Afghanistan News: June 2014

Monday, 30 June 2014

Afghanistan vet gets hero's welcome in Woodlands

Lyles, who lost both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan, received the home courtesy of HelpingAHero.org. Afghanistan vet gets hero's welcome in ...

Emmaus soldier welcomed home after serving in Afghanistan

He spent eight months in Afghanistan training the Afghan National Army. The time apart was not easy for his family. "Every time I talk to him I break ...

JBLM bomb-squad soldiers return from Afghanistan to loving arms

JBLM bomb-squad soldiers return from Afghanistan to loving arms ... was just returning to Joint Base Lewis-McChord from a tour in Afghanistan.

Women's rights face danger in Afghanistan

Human rights situation in Afghanistan has lost ground in key areas during first six month of 2014, increasing uncertainty about the country's future, ...

US put a ban on me because they want India's support in Afghanistan: JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed

"US needs to the support of India in Afghanistan and hence they agreed to put a ban on his organisation," Saeed said. Denying his involvement in ...

Visiting Engineering Faculty - Kabul University, Afghanistan

FLAG International is a veteran-owned small business that is bidding as a sub-contractor on a US Agency for International Development ...

No Afghanistan revenge mission - Key

"There were no revenge missions in Afghanistan, what there was was situations where our SAS were involved in effectively prosecuting insurgents ...

Home from Afghanistan: Dad surprises son before Mariners-Indians game

Watch as Roger gets to see his dad, Rob, a 14-year Navy veteran who had spent the past seven-and-a-half months serving his country in Afghanistan ...

Canada Day photo exhibit: Images of Afghanistan

Kandahar, Afghanistan. 7 November 2009 - Since the road improvement project in the village of Deh-e Bagh, a young Afghan boy stricken with Polio ...

Funeral Arrangements Set for New Braunfels Marine Killed Overseas in Afghanistan

This was his 2nd deployment overseas when he was killed during combat action on Wednesday of last week in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.

The Real Apocalypse Now: How Jim Gant Did a Colonel Kurtz in Afghanistan

The affair led to the end of Gant's military career but in an interview with ABC News he told the broadcaster that the year he spent in Afghanistan with ...

Afghan Commission To Reassess Vote Count At 2000 Polling Stations

The head of Afghanistan's Independent Elections Commission says the body is reassessing the vote count from some 2,000 polling stations amid ...

63rd Ordnance Battalion takes TF EOD reigns in Afghanistan

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - As 242nd Ordnance Battalion, a unit that specializes in explosive ordnance disposal, finished their year-long ...

Starbucks chair Howard Schultz co-writing book on Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans

NEW YORK — Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz is collaborating on a book about veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "For Love of ...

Afghanistan Documentary ATTACK ON THE 4TH OF JULY Debuts on Hulu

A deadly 2009 assault on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan is chronicled in "Attack on the 4th of July," a gripping documentary premiering today in ...

Govt introduces liberal visa policy for Afghans

The new visa policy for Afghanistan nationals is being introduced on humanitarian grounds for two years with effect from tomorrow, a Home Ministry ...

Livelihoods, basic services and social protection in Afghanistan

It examines the links between interventions in Afghanistan and how poor people seek to make a living and scrutinises the causal models or 'theories ...

'American Spartan' tells story of 'Lawrence of Afghanistan'

'American Spartan' tells story of 'Lawrence of Afghanistan'. Jun. 30, 2014 - 5:17 - Army: Gant disgraced himself as an officer. Interact with the Show.

The crisis in Iraq and an Afghanistan prognosis

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has rampaged through western Iraq. A few thousand kilometres away in Afghanistan, the International ...

UNHCR: Election 'critical' to solving Afghan refugee situation

2014 is a key transition year for Afghanistan. Not only are foreign troops set to pull out over the coming months, but the country is also in the middle of ...

Plaid AM talks of his “hair-raising” experience of visiting Afghanistan and the worries of his family ...

Mr Whittle, who made the 2009 trip to Afghanistan as part of a visit by Local Government Association, said that he was very glad to see the Welsh ...

China remains reliable friend of Afghanistan: Chinese diplomat

KABUL, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The charge d'affaires of Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan, Chen Shijie, Monday said that China would remain a trustable ...

Hindus and Sikhs feel discriminated in Afghanistan, urge Indian government for help

Sikhs and Hindus living in Afghanistan have reportedly urged the Indian Government to bail them out of the discrimination they are facing in the ...

Royal Anglian Regiment soldiers to celebrate homecoming from Afghanistan with Hertford parade

Soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment will celebrate their return from Afghanistan with a parade through Hertford. Members of the public are ...

The Morning Risk Report: BNP Fine Coming From 'Investors' Hides'

The stakes are high for Afghanistan's election in April. If successful, it would mark the first democratic transfer of power in Afghanistan's history.

Afghanistan veteran Russell Darlington survived terror attack

VETERAN Russell Darlington survived being blown up by an improvised explosive device long before Coalition forces had even dreamed of invading ...

US-led drone strike kills 3 in Afghanistan

Drone strikes by US-led forces in Afghanistan have surged in the recent ... American drone strikes remain a controversial issue in Afghanistan and ...

Pakistan Mounts Ground Offensive Against Taliban in Northwest

Pakistan's military started a ground offensive to flush out militants from North Waziristan, a tribal region on the Afghanistan border the U.S. has called ...

UNH grad to receive Medal of Honor

His second deployment to Afghanistan began in 2007, and lasted for 15 months. During this second deployment, Pitts was part of one of Afghanistan's ...

US-led drone strike kills 3 in Afghanistan

Drone strikes by US-led forces in Afghanistan have surged in the recent weeks. On June 18, a US drone struck the Qara-Bagh district of southeastern ...

Afghanistan sets seven conditions for cooperation in war against terrorism

KABUL,Afghanistan – After recent telephonic contacts between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and visit of a ...

Afghanistan-to-Sussex challenge 'wonderful and terrifying'

The former Royal Marine, who works as a security consultant in Afghanistan, reached Goodwood on Friday. He said his ride, to raise money for ...

For U.S. Vets, Iraq's Newest Conflict Awakens Complex Emotions

Hansman now works as a case manager for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. He says a lot of veterans are struggling right now to ...

LeT, JuD trying to acquire WMDs, claims book

Jamal noted that the Pakistan Army has used the jihadist groups against India and Afghanistan mostly in time of peace. “The goal has been to bleed ...

Documentaries offer fresh perspectives on diverse lives

... new documentaries offering insight into everything from the works of artists both known and not-so-known, to the lives of U.S. troops in Afghanistan; ...

JB grad serves 3 tours with furry partner, Wero

The 70-pound German shepherd that sniffed out bombs in Afghanistan is quite comfortable when Staff Sgt. Terry Young's two-year-old daughter sits ...

GI Bill funds failing for-profit California colleges

The advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America pushed hard for the bill's passage. The results have been disappointing, said Political ...

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