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 Decorated diggers tell a different truth about storied Afghan battle


Well before they took part in their deadliest battle, 43 Charlie section’s fate had been recast by the horrors of Australia’s high-tempo Afghan war. Not long into the section's tour, a non-commissioned officer stood aside to deal with stress from a bad experience on a previous tour of Afghanistan....

 Getting rich off global warming


Local officials and enviros are making plans for a post-global warming America. And so are profit-seeking companies On the opening morning of the inaugural National Adaptation Forum, I was eating breakfast at a stand-up table in the exhibition hall when a mustachioed man of middle age plopped his c...

 Climate changes could bring malaria to the UK


Health experts warn of growing threat from 'exotic' diseases Leading health experts are urging the government to take action against the growing threat that mosquito-borne diseases, including potentially fatal malaria, could soon arrive in the UK.The disturbing recommendation to "act now before it ...

 Israel strikes Syria to keep ‘game-changing weaponry’


-"NBC News" - Israeli officials acknowledged Friday evening that they had launched airstrikes that hit inside Syria, say U.S. officials. It is not clear whether any Israeli warplanes violated Syrian airspace in carrying out the strike.“We can not comment on these reports, but what we can say is that...

 Lebanon's president condemns reported Israel Air Force flyovers, urges world to intervene


Michel Suleiman brands alleged Israeli sorties into Lebanon's air space as a continuation of Israel's 'policies of aggression.'  -"Haaretz" - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has condemned a series of sorties by Israel Air Force jets, which, according to reports in Lebanon, violated the country's...

 The Afghan Bag Man


The foiled arrest that explains America’s failure in Afghanistan. Buried in the recent New York Times revelation that the CIA has been delivering bags of cash to Afghan President Hamid Karzai is a nugget of information that tells the whole story about just how self-defeating U.S. Afghanistan policy...

 Afghan interpreters begin legal bid for right to live in Britain


LONDON: Three men who worked as interpreters for British forces in Afghanistan began a legal challenge on Friday to win the right to live in Britain, arguing they are at risk of Taliban reprisals as the soldiers they helped prepare to return home. They are challenging the British government's deci...

 Reported channeling of CIA money to Afghanistan causing concerns among Afghans


KABUL: The report that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has secretly channeled money to the Afghanistan government has caused concerns among Afghans who believed that this is against the national interest of the country. "The act of giving money by the CIA, if true, is illegal since this...

 Afghan Government Faces Cash Crunch


KABUL, Afghanistan: The Afghan government is supposed to cover less than half its own bills this year, yet achieving even that modest goal is proving an unexpected challenge, Afghan and Western officials said. A confidential assessment of Afghan finances by the International Monetary Fund said the...

 Look on the bright side: There’s a roaring heroin trade in Afghanistan, and it's all thanks to us


It just goes to show that, even in the most difficult circumstances, with a popular product and thoughtful marketing, there are always business opportunities At last, amid all the bleak news that comes from Afghanistan, there’s a success story to justify the British and American presence there. B...

 Explainer: What Lies Behind Latest Afghan-Pakistani Tensions?


May 02, 2013 Afghanistan's ties with its neighbor Pakistan have become severely strained lately, with both sides engaging in a war of words and cross-border violence. At the forefront of those tensions is a long-standing dispute over the demarcation of their contested border. The latest controve...

 The vicious cycle of insecurity in Afghanistan


Almost twelve years have passed since the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, but peace remains elusive. Four interlocking challenges with internal, regional, transnational, and international dimensions impede Afghanistan's stabilization and reconstruction. Each challenge facing Afghanistan feeds of...

 Afghan Media: Free Agents or Obedient Servants?


Experts offer sharply opposing views on progress since 2001. Afghanistan: A diverse and free media environment is often cited as one of the major achievements of post-2001 Afghanistan, but some local commentators say that is far from the whole truth. To mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3, IWPR a...

 1336 rape cases in Kashmir in seven years, conviction rate woefully low


With entire India up in arms against the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old student in a moving bus, Jammu and Kashmir’s rape victims despite fighting for justice from past many years have remained a disappointed lot as the culprits continue to remain scot-free.Surprisingly the government has registe...

 A Hidden Victim of Somali Pirates: Science


Fear of buccaneers opens a vast "data hole" in the Indian Ocean. During 32 years of fieldwork in the deserts of Ethiopia, Tim White, the eminent American paleoanthropologist, has brazened through every conceivable obstacle to his research into human origins.Flash floods have marooned his vehicles i...

 West's WMD Lies Fray as Syrian Army Overruns Terrorist Proxies


Absurd "chemical weapons" claims begin to fall apart amidst NATO's desperate bid to save its collapsing terror front in Syria.  -"LD" - According to the White House itself, there is no evidence that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons of any kind during the two year conflictthe West its...

 A diamond in the rough


As the United States continues to withdraw troops and materiel from Afghanistan, the rhetoric from President Hamid Karzai's administration wavers between being fairly pro-American and caustically anti-American, and speculation about reconciliatory negotiations with the Taliban and other insurgent gr...

 Kabul's Unlikely New Ally


Has Pakistan decided it's finally time to embrace Afghanistan? The recent meeting of Afghan and Pakistani leaders with Secretary of State John Kerry in Brussels marked a renewed effort by the Obama administration to get these two South Asian nations to resolve hostilities that have fueled the war i...

 Afghan spy chief quietly returns to US for medical treatment


KABUL, Afghanistan: When Afghanistan's top spy came home on April 2 after nearly four months of treatment at a U.S. military hospital for wounds from a Taliban assassination attempt, it was to lavish greetings that included roadside billboards and banners. When he left this week for more surgery i...

 Secret Cash To Afghan Leader: Corruption Or Just Foreign Aid?


After a report in this week, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has acknowledged that the CIA has been secretly delivering bags of money to his office since the beginning of the war more than a decade ago. The money is allegedly used to buy loyalty — that of Karzai and the people he doles the cash...


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Opinion

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  • In Afghanistan, grief for a husband who shouldn't have died

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