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Articles of the author Subel Bhandari
Afghan lawmakers: More US soldiers took part in attack on civilians
Kabul (dpa) – More than one US soldier was involved in the shooting spree in Afghanistan that left 16 civilians dead a week ago, a member of the Afghan parliamentary investigative team told dpa on Sunday. The US has said one soldier carried out (...)

18 - 03 - 2012
Night raids remain touchy topic for Afghan-US relations
Kabul (dpa) – The continuing use of night raids by US special forces on Taliban strongholds and the resultant civilian casualties are presenting a major challenge to relations between the United States and the government of President Hamid (...)

10 - 03 - 2012
US to handover Bagram prison to Afghans
KABUL (dpa): The United States agreed Friday to transfer Bagram prison near Kabul to Afghan control soon, officials said. John Allen, the US commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), and Afghan Defense Minister (...)

09 - 03 - 2012
UN urges Afghan government to protect women
KABUL (dpa): The United Nations on Wednesday urged the Afghan government to “fully and promptly” implement laws to eliminate violence against women. “As long as women and girls in Afghanistan are subject to violence with impunity, little (...)

07 - 03 - 2012
US Qur'an burning was intentional, Afghan investigator says
Kabul (dpa) – The burning of the Qur'an at a US military base in Afghanistan was intentional, a member of the investigating team told dpa Monday. “We believe it is intentional,” said Maulavi Khaliqdad, a member of the panel established by (...)

05 - 03 - 2012
US must take disciplinary action against Qur'an burners, UN says
Kabul (dpa) – The head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday the protests against burning the Qur'an were legitimate and that the United States should take disciplinary action against the perpetrators. “We were very (...)

01 - 03 - 2012
Foreigners in Afghanistan fear Qu'ran burning backlash
Kabul (dpa) – Violent protests in Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Qu'ran by US soldiers have made foreigners living in the conservative country even more concerned about their safety. “I go out but in the past couple days, there has (...)

27 - 02 - 2012
One US soldier killed; Karzai calls for calm in Koran protests
KABUL (dpa): One US soldier and an Afghan protester were killed in the latest violence on the sixth day of Koran burning protests criss-crossing Afghanistan, despite another plea for calm by President Hamid Karzai. Karzai renewed his calls in a (...)

26 - 02 - 2012
Two Americans, four Afghans killed on 5th day of Qur'an burning protests
Kabul (dpa) – Two foreign military advisors, reportedly United States nationals, were killed in a gun fight inside Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday, as scores of Afghans took to the streets for a fifth day over the desecration of the (...)

25 - 02 - 2012
Rights group says 400 Afghans displaced every day due to war
Kabul (dpa) – Four hundred people are displaced daily in the Afghan conflict and face hunger and destitution, Amnesty International said Thursday. “Half a million Afghans who fled fighting have been abandoned to starvation and death as they (...)

23 - 02 - 2012
Qur'an burnings test Afghan relations with West
KABUL: Ahmad Bakshi says he was one of the first to protest when he found out about the burning of the Qu'ran by US forces. “This is an insult to all Muslims. We can't tolerate it. We have to show to the Westerners that if you insult us, we won't (...)

23 - 02 - 2012
Foreign troops in Afghanistan to learn to handle religious texts
Kabul (dpa) – Foreign soldiers stationed in Afghanistan are to receive training in how to handle religious materials properly, a statement by the NATO-led international forces said. The training would include the identification of religious (...)

22 - 02 - 2012
Drought hits Afghanistan's malnourished children
Khanaqah, Afghanistan (dpa) – Inside a cold dark room of a mud hut, eight burka-clad women were huddled together while 30 others waited outside. Health workers were examining, weighing and measuring babies in a the impoverished and severely (...)

16 - 02 - 2012
Pardoned Afghan child bomber caught preparing suicide attack
Kabul (dpa) – Afghan intelligence agents foiled a suicide bombing attack by two 10-year-old boys, one of whom was pardoned by President Hamid Karzai last year, officials said Monday. “The government is assessing this issue very seriously and why (...)

13 - 02 - 2012
Afghan government to talk to the Taliban in Saudi Arabia
Kabul (dpa) – The Afghan government is planning to meet and talk with Taliban insurgents who have been waging a decade-long war, officials confirmed Monday. The meeting between Afghan government officials and members of armed groups will take (...)

30 - 01 - 2012
Taliban opens office for dialogue in Qatar
Kabul (dpa) – The Afghan Taliban said Tuesday they would open an office in Qatar and were willing to enter discussions – but not peace talks – after a decade of insurgency against the international forces that toppled their regime. The time was (...)

03 - 01 - 2012
Afghan media centre: US cuts support after criticism of troops
Kabul (dpa) – The US embassy in Kabul this week cut off aid and called back its staff working at the Afghan Government Media and Information Center after a center press conference that criticized foreign troops over civilian casualties, center (...)

29 - 12 - 2011
China, Afghanistan sign $7 billion fuel deal
Kabul (dpa) – The Afghan government on Wednesday signed a deal worth seven billion dollars with a Chinese company to explore fuel resources in its north, bordering the Central Asian countries. The deal will allow the China National Petroleum (...)

28 - 12 - 2011
Foreign troops killed in Afghanistan
Kabul (dpa) – Three troops of the NATO-led military alliance were killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, the coalition said Wednesday. The attack occurred Tuesday, but the International Security Assistance Force did not release the (...)

28 - 12 - 2011
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