Last Minute News Topics » afghan http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com The latest news Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:38:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Afghan police: US soldier shoots Afghan guard (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-police-us-soldier-shoots-afghan-guard-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-police-us-soldier-shoots-afghan-guard-ap#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:26:03 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-police-us-soldier-shoots-afghan-guard-ap Afghans walk over snow after a snow storm on a hill side in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. National Weather Center meteorologist Abdul Qadir Qadir says the heavy snows were beneficial for Afghanistan, which has been suffering from 12 years of drought. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – An American soldier shot and killed an Afghan guard at a base in the country’s north, apparently because the American thought the guard was about to attack him, Afghan police said Sunday.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-police-us-soldier-shoots-afghan-guard-ap/feed 0 UN: Civilian deaths in Afghan war hit record high (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/un-civilian-deaths-in-afghan-war-hit-record-high-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/un-civilian-deaths-in-afghan-war-hit-record-high-ap#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:27:04 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/un-civilian-deaths-in-afghan-war-hit-record-high-ap An Afghan woman wearing a burqa waits for alms with her child during a snowstorm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)AP – Last year was the deadliest on record for Afghan civilians with 3,021 killed, a rise of 8 percent from the year before as insurgents ratcheted up violence with roadside bombs and suicide attacks, the United Nations said Saturday.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/un-civilian-deaths-in-afghan-war-hit-record-high-ap/feed 0 Lawmakers: Stop insider attacks by Afghan troops (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/lawmakers-stop-insider-attacks-by-afghan-troops-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/lawmakers-stop-insider-attacks-by-afghan-troops-ap#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:02:42 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/lawmakers-stop-insider-attacks-by-afghan-troops-ap FILE - Afghan policemen walk ahead of the U.S. soldiers with the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a foot patrol in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Jan. 7, 2012 file photo. In testimony prepared for delivery Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012 to the House Armed Services Committee, defense officials said that in most cases the Afghans acted out of personal motivation and were not controlled or directed by insurgent groups. The second most common circumstances involved insurgents impersonating or infiltrating Afghan security forces. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)AP – Lawmakers are telling the U.S. military to do more to screen Afghan security forces to prevent those supposedly friendly troops from killing Americans fighting alongside them.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/lawmakers-stop-insider-attacks-by-afghan-troops-ap/feed 0 Jury finds Afghan family guilty in honor killings (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/jury-finds-afghan-family-guilty-in-honor-killings-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/jury-finds-afghan-family-guilty-in-honor-killings-ap#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:47:59 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/jury-finds-afghan-family-guilty-in-honor-killings-ap Mohammad Shafia reacts as he his led away from the Frontenac County courthouse in Kingston, Ont., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, after being found guilty of first degree murder of his three daughters and childless first wife. A jury took 15 hours to find Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Yahya, 42, and their son Hamed, 21, each guilty of four counts of first-degree murder in a case so shocking it has riveted Canadians from coast to coast. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)AP – A jury on Sunday found three members of an Afghan family guilty of killing three teenage sisters and another woman in what the judge described as “cold-blooded, shameful murders” resulting from a “twisted concept of honor,” ending a case that shocked and riveted Canadians.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/jury-finds-afghan-family-guilty-in-honor-killings-ap/feed 0 AP Exclusive: US talks to Afghan insurgent group (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/ap-exclusive-us-talks-to-afghan-insurgent-group-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/ap-exclusive-us-talks-to-afghan-insurgent-group-ap#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:43:43 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/ap-exclusive-us-talks-to-afghan-insurgent-group-ap In this Feb. 13, 1996 file photo shows Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Afghan rebel leader and chief of the insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, speaking at a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level U.S. officials have held talks with a representative of a major Afghan insurgent movement led by a former prime minister that Washington had branded as a terrorist. The meetings with the group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar show not only the degree of U.S. interest in pursuing a settlement but also the complexity of putting together an agreement acceptable to all sides in factious Afghanistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)AP – Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level U.S. officials have held talks with a representative of an insurgent movement led by a former Afghan prime minister who has been branded a terrorist by Washington, a relative of the rebel leader says.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/ap-exclusive-us-talks-to-afghan-insurgent-group-ap/feed 0 APNewsBreak: Afghan asylum bids hit 10-year high (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/apnewsbreak-afghan-asylum-bids-hit-10-year-high-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/apnewsbreak-afghan-asylum-bids-hit-10-year-high-ap#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:38:07 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/apnewsbreak-afghan-asylum-bids-hit-10-year-high-ap FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2011 file photo an Afghan immigrant holds a baby, as other Afghan immigrants, including several men on a hunger strike, protest to demand the government grant them refugee status, in central Athens. More Afghans fled the country and sought asylum abroad last year than any since the start of the war 10 years ago, suggesting that many are looking for their own exit strategy amid worry as international troops prepare to withdraw. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis, File)AP – More Afghans fled the country and sought asylum abroad in 2011 than in any other year since the start of the decade-long war, suggesting that many are looking for their own exit strategy as international troops prepare to withdraw.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/apnewsbreak-afghan-asylum-bids-hit-10-year-high-ap/feed 0 Taliban: Afghan talks won’t mean end to fighting (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/taliban-afghan-talks-wont-mean-end-to-fighting-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/taliban-afghan-talks-wont-mean-end-to-fighting-ap#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:46:40 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/taliban-afghan-talks-wont-mean-end-to-fighting-ap A US soldier walks near the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. A teenage suicide bomber slipped inside police headquarters in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, detonating his cache of explosives and wounding one officer, the chief of the headquarters said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP – The Taliban’s political wing is ready to enter peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, but the insurgents will in the meantime continue their armed struggle, the group said Thursday.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/taliban-afghan-talks-wont-mean-end-to-fighting-ap/feed 0 Afghan claim of US prison abuse strains key talks (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-claim-of-us-prison-abuse-strains-key-talks-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-claim-of-us-prison-abuse-strains-key-talks-ap#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:56:25 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-claim-of-us-prison-abuse-strains-key-talks-ap Gul Rahman Qazi , center, head of an Afghan investigative commission speaks during a media conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Afghan President Karzai had charged the commission with investigating the detention of some hundreds of suspected militants and the investigative commission has accused the U.S. military of abusing detainees at its largest prison, and says those held without evidence should be freed.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – Afghan investigators accused the American military Saturday of abusing detainees at its main prison in the country, bolstering calls by President Hamid Karzai for the U.S. to turn over control of the facility and complicating talks about America’s future role in Afghanistan.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-claim-of-us-prison-abuse-strains-key-talks-ap/feed 0 Afghan commission alleges US detainee abuse (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-commission-alleges-us-detainee-abuse-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-commission-alleges-us-detainee-abuse-ap#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:46:07 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-commission-alleges-us-detainee-abuse-ap Gul Rahman Qazi , center, head of an Afghan investigative commission speaks during a media conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Afghan President Karzai had charged the commission with investigating the detention of some hundreds of suspected militants and the investigative commission has accused the U.S. military of abusing detainees at its largest prison, and says those held without evidence should be freed.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – An Afghan investigative commission accused the American military Saturday of abuse at its main prison in the country, repeating President Hamid Karzai’s demand that the U.S. turn over all detainees to Afghan custody and saying anyone held without evidence should be freed.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-commission-alleges-us-detainee-abuse-ap/feed 0 Afghan president welcomes US remarks on Taliban (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-president-welcomes-us-remarks-on-taliban-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-president-welcomes-us-remarks-on-taliban-ap#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:19:55 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/afghan-president-welcomes-us-remarks-on-taliban-ap FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in New York. The Obama administration hopes to restore momentum in the spring to U.S. talks with the Taliban insurgency that had reached a critical point before falling apart this month because of objections from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. and Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday welcomed remarks from the Obama administration that the Taliban were not necessarily America’s enemies.


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