Ex-Gitmo Detainee Seeks Office in Afghanistan
05 August 2010
Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Seeks Office in Afghanistan, Miami Herald, 4 August 2010
EXCERPT: "In a country whose young parliament is filled with warlords, suspected drug barons, one-time mujahedeen fighters and religious zealots, Izatullah Nasrat Yar can still make history. Yar has set out to become the first 'enemy combatant' from Guant?namo Bay to become an elected Afghan lawmaker in this fall's legislative elections. After nearly five...
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Afghanistan Says 39 Civilians Died in Disputed NATO Attack
05 August 2010
Afghanistan Says 39 Civilians Died in Disputed NATO Attack, Reuters, 5 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Afghanistan's government says a new investigation shows 39 civilians, all women or children, were killed in a NATO rocket attack last month, fewer than first reported but dozens more than foreign forces have conceded. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said it has been checking reports of civilian deaths since the government...
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IEDs Kill More Civilian Afghans in 2010
05 August 2010
IEDs Kill More Civilian Afghans in 2010, USA Today, 5 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Bombs planted by insurgents have killed 75% more Afghan civilians this year than in 2009 as the Taliban increasingly targets villagers in a campaign of intimidation, according to military reports provided to USA TODAY. There have been 1,859 civilian deaths from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) this year across Afghanistan. That compares with 1,057 in the same...
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Suicide Attack Kills Seven Afghan Police
05 August 2010
, AFP, 5 August 2010
EXCERPT: "A suicide attacker rammed a car bomb into a joint Afghan-NATO military convoy in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven police and injuring five civilians, officials said. The officers and soldiers were on a patrol in the insurgent-troubled Imamsaheb district of northeastern Kunduz province when they came under attack, district administrator Mohammad Ayoub...
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