US And NATO Strikes Exact Heavy Toll
21 July 2008
'', International Herald Tribune, 20 July 2008
EXCERPT: "U.S. and NATO missile strikes continued to exact a heavy toll in Afghanistan, with at least 13 Afghans killed in two incidents over the weekend that Afghan officials said were mistakes. One NATO soldier was also killed in the eastern province of Khost. Although NATO did not give the nationality of the soldier, U.S. forces are deployed...
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Significant Progress In Mine Clearance: UN Official
21 July 2008
'Significant Progress In Mine Clearance: UN Official', UN News Centre, 21 July 2008
EXCERPT: "More than 38,000 anti-personnel mines have been cleared in the past six months across Afghanistan ? one of the most heavily mined countries in the world ? representing 10 per cent of the total number cleared in the past 18 years, a senior United Nations official said today [21 July 2008]. Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mined countries...
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Militants Kill Pakistani Tribal Elder
21 July 2008
'', The Associated Press, 21 July 2008
EXCERPT: "Suspected Islamic militants shot dead a pro-government tribal chief and wounded three other people in an attack early Monday near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, an official said. Assailants opened fire on Malik Shahjehan Khan as he passed by in a car on the outskirts of Khar, the main town of Bajur tribal area, said Mohammed Habib Khan, a local...
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Afghan Violence Rising, Top Soldier Concedes
21 July 2008
'Afghan Violence Rising, Top Soldier Concedes', The Globe and Mail, 21 July 2008
EXCERPT: "Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff has acknowledged that the situation in Afghanistan is getting worse and more troops are required in the face of mounting Taliban attacks aimed at derailing next year's Afghan election. General Walter Natynczyk faced criticism last week when he dismissed the growing violence in the Kandahar region as 'insignificant'...
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