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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Afghanistan

Afghanistan stories: 825 news summaries

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Obama Talks Tough on Pakistan

Antiwar Dem flexes muscles, wants new
troops to Mideast

Aug 1, 07 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama said in a speech today he’d be tougher than Bush on Pakistan, and that he'd like to see the US troops that ought to be withdrawn from Iraq redeployed in Afghanistan and across the border in Pakistan—with or without an invitation, the AP reports. The freshman... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • terrorist • al-Qaeda

Rumsfeld Denies Role in Tillman Cover-Up

On Hill, ex-Pentagon chief rejects personal responsibility

Aug 1, 07 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Donald Rumsfeld took no responsibility today for the bungled handling of the reporting and investigation of Pat Tillman’s death, saying he always stressed honesty at the Pentagon. Before a House committee, the ex-defense secretary denied allegations he was involved in the military plot to claim the ex-NFL star was... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • Pat Tillman • Donald Rumsfeld • Henry Waxman • oversight • Department of Defense • Army Rangers

General Censured in Tillman Death

Chief misled probe after friendly fire
cut down ex-NFL star

Aug 1, 07 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A retired three-star general has been censured for a "perfect storm of mistakes, misjudgments and a failure of leadership" following the friendly-fire death of ex-NFL star Pat Tillman, the AP reports. Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger misled investigators probing Tillman's death, which was initially said to be the result of... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • Pat Tillman • Arizona Cardinals • Pete Geren • Army Rangers • Philip Kensinger

Body of Second Korean Hostage Found

More will die unless prisoners are freed, kidnappers warn

Jul 31, 07 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghan police have found the body of a second Korean hostage killed by the Taliban, Reuters reports. The man was shot in the head, and his body found in a clover field close to the spot where 23 Korean missionaries were kidnapped last week. The kidnappers have threatened to kill... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • insurgents • South Korea • Hamid Karzai • kidnapping • Kabul • Korean hostages • missionaries • Ghazni • hostage

Taliban Claims Second Hostage Death

Jul 30, 07 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban has killed a second South Korean hostage, a spokesman for the extremist group told CNN in a telephone interview today, adding that the corpse was dropped off in the province of Ghazni in central Afghanistan. Officials have not located any bodies in that area. The militants already murdered... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • kidnapping • Korean hostages • Ghazni • hostage

‘Collateral Damage’ Is an Exact Science

Military projects
civilian body count before operations

Jul 30, 07 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Technology allows US forces to know with precision how many civilians will die in targeted bombings—and at the beginning of the Iraq war, only those attacks expected to kill more than 30 civilians required approval from Rumsfeld or Bush, Salon reports. “‘Accident’ is not the right word,... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • civilian casualties • bombing • accident • collateral damage • Iraq war

Afghan Hostage Talks Stall as Threats Escalate

Karzai blasts Taliban, saying abductions
are 'against Islam'

Jul 29, 07 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban will kill 22 South Korean hostages tomorrow if the Afghan government does not release insurgent prisoners, a spokesman for the kidnappers said today. The Taliban leadership council issued the most recent death threat since the abductions Wednesday, signaling its seriousness, Reuters reports. And Afghan and foreign troops are... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • Hamid Karzai • kidnapping • Ghazni • hostage

Force May Be Used to Free Korean Hostages

In phone call, female hostage pleads for release

Jul 28, 07 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the 22 South Korean hostages held in Afghanistan spoke to a Reuters reporter today, saying she and the other remaining hostages are continually moved to different locations. She appealed to both the Taliban and the Afghan government to free them. A senior Afghan official said force “certainly”... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • insurgents • South Korea • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • Islamic extremists • counterterrorism • Korean hostages • Christian missionaries

Captive Pleads for Rescue
From Taliban

Woman says she and 21 other South Korean hostages are ill

Jul 27, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A South Korean woman pleaded to be rescued with her fellow hostages yesterday, saying all of church volunteers being held captive by the Taliban are sick and the situation is growing worse. Her captors listened to her conversation with an Afghan reporter, the BBC reports; the 32-year-old nurse wept as... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • kidnapping • Kabul • Korean hostages • hostage

General Faces Demotion in Tillman Probe

Six other officers will draw career-ending punishments

Jul 26, 07 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A retired three-star general who allegedly misled investigators about the death of former NFL player Pat Tillman in Afghanistan could be stripped of his stars and part of his pension, Pentagon officials told CNN. Retired Lt. Gen. Phillip Kensinger told inspectors he didn't know the Green Beret was killed by... More »

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Afghanistan • Bush administration • Taliban • Pentagon • Pat Tillman • White House • US military • House of Representatives • oversight • Phillip Kensinger • Green Beret

Korean Envoy Presses to Save Remaining Hostages

Taliban still holds 22 kidnap victims

Jul 26, 07 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A day after militants shot and killed a hostage, a high-level South Korean envoy is rushing to Afghanistan today to try to save the lives of the 22 remaining hostages held by the Taliban. South Korean and Afghan officials insist they won't use force to free the captives, though the... More »

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Afghanistan • South Korea • Baek Jong chun • Korean hostages • hostage

1 Killed, 8 Freed in Afghanistan Hostage Crisis

Taliban threatens to kill more South Koreans

Jul 25, 07 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban has killed one of the 23 South Koreans it's holding captive today, and vowed to murder the rest by 1 AM local time if the Afghan government does not release insurgents. CNN reports that 8 hostages have been freed, however, while the slain captive's bullet-riddled body was discovered... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • insurgents • South Korea • Hamid Karzai • kidnapping • Kabul • hostage

(Newser) - Afghan and coalition troops have killed 75 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, while a self-proclaimed spokesman for the Taliban says the deadline has been extended for talks concerning its 23 South Korean hostages. The Afghan militants are threatening to kill the captured Koreans unless 23 of its own jailed fighters... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • Korean hostages • hostage

Injured Veterans Sue US

Class action suit targets VA for 'shameful failures' in treatment

Jul 24, 07 4:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two veterans groups representing troops who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan are suing the US government for "shameful failures" in medical treatment, Reuters reports. The Department of Veterans Affairs is swamped with a backlog of 600,000 health claims and is "abandoning" soldiers returning home, the class-action... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • veterans • veterans' health care • lawsuit • Department of Veterans Affairs • army hospitals • US government • US Army • soldier • medical treatment • Iraq veterans • Iraq war

Taliban Ups Demands for 23 Korean Hostages

Kidnappers want full prisoner release

Jul 23, 07 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taliban militants holding 23 Korean aid workers hostage increased their demands today, insisting that  the government release all insurgent prisoners in the province, according to a kidnap spokesman. The militants threatened to kill the hostages  if a response isn't forthcoming by 10:30 a.m. EDT, the AP reports. More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • kidnapping • execution • Korean hostages

Last King of Afghanistan Dead at 92

Zahir Shah reigned for 40 years, returned from exile after occupation

Jul 23, 07 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former king of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, has died at the age of 92. Zahir Shah's 40-year reign ended along with the Afghan monarchy in a 1973 coup, and many Afghans have come to look back at the period as a time of peace, prosperity, and modernization. After living in... More »

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Afghanistan • Zahir Shah

Taliban Claims
2 German Hostages Killed

Demand German troop pullout, threaten South Korean captives

Jul 21, 07 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two German citizens abducted in Afghanistan have been shot to death, a Taliban spokesman claimed today. The Taliban had demanded the withdrawal of the more than 3,000 soldiers Germany has stationed in Afghanistan, a demand to which they did not accede. The Germans were working on a dam project... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • Germany • execution • US troops • troop withdrawal • hostage

Taliban Kidnaps 18 South Koreans in Afghanistan

Bus hijacked on road from Kabul to Kandahar

Jul 20, 07 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eighteen South Koreans were kidnapped yesterday in Afghanistan by Taliban gunmen who hijacked the bus they were traveling in from Kabul to Kandahar. The South Koreans were members of a church group, thought to be in the country to do volunteer work. Several dozen armed men stopped the vehicle, drove... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea

Head of Veterans Affairs Quits

Secretary's short tenure long on scandals and other woes

Jul 17, 07 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The secretary of Veterans Affairs, the head of the second-biggest federal department, is stepping down and will be replaced by October 1, reports the Washington Post. For 2½ turbulent years, Jim Nicholson, a decorated Vietnam vet and former RNC chair, presided over a department beset by criticism and overwhelmed by... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • veterans • RNC • veterans' health care • US troops • Jim Nicholson • Department of Veterans Affairs • VA • Vietnam veteran • army hospitals • soldier • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • Iraq veterans • Iraq war

Afghan Deaths Mount in Western Strikes

US, NATO kill more civilians than
Taliban does

Jul 6, 07 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Of the 500 Afghan civilians killed in the first half of 2007, more were victims of US and NATO strikes than of Taliban insurgents, the LA Times reports. Among the main causes of collateral human damage are Western air attacks on walled compounds and "jittery troops" shooting civilians in... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Hamid Karzai • civilian casualties

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