Children dead in suicide raid on Afghan army, Taliban hangs ‘spies’

Nine people, five of them children, have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on an army convoy in Afghanistan, according to local police. Elsewhere the Taliban publicly hanged three men after accusing them of spying for British troops. With the approach of spring, violence has surged in Afghanistan in …

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Brown boosts credentials in flying visit to front line

Anthony Browne, Chief Political Correspondent Gordon Brown enhanced his image as a prime-minister-in-waiting by making an unannounced one-day visit to British troops in Afghanistan and telling them that they were fighting on one of the “front lines against international terrorism”. The Chancellor made his first trip to the country accompanied …

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Taliban deploy thousands of suicide bombers: commander

By Saeed Ali Achakzai Apr 2, 2007 — SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Thousands of Taliban suicide bombers have been deployed across Afghanistan to attack Western troops and the government, the group’s military chief said on Monday. Following last year’s violence, the worst since the Taliban’s ouster in 2001, this year …

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Masterul de Studii de Securitate al UNIBUC organizeaza Dezbaterea:

Professor. Stephen Blank (SUA) – luni, 2 apr. , 17.00 hrs, Sociologie, Schitu Magureanu nr 9, Sala Consiliu: tema propusa : “NATO-Russia Relationships: Prospects for Improving stability and Security in the Black Sea and the Caucasus”. O persp. americana asupra zonei, eventualitatea extinderii NATO (Ucraina, Georgia, Moldova), reactia Rusiei si …

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Talibanii, Statele Unite si resursele din Asia Centrala

La mijlocul anilor ’80, presedintele Reagan nu mai ostenea sa aduca laude “luptatorilor desculti pentru libertate”, sustinandu-i deschis pe curajosii razboinici care luptau impotriva invadatorului sovietic, sfidand “imperiul raului”. Astazi, despre originea miscarii talibane, despre bazele ei ideologice si sociale sau despre ascensiunea sa la putere in Afganistan se scrie …

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Iraq Endorses Arab Relocation for Kirkuk

Iraq’s government has endorsed plans to relocate thousands of Arabs who were moved to Kirkuk as part of Saddam Hussein’s campaign to force ethnic Kurds out of the oil-rich city, in an effort to undo one of the former dictator’s most enduring and hated policies.

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