian hostage. An Italian aid agency said Daniele Mastrogiacomo, a journalist with La Repubblica newspaper, was freed only after five Taliban militants had been released from prison.President Hamid Karzai’s spokesmen admitted …

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