Afghanistan

سپنتا از تبادله خبرنگار ايتالوي با پنج طالب اظهار تاسف كرد

داکتر رنگین دادفر سپنتا وزیر خارجه افغانستان از تبادله یک خبرنگار ایتالوی با پنج تن از سران طالبان توسط دولت ابراز تاسف کرد Ùˆ گفت كه وزارت خارجه در این کار دخالتی نداشته است. آقای سپنتا این سخنان را روز پنج شنبه در همایش رسانه ها Ùˆ جامعه مدنی ابراز …

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Taliban suicide bomber kills four civilians

 Kabul: A Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated a bomb yesterday near the car of a senior Afghan intelligence official in a central Kabul business district, killing four civilians. The target of the attack, Kamaluddin, who heads an intelligence department, was among 12 wounded in the attack, the latest …

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Hicks could cash in while taxpayers foot bill

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. …

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تحصن خبرنگاران افغان برای رهایی اجمل نقشبندی

شماری از خبرنگاران افغان روز چهارشنبه در مقابل ساختمان شورای ملی کشور خیمه بر پا کرده Ùˆ از دولت خواستند تا برای رهایی اجمل نقشبندی خبرنگار افغان از Ú†Ù†Ú¯ طالبان عملا اقدام نماید.آنها همچنان از وکلای مناطق جنوبی کشور خواستند تا با استفاده از نفوذی Ú©Ù‡ در این مناطق دارند …

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ادعای وزارت دفاع ملی مبنی تلفات سنگین مخالفین در عملیات نوروزی

وزارت دفاع ملی از دست آورد های عملیاتی خبر داده است Ú©Ù‡ از یک هفته بدین سو تحت نام نوروزی در هلمند راه اندازی شده است.به گزارش خبرنگار ما ظاهر عظیمی سخنگوی وزارت دفاع ملی روز چهارشنبه Ø·ÛŒ یک نشست خبری در کابل گفت: Ø·ÛŒ این عملیات122 تن از جنگجویان …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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