Thursday, 2 April 2015

Bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 16, injures 60 others



... killed at least 16 people and injured 60 when they detonated their explosives in the midst of a demonstration in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday.

Afghan official: Police chief killed by roadside bomb



KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says the police chief of a volatile district in the country's south has been killed by a roadside bomb.

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Man fatally shot by Eugene, Ore., police identified



Man fatally shot by Eugene, Ore., police identified; reportedly Afghanistan ... that Babb was an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan in 2006.

Are Private Police Forces 'Contributing to Violence' in Iraq and Afghanistan?



In strife-torn locations like Iraq and Afghanistan, arming vigilantes to work with struggling police forces might be a "time bomb" instead of a solution.

Islamophobia in US: The Arabic language



A sense of hostility is deep-rooted in the American system: Afghanistan, a country that does not speak Arabic, can be blamed for Arabic, if need be.

Islamic State's apparent expansion may be deceptive



... Peninsula, to heretofore islands of relative calm such as Tunisia, to the chaotic battlegrounds of Libya, Yemen, northern Nigeria and Afghanistan.

The Pentagon Can't Account For $US45 Billion It Spent In Afghanistan



The US Department of Defense has spent $US66 billion since 2002 rebuilding Afghanistan. But it can't account for $US45 billion of that money.