Afghanistan
Tim Hetherington 'admirable' says fellow film-maker
April 22, 2011Tim Hetherington, the British photographer killed while covering the conflict in Libya, was the co-director of Restrepo, an Oscar-nominated film about US soldiers serving in Afghanistan. Danish director Janus Metz, whose own film Armadillo followed Danish...
Rights commission: Afghan war kills 1,325 civilians this year
August 09, 2010An Afghan rights group says more than 1,300 civilians in Afghanistan have been killed so far this year, an increase of about five percent from this time last year. Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission said Sunday the Taliban is responsible...
Nearly 100 nato soldiers in Afghanistan killed in June
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June 28, 2010Al Jazeera reported on Sunday that Karzai has met face-to-face with Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of the Haqqani insurgent network, the first report of contacts at such a high level, which was promptly denied by Karzai's office and the Pakistani Army...
Moldova is world's 40th best place to be a mother
May 07, 2010Mothers in Norway and Australia are living in the best places in the world, according to Save the Children's 11th annual "Mothers' Index", which ranks the best and worst places to be a mother. Afghanistan ranked at the bottom of the list of...
Barack Obama to unveil reforms to anti-terrorist policies
January 05, 2010U.S. officials say President Barack Obama will announce a series of reforms to the nation's counterterrorism policies Tuesday, following the attempted December 25, bombing of a U.S. jetliner Mr. Obama will outline the new measures, including changes...
More security screening for travelers to US from 14 suspect countries
January 04, 2010The U.S. government has ordered more security screening for people flying into the United States from 14 countries at high risk for terrorism. The new security measures come after the the failed Christmas Day (December 25) attack on a U.S.-bound jetliner...
US House adjourns as Democrats, Republicans feud over health care
December 17, 2009Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress engaged in procedural battles and traded allegations on Wednesday as lawmakers attempted to conclude work on legislative priorities near the end of the congressional session. Senate Republicans used procedural...
Report blames US military leaders for missing Bin Laden in 2001
November 29, 2009Senate report says former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the top US military commander General Tommy Franks rejected requests for a massive contingent of American troops to attack Tora Bora mountains. A U.S. Senate report says top military...
US Charges Terror Suspect with Bomb Plot
September 24, 2009An Afghan-born man detained in the United States as part of a terror investigation has been charged with conspiring to detonate bombs in the U.S. The indictment unveiled Thursday in New York alleges Najibullah Zazi spent more than a year plotting the...
Houston Socialite Joanne Herring Seeks Help For Afghanistan
August 12, 2009A few years ago, people learned about a little-known chapter in the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union through a book and, later, a movie called "Charlie Wilson's War." Charlie Wilson was a maverick Texas congressman, who found...