Archive for the ‘afghanistan’ Category

The Associated Press: U.S. Refuses `Any Wounded Soldier’ Mail

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Hundreds of thousands of holiday cards and letters thanking wounded American troops for their sacrifice and wishing them well never reach their destination. They are returned to sender or thrown away unopened.Read the full story

Militants Seize Pakistani Town , Hundreds Of Islamic Militants Seize Town In Pakistan As Security Fo

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

(AP) Hundreds of Islamic militants seized a town in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday after outnumbered security forces laid down their arms, militants and police said.Read the full story

Bush invited to Iran

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

TEHRAN - A university in Iran has invited U.S. President George W. Bush to visit and discuss issues including terrorism and the Holocaust, a week after his Iranian counterpart visited a university in New York.Read the full story

Taliban Push Poppy Production to a Record Again

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Mr. Wood said the current American programs for eradication, interdiction and alternative livelihoods should be intensified, but he added that spraying poppy crops with herbicide remained “a possibility.” Afghan and British officials have opposed spraying, saying it would drive farmers into the arms of the Taliban.Read the full story

Troops Will Have To Do With 1,000 Less Armored Vehicles - ToTheCenter

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

US troops fighting in Iraq will have to do so with at least 1,000 fewer special armored vehicles, says the Pentagon, due to the amount of the time required for shipment. Reuters reports on Wednesday that Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell announced that the Defense Department expected defense contractors to produce 3,900 ...

8 Pakistani soldiers killed in attack

Friday, July 13th, 2007

MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan - At least eight soldiers were killed Saturday when a suicide attacker struck a military convoy with his explosive-laden vehicle in northwestern Pakistan, the army spokesman said.Read the full story

US admits killing Afghan civilians - Kavkazcenter.com

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

US military officials have admitted civilians were among those killed in a US-led air raid on a village in Afghanistan. Locals say more than 100 people, many of them women and children, died in the US-led attacks on a village close to the frontline in Helmland province. Dur Ali Shah, Gereshk district ...

Hussein Urges Iraqis Not to Hate U.S.-Led Forces

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis to embrace ''brotherly coexistence'' and not to hate U.S.-led foreign troops in a goodbye letter posted on a Web site Wednesday, a day after Iraq's highest court upheld his death sentence and ordered him hanged within 30 days.Read the full story