Tag Archives: Afghan National Army
By: Zabihullah Noori Afghan President Hamid Karzai — an out of favour character, not only among the world leaders, but also among many Afghans — seeks ways to regain fame by bringing the Taliban around the negotiation table. Many Afghans … read more »
Kabul – A female suicide car bomber attacked a van in Kabul on Tuesday, killing 12 people, including eight South Africans, in an assault insurgents said was in revenge for an anti-Islam film made in America. The bombing on a … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, Afghanistan, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, International Security Assistance Force, Kabul, NATO, Politics of Afghanistan, United States
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Two Afghan soldiers tried to gun down a group of NATO troops outside a military base in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said. No international forces were killed, but one of the attackers was killed as NATO forces shot back. … read more »
A militant arrested in the attacks on the Afghan capital and three other cities has confessed that the 18-hour assault was carried out by the Haqqani network, a lethal group of fighters with ties to the Taliban and al-Qaida, a … read more »
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Tagged Afghan National Army, Africa news, African news, Haqqani, Haqqani network, IndepthAfrica, Kabul, National Assembly of Afghanistan, NATO, Taliban, Wazir Akbar Khān
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The United States has agreed to give control of most special operations to the Afghan army, including the controversial “night-time raids” that have strained relations between the two countries for years. Many observers agree that the night raids have been … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Abdul Rahim Wardak, Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, Africa news, African news, Hamid Karzai, IndepthAfrica, Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan), NATO, Politics of Afghanistan, United States
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Andrei AKULOV US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he hoped U.S. troops in Afghanistan would be able to move into a training and support role during the second half of next year. The U.S. proposal to stop combat operations in … read more »
Posted in America, Andrei AKULOV, Global Issues
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Tagged Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Leon Panetta, NATO, Taliban, United States, United States Secretary of Defense, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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Apparently the Taliban are softening, even allowing girls to get an education. Clearly this heralds an opening to the West, a heady indication that their most repressive days are past them, and that soon they will take their place … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Naomi Wolf, Taliban, United States, Wall Street Journal, Yaroslav Trofimov
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At least eight people have died after two Taliban suicide bombers attacked a British Council building in Afghanistan’s capital, officials said. Two Afghan policemen and a municipal worker were killed in the incident on the west side of Kabul, police … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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October 16, 2010 by benim
Three blasts rocked southern Afghanistan’s restive city of Kandahar late on Saturday, killing at least four people killed and injuring two others. Zalmay Ayubi, spokesman for the Kandahar provincial administration, told Xinhua that the first explosion took place in front … read more »
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