added 2007 Mon Jun 11 6:12:15 by bubba2
Deep in a newly released 300-page report on the benefits system for the nation's veterans lies a first look at the dimensions of the disabilities the Iraq- and Afghanistan-war injured are suffering. Through March, more than 176,000 U.S. veterans of those ongoing conflicts had filed claims for disability compensation.
Deep in a newly released 300-page report on the benefits system for the nation's veterans lies a first look at the dimensions of the disabilities the Iraq- and Afghanistan-war injured are suffering. Through March, more than 176,000 U.S. veterans of those ongoing conflicts had filed claims for disability compensation.
added 2007 Sat Jun 9 3:43:29 by Ciera Marie
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - An Afghan journalist was shot dead by unknown gunmen Tuesday night in her home north of Kabul as she slept beside her 10-month- old baby, Afghan officials said Wednesday.
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - An Afghan journalist was shot dead by unknown gunmen Tuesday night in her home north of Kabul as she slept beside her 10-month- old baby, Afghan officials said Wednesday.
added 2007 Sat Jun 2 21:58:21 by STONERS
A powerful and sophisticated type of roadside bomb prevalent in Iraq but not seen before in Afghanistan was discovered near a university in Kabul last week, prompting a rare countrywide warning to NATO and Afghan troops.
A powerful and sophisticated type of roadside bomb prevalent in Iraq but not seen before in Afghanistan was discovered near a university in Kabul last week, prompting a rare countrywide warning to NATO and Afghan troops.
added 2007 Sat Jun 2 19:58:57 by tehranchik
Congressional investigators have issued a new report that says the Pentagon has paid almost $31 million to Iraqis or Afghans who have suffered as a result of U.S. combat operations.
Congressional investigators have issued a new report that says the Pentagon has paid almost $31 million to Iraqis or Afghans who have suffered as a result of U.S. combat operations.
added 2007 Wed May 30 23:52:59 by TechnologyExpert
A NATO helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force said. The big, twin-rotored Chinook military helicopter went down in southern Afghanistan, a NATO official in Brussels said, but he had no word on casualties.
A NATO helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force said. The big, twin-rotored Chinook military helicopter went down in southern Afghanistan, a NATO official in Brussels said, but he had no word on casualties.
added 2007 Mon May 28 22:58:10 by TOtheMOON
A tribute to U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A tribute to U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
added 2007 Sun May 27 0:04:23 by Jaydee40
Among the American troops who served with the snipers, the viewpoint is unanimous. "These are the type of people that I would want to put up on a pedestal and say: 'This is the very best that we have to offer,' " Justin Overbaugh says. "I am not big on apologies, but if they are owed an apology, I hope that they get one. I am quite c
Among the American troops who served with the snipers, the viewpoint is unanimous. "These are the type of people that I would want to put up on a pedestal and say: 'This is the very best that we have to offer,' " Justin Overbaugh says. "I am not big on apologies, but if they are owed an apology, I hope that they get one. I am quite c
added 2007 Sat May 26 2:46:47 by TimALoftis
Family, friends, and sometimes even troops themselves send I-Report salutes nearly every day to U.S. military serving their country away from home. Listen in as family and friends share stories of the troops they love, and click through the archive below...
Family, friends, and sometimes even troops themselves send I-Report salutes nearly every day to U.S. military serving their country away from home. Listen in as family and friends share stories of the troops they love, and click through the archive below...
added 2007 Wed May 16 0:30:17 by Aidenag
President George W. Bush, ending a lengthy search, chose Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute on Tuesday to serve as the top White House coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan war policy.
President George W. Bush, ending a lengthy search, chose Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute on Tuesday to serve as the top White House coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan war policy.
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added 2007 Sun May 13 7:55:51 by TechnologyExpert
Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan with Afghan and NATO troops, officials said Sunday. Dadullah was killed Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence service.
Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan with Afghan and NATO troops, officials said Sunday. Dadullah was killed Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence service.
added 2007 Sat May 12 20:21:39 by KelLuv
KABUL, May 12 (Reuters) - Western and Afghan troops have driven the Taliban from a southern area after a week-long battle in which more than 70 militants were killed, an Afghan security official said on Saturday.
KABUL, May 12 (Reuters) - Western and Afghan troops have driven the Taliban from a southern area after a week-long battle in which more than 70 militants were killed, an Afghan security official said on Saturday.
added 2007 Tue May 8 22:39:06 by TimALoftis
A U.S. Army commander Tuesday said the military has apologized to Afghans whose relatives were killed in March when U.S. troops fired on them after a suicide attack.
A U.S. Army commander Tuesday said the military has apologized to Afghans whose relatives were killed in March when U.S. troops fired on them after a suicide attack.
added 2007 Mon May 7 3:29:50 by KelLuv
KABUL, May 7 (Reuters) - The 10-year-old Afghan girl has big eyes, a shy smile and a dark lesion speckled with blood on her right cheek. The girl has leishmaniasis, a disease caused by a parasite transmitted by a tiny sandfly that can lead to severe scarring, often on the face.
KABUL, May 7 (Reuters) - The 10-year-old Afghan girl has big eyes, a shy smile and a dark lesion speckled with blood on her right cheek. The girl has leishmaniasis, a disease caused by a parasite transmitted by a tiny sandfly that can lead to severe scarring, often on the face.
added 2007 Sat May 5 19:06:08 by david_nwpa
German Defense Minister Jung has turned down a request from Kabul to send soldiers to the turbulent south of the country amid concerns the deployment would amount to a direct participation in combat operations.
German Defense Minister Jung has turned down a request from Kabul to send soldiers to the turbulent south of the country amid concerns the deployment would amount to a direct participation in combat operations.
added 2007 Wed May 2 16:42:06 by KelLuv
KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai warned on Wednesday that Afghan patience was wearing thin over the killing of civilians by Western forces hunting Taliban guerrillas, saying further deaths would lead to bad consequences.
KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai warned on Wednesday that Afghan patience was wearing thin over the killing of civilians by Western forces hunting Taliban guerrillas, saying further deaths would lead to bad consequences.
added 2007 Sat Apr 28 21:55:44 by tehranchik
When Deborah Rodriguez, a Michigan mother of two, visited Afghanistan in 2001 as a part of a disaster-relief tour arranged by a Christian humanitarian group, she wondered what she had to offer the citizens of a country who had weathered five long years of Taliban control.
When Deborah Rodriguez, a Michigan mother of two, visited Afghanistan in 2001 as a part of a disaster-relief tour arranged by a Christian humanitarian group, she wondered what she had to offer the citizens of a country who had weathered five long years of Taliban control.
added 2007 Sat Apr 28 3:16:39 by populist
Afghan officials have reprimanded British diplomats over a campaign by UK troops in Helmand telling farmers that growing poppies was understandable and acceptable.
Afghan officials have reprimanded British diplomats over a campaign by UK troops in Helmand telling farmers that growing poppies was understandable and acceptable.
added 2007 Mon Apr 23 4:05:50 by Ousama
Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, is not beyond making gaffes. When the clever editors of the Chicago Tribune recently prompted him to discuss his former commander-in-chief Bill Clinton's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuality among US servicemen, Pace responded that homosexuality was as "i
Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, is not beyond making gaffes. When the clever editors of the Chicago Tribune recently prompted him to discuss his former commander-in-chief Bill Clinton's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuality among US servicemen, Pace responded that homosexuality was as "i
added 2007 Sat Apr 21 6:04:06 by bubba2
The number of returning Iraq & Afghanistan combat veterans visiting Dept of Veterans Affairs walk-in clinics has more than doubled since 2004, while the clinics' staff has increased by less than 10%. A VA survey of clinic team leaders shows that 114 of the 209 Vet Centers need at least one extra psychologist or therapist to help with the influx
The number of returning Iraq & Afghanistan combat veterans visiting Dept of Veterans Affairs walk-in clinics has more than doubled since 2004, while the clinics' staff has increased by less than 10%. A VA survey of clinic team leaders shows that 114 of the 209 Vet Centers need at least one extra psychologist or therapist to help with the influx
added 2007 Wed Apr 18 6:00:40 by populist
Despite a successful presidential election in 2004 and parliamentary elections in 2005, the situation in Afghanistan has been worsening since then. The year 2006 was a bloody one in terms of casualties for both coalition and Afghan forces as well as for the civilian population.
Despite a successful presidential election in 2004 and parliamentary elections in 2005, the situation in Afghanistan has been worsening since then. The year 2006 was a bloody one in terms of casualties for both coalition and Afghan forces as well as for the civilian population.
added 2007 Sun Apr 15 5:36:17 by Digidave
American marines reacted to a bomb ambush with excessive force in eastern Afghanistan, hitting groups of bystanders and with machine-gun fire in a series of attacks that covered 10 miles of highway and left 12 civilians dead, including an infant and three elderly men, according to a report published by an Afghan human rights commission on Saturday.
American marines reacted to a bomb ambush with excessive force in eastern Afghanistan, hitting groups of bystanders and with machine-gun fire in a series of attacks that covered 10 miles of highway and left 12 civilians dead, including an infant and three elderly men, according to a report published by an Afghan human rights commission on Saturday.
added 2007 Sat Apr 14 23:06:44 by KelLuv
KABUL, Afghanistan - A U.S. Marine unit broke international humanitarian law by using excessive force during a shooting spree last month that left 12 people dead, an Afghan human rights group said in a report Saturday.
KABUL, Afghanistan - A U.S. Marine unit broke international humanitarian law by using excessive force during a shooting spree last month that left 12 people dead, an Afghan human rights group said in a report Saturday.
added 2007 Tue Apr 10 20:41:06 by populist
Australia plans to nearly double its forces in Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday, describing the dispatch of 450 soldiers as an attempt to check the swelling Taliban insurgency.
Australia plans to nearly double its forces in Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday, describing the dispatch of 450 soldiers as an attempt to check the swelling Taliban insurgency.
added 2007 Tue Apr 10 13:59:46 by tynxy
Australia is to deploy a 300-member special forces task group back to Afghanistan to help counter the expected Taliban summer offensive, Prime Minister John Howard has announced.
Australia is to deploy a 300-member special forces task group back to Afghanistan to help counter the expected Taliban summer offensive, Prime Minister John Howard has announced.
added 2007 Sun Apr 8 19:43:46 by populist
Our success or failure in Helmand depends not on warlords, or the governor of the province, or even special forces soldiers, but on the ordinary Afghans. And while we are spectacularly winning the war at the tactical level against the Taliban, we are rapidly losing the fight for those ordinary hearts and minds.
Our success or failure in Helmand depends not on warlords, or the governor of the province, or even special forces soldiers, but on the ordinary Afghans. And while we are spectacularly winning the war at the tactical level against the Taliban, we are rapidly losing the fight for those ordinary hearts and minds.
added 2007 Sun Apr 8 14:25:49 by MyWayOnNow
In his Easter message on Christianity's most joyous day, Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday decried suffering in the world, lamenting the "continual slaughter" in Iraq and expressing worry over unrest and instability in Afghanistan.
In his Easter message on Christianity's most joyous day, Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday decried suffering in the world, lamenting the "continual slaughter" in Iraq and expressing worry over unrest and instability in Afghanistan.
added 2007 Sat Apr 7 6:57:45 by bubba2
The 3,400 soldiers of the Indiana National Guard's 76th Brigade Combat Team were alerted Friday that they will be deployed to the Mideast sometime soon. Some of the brigade's soldiers have already served in Iraq and Afghanistan, including one unit that recently returned from training Iraqi security forces.
The 3,400 soldiers of the Indiana National Guard's 76th Brigade Combat Team were alerted Friday that they will be deployed to the Mideast sometime soon. Some of the brigade's soldiers have already served in Iraq and Afghanistan, including one unit that recently returned from training Iraqi security forces.
added 2007 Fri Apr 6 18:56:46 by jovial
The Dutch infantrymen stood on a ridge near the Baluchi Valley, an area in south-central Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban and tribes opposed to the central government
The Dutch infantrymen stood on a ridge near the Baluchi Valley, an area in south-central Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban and tribes opposed to the central government
added 2007 Wed Apr 4 6:41:37 by david_nwpa
The leader of Germany's Social Democrats has proposed staging a new peace conference on Afghanistan that would include representatives of the Taliban. It's a controversial idea that has met a mixed reception so far.
The leader of Germany's Social Democrats has proposed staging a new peace conference on Afghanistan that would include representatives of the Taliban. It's a controversial idea that has met a mixed reception so far.
added 2007 Mon Apr 2 7:40:25 by STONERS
Flooding and an avalanche have killed at least 51 people and destroyed hundreds of homes over the last 10 days, following warm weather and heavy spring rains across much of Afghanistan.
Flooding and an avalanche have killed at least 51 people and destroyed hundreds of homes over the last 10 days, following warm weather and heavy spring rains across much of Afghanistan.
