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Information is not beautiful: Afghanistan | News | guardian.co.uk
by karlcow
Canadian forces are actually suffering the most. They're mostly deployed in the southern Kandahar, which adjoins the province of Helmand, where the bulk of British troops are posted. Both are Taliban strongholds.
And, if wounded soldiers are factored in, a shocking picture emerges.
White House seeks to explain its hesitations on Afghanistan - Times Online
by jeanruaud
"President Obama is more concerned at “whether there’s an Afghan partner” worth defending, than with the politically fraught question of how many more troops to send, said Rahm Emanuel, Mr Obama’s chief of staff and a central figure in White House deliberations on Afghanistan."
Afghanistan and Pakistan: Obama's faltering war | The Economist
by jeanruaud
Rising bloodshed is threatening the security of Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the first of two articles, we look at America’s military options in Afghanistan
Afghan poll saga hits US troop plan / FT.com
by jeanruaud
The timing of Barack Obama’s much-awaited decision on how many new troops to send to Afghanistan has been thrown into further doubt amid mounting global speculation that Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, may face a second round election run-off.
Crisis looms in Kabul over Karzai election results | guardian.co.uk
by jeanruaud
Frantic diplomacy under way as report looks set to give Afghan president less than 50% of the vote, forcing run-off
Skateboarding in Afghanistan Provides a Diversion From Desolation - NYTimes.com
by karlcow
Among those who look forward to his visits is Maro, an elfin 9-year-old girl who was terrified of skateboarding at first. “It gives me courage, and once I start skating, I completely forget about my fears,” she said.
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2007
HDtv film Thailand » Archive » Adrian Belic, Beyond the Call
by springnet
BEYOND THE CALL follows Antic and his compadres as he travels the third world bringing medicine, money , and educational tools to the poor in lands as diverse as Afghanistan or the Phillipines.
Conférence de Sara Daniel sur l’Ile Verte (6 avril à 21 h)
by jon jon
Sara Daniel (grand reporter au Nouvel Observateur, auteur de “Voyage au pays d’Al-Qaïda”) nous parlera de ses reportages et notamment de son récent voyage au Darfour.
Présentation de Tatiana Salomon
Modération assurée par Natacha Salomon (Quester-Séméon) et Tristao Mokusei (Mendès France).
David Hicks
by Beju
Its been roughly 5 years and 3 months since David Hicks was captured by the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan and with charges only recently being laid for attempted murder and for providing material support for terrorism, how much longer does David Hicks have to wait before he has his day in court?
Hans F. K. Günther: Indogermanische Stämme in Afghanistan
by runen
Die Geschichte einer indogermanischen Wanderung in Asien
2006
Pour Christophe de Ponfilly
by topo
A l'occasion de la sortie de L'Etoile du soldat, le film de fiction de Christophe de Ponfilly, notre site est submergé de visites le concernant. topolivres avait des liens forts d'amitié avec Christophe, et nous avions évoqué avec douleur sa disparition au moment où elle est intervenue, à l'orée du Festival de Cannes 2006. Les Editions des Arènes, par l'intermédiaire de Laurent Maréchaux, avaient alors demandé un texte aux proches de Christophe, dont j'étais, à destination de ses enfants, et bien sûr aussi de ses lecteurs et de ses spectateurs. Il semble que cette parution ne soit plus à l'ordre du jour pour des raisons que je ne connais pas. C'est la raison pour laquelle je choisis de diffuser aujourd'hui ce texte non retouché sur internet. A défaut du livre qui ne verra manifestement pas le jour, je souhaite que le site de topolivres devienne, au-delà de ses prérogatives habituelles, un forum de discussion et d'échanges autour de Christophe, pour tous ceux qui le souhaitent : cet espace est le vôtre.
Isabelle Rabineau
http://blog.topolivres.com/blogtopolivres/223/
Abandoned Afghans - CBC.ca News - World
by Gérard Delisle
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Life in a ruined refuge - A photo essay by Daniel Morin, CBC News
Did We Just Lose? (The war on Terrorism)
by dyre42
I don’t think people are getting the seriousness of this.
" In a move that some say appears ‘a total capitulation’ to pro-Taliban forces, Pakistan signed a peace deal with tribal leaders in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan Tuesday, and is withdrawing military forces in exchange for promises that militant tribal groups there will not engage in terrorist activities."
AFGHANISTAN
by karlcow
Les soldats canadiens mènent actuellement en Afghanistan une guerre impopulaire et inutile. C’est du moins l’avis de Nelofer Pazira, une Canadienne d’origine afghane qui revient d’un séjour à Kandahar, où la plupart de nos soldats sont déployés.
2005
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