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  • June 2008

    • US Ambassador Implicated in China Arms Deal

      New York Times  |  Jun 24, 08 7:23 AM CDT

      US Ambassador Implicated in China Arms Deal

      (Newser) - The American ambassador to Albania personally endorsed a plan to disguise the origin of munitions bought by a Pentagon contractor, according to Congressional testimony. The New York Times traveled to Albania during an earlier investigation of a shady 22-year-old arms dealer operating out of Miami Beach. But the Albanian defense minister, with the ambassador's approval, had illegal Chinese ammunition removed from the site that the reporter was visiting. More »

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      Afghanistan  • corruption  • Albania  • Afghan Army  • arms trafficking  • ammunition  • procurement

    • US Firm Calls for Islamic Law in Lawsuit

      News & Observer (Raleigh)  |  Jun 19, 08 7:51 AM CDT

      US Firm Calls for Islamic Law in Lawsuit

      (Newser) - An American firm blamed for the death of three US soldiers in a plane crash has asked a federal court to apply Islamic law to a lawsuit brought by their widows, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. Presidential Airways, Blackwater's sister company, argues that since its plane crashed in Afghanistan, the case should be heard under Sharia law—which would dismiss the claims. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Blackwater  • court cases  • Sharia law  • Erik Prince  • Islamic law

    • Taliban Said Routed Near Kandahar

      Associated Press  |  Jun 19, 08 7:21 AM CDT

      Taliban Said Routed Near Kandahar

      (AP) - Yesterday's swift offensive by Afghan and NATO forces drove Taliban militants from a strategic group of villages outside southern Afghanistan's largest city and killed 56 insurgents, Afghan officials said today. The Afghan National Army has taken control of the villages, a defense ministry spokesman said, but militants had planted hundreds of land mines in the area before fleeing, the AP reports. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • Middle East  • insurgents  • NATO  • Arghandab

    • Afghans Launch Assault on Taliban

      Reuters  |  Jun 18, 08 8:27 AM CDT

      Afghans Launch Assault on Taliban

      (Newser) - Afghan and NATO troops launched a huge offensive against the Taliban today, Reuters reports, starting with an air and ground assault on a valley in southern Afghanistan. Bolstered with hundreds of fighters freed in last week’s prison break, the Taliban has taken several villages in Arghandab, and has its sights on nearby Kandahar city—where NATO is bolstering security in response. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • NATO  • Afghanistan war  • Kandahar  • Arghandab

    • First British Woman Killed in Afghanistan

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 18, 08 6:32 AM CDT

      First British Woman Killed in Afghanistan

      (Newser) - An attack on a British military convoy in Afghanistan killed four troops, including the first British female soldier to die since the conflict began. The soldiers died in an explosion in Helmand province, Afghanistan's most volatile region, reports the Guardian . British Foreign Secretary David Miliband expressed his "deepest condolences" and admitted that the situation in Afghanistan has become "grim." More »

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      Afghanistan  • David Miliband  • British military  • female troops

    • Afghan Sex Trade Thrives Despite Taboos

      Associated Press  |  Jun 15, 08 5:37 PM CDT

      Afghan Sex Trade Thrives Despite Taboos

      (Newser) - Sex is selling in Afghanistan despite Islamic laws that make prostitution punishable by death, the AP reports. At least 900 women do it in Kabul, but residents admit only to brothels full of Chinese prostitutes; to be a native Afghan hooker is "very, very bad," one expert said. But 30 years of war and poverty inspire many to try, despite their ignorance of condoms and AIDS. More »

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      Afghanistan  • prostitution  • Kabul  • child prostitution  • sex trade

    • Karzai Warns Pakistan He'll Send Troops Over Border

      BBC  |  Jun 15, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      Karzai Warns Pakistan He'll Send Troops Over Border

      (Newser) - Citing the right to self defense, Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned that his country may send troops across the border with Pakistan to fight militants who have killed Afghans, BBC reports. "When they cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and to kill coalition troops it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same." More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • Taliban  • Hamid Karzai  • Pakistan militants  • self defense  • Yusuf Raza Gillani

    • Taliban Jailbreak Frees 1,200

      New York Times  |  Jun 13, 08 11:02 PM CDT

      Taliban Jailbreak Frees 1,200

      (Newser) - Taliban fighters blasted into Kandahar's main prison last night and freed about 1,200 inmates, including 350 Taliban, the New York Times reports. Prisoners, including Taliban leaders, quickly flooded the streets and scattered into nearby villages. “It is very dangerous for security," a Kandahar politician said. "They are the most experienced killers and they all managed to escape." More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • prison  • jail  • prisoners  • Kandahar

    • First Lady Writes Home on Afghanistan

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 12, 08 1:34 PM CDT

      First Lady Writes Home on Afghanistan

      (Newser) - Laura Bush, attending an international fundraising conference for Afghanistan after visiting the war-torn country, documents the distance it's traveled in recovery and the challenges ahead in a Wall Street Journal column. Hailing “amazing progress,” the first lady writes of lowered infant mortality and increased access to health care and education. But, she warns, there's still “danger lurking in the Afghan hills.” More »

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      Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • Hamid Karzai  • Laura Bush

    • Afghan Cops Blow Up Huge Hashish Stash

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 12, 08 8:59 AM CDT

      Afghan Cops Blow Up Huge Hashish Stash

      (Newser) - Afghanistan police have made what is believed to be the biggest narcotics bust in history, the Guardian reports. Some 260 tons of hashish—worth $400 million—was found buried in trenches near the Pakistan border. The narcotics haul, which would have made as much as $14 million in profits for the Taliban, was so massive that an airstrike had to be called in to destroy the drugs. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • drugs  • drug trafficking  • Kandahar  • cannabis  • counternarcotics

    • US Releases Pakistan Border Clash Video

      Associated Press  |  Jun 12, 08 7:50 AM CDT

      US Releases Pakistan Border Clash Video

      (Newser) - US-led coalition forces have released a video shot from a surveillance drone showing a controversial clash on the Afghan-Pakistan border. Pakistan claims the engagement led to an airstrike that killed 11 of its troops, but the coalition says the footage proves that US and Afghan forces were simply returning fire after being attacked, the AP reports. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • Taliban  • Pakistan militants  • Afghan border  • spy drones

    • McCain: Bringing Troops Home 'Not Too Important'

      Talking Points Memo  |  Jun 11, 08 11:07 AM CDT

      McCain: Bringing Troops Home 'Not Too Important'

      (Newser) - John McCain said this morning on the "Today" show not only that can’t he provide an estimated date for US troops’ homecoming from Iraq, but that it’s “not too important. What’s important is the casualties.” The statement provoked an instantaneous response from Harry Reid, who called the comment “a crystal clear indicator that he just doesn’t get the grave national-security consequences of staying the course”—citing Afghanistan and the search for bin Laden. More »

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