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U.S. Attacks Taliban Camp in Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. warplanes struck a suspected Taliban camp during a battle with the militants in southern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. At least eight fighters were killed, but no U.S. casualties were reported....
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2004 12:27pm PDT
Afghanistan, the war the world forgot The Independent has learnt that an all-party group of MPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee has returned from a visit to the country shocked and alarmed by what they witnessed. They warn that urgent action must be taken to save Afghanistan from plunging further into chaos because of Western neglect....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 9:07am PDT
Angry Afghans Say U.S. Kills Civilians, U.S. Denies It TANI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Three Afghan civilians were killed and two wounded in a pre-dawn swoop by U.S. helicopter gunships in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost on Friday, angry villagers said....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 10:37am PDT
U.S. Military Vows to Keep Afghan Jails Secret KABUL (Reuters) - Accused of failing to tackle prison abuses in Afghanistan while rushing to contain the scandal in Iraq, the U.S. military in Kabul said it would review its secretive jails but vowed to keep them shut to the outside world....
Posted: Wed, May 19, 2004 9:15am PDT
The real challenge in Afghanistan Make no mistake: the ordinary Afghan does seek international assistance for political stability; he shows no hostility towards the coalition forces; but, caught in the vortex of conflict in that country, he continues to live under threat...
Posted: Tue, May 18, 2004 1:03pm PDT
Special Forces soldier from Maryland killed in Afghanistan Chief Warrant Officer Bruce E. Price, 37, died Saturday May 15th, according to a Defense Department news release that identified him as being from Maryland. It did not include a hometown for Price, but a release from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command said he lived in Fayetteville, N.C.
He died in Kajaki, Afghanistan, "when individuals using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire ambushed his unit," the Defense Department statement said. Afghan authorities have said...
Posted: Tue, May 18, 2004 1:00pm PDT
Open Letter to Our Troops An incredible letter from a US Special Forces vet.
"When one uses the term "systemic," she is saying that the source of this abuse is not individual moral failure, but a predictable expression of the system and its structures.
The abuses of detainees, by US troops, by CACI International and Titan Corporation mercenaries, and by the CIA in Iraq, is "systemic."
This message has been brought to you by ZNet....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 7:54pm PDT
U.S. Abuse of Afghan Prisoners Systemic - Rights Group KABUL (Reuters) - Mistreatment of prisoners by American forces in Afghanistan is systemic, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, a day after the U.S. army in Kabul launched a fresh inquiry into beating and sexual abuse at secret jails....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 11:24am PDT
U.S. Probes Alleged Afghan Prison Abuse KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military has opened an investigation into allegations that an Afghan police officer was stripped naked, beaten and photographed at a U.S. base in Afghanistan, the American Embassy in Kabul said Wednesday....
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 11:50pm PDT
Karzai warning to Herat governor Afghan President Hamid Karzai completed a visit to the city of Herat with a demand that the powerful regional governor disarm his forces....
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 11:44pm PDT
U.S. Rejects Rights Group Access to Afghan Prisoners KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military, under fire for its treatment of prisoners in Iraq, Tuesday turned down a request by Afghanistan's human rights body for access to Afghans in its custody.
Concerned that local prisoners may be treated like those in Iraq, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission has sought access to Afghans detained for suspected Islamic militant links and held at various U.S. bases in Afghanistan. "We have no intention right now of changing our policy with re...
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 6:24pm PDT
Iraqi prisoner abuse raises Afghan fears Afghanistan's main human rights body is seeking access to prisoners in US custody in the country, after graphic revelations of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US occupation troops....
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 10:11am PDT
Afghan Update From KQED's Forum Mon, May 10, 2004 -- 9:00am
Forum welcomes Sarah Chayes, a former reporter for National Public Radio who is now the Field Director of Afghans for Civil Society in Kandahar.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
Sarah Chayes...
Posted: Mon, May 10, 2004 11:06pm PDT
Political turmoil in Afghanistan The sacking of a district governor in Afghanistan has threatened to turn into a full blown political row between the Loya Jirga and President Hamid Karzai....
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 9:39am PDT
Foreigners stoned to death in Kabul Two foreign nationals have been stoned to death in the Afghan capital Kabul, a government official has said....
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 9:38am PDT
Pentagon OK'd Harsh Prison Techniques at Guantanamo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department last year approved interrogation techniques for use at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba that include forcing inmates to strip naked and subjecting them to loud music, bright lights and sleep deprivation, the Washington Post reported on Saturday....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 10:10pm PDT
Guantanamo Prisoner Abuse: Worse Than Iraq? 
"A former head of the U.S. Guantanamo Bay jail in Cuba has been sent to Iraq to ensure proper prison conditions, after photos apparently showed U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners, the military said on Friday." But Guantanamo is not being run more humanely than the prisons in Iraq; there is just less media access and better restrictions to prevent soldiers from taking pictures. The few pictures and reports that have gotten out suggest things could be far worse than in Iraq....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 12:12pm PDT
Coalition backtracks on linking aid to Taliban info-paper LONDON (AlertNet) - The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan has admitted it was a mistake to give out leaflets implying aid would be cut off unless people informed on Taliban fighters in their area, according to British newspaper The Guardian.
NGOs expressed their anger at yet another instance of blurring the line between humanitarian relief and military operations....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 12:41pm PDT
Ted Rall: Political cartoon about Pat Tillman 
Pat Tillman is not a hero....
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 11:33pm PDT
Taliban seize central Afghan district Taliban forces have taken control of the governor's residence and security headquarters in central Afghanistan....
Posted: Wed, Apr 28, 2004 11:24pm PDT
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