US Military in Afghanistan Uncovers Sadistic Death Squad in Ranks
20 September 2010
US Military in Afghanistan Uncovers Sadistic Death Squad in Ranks, The Daily Telegraph, 20 September 2010
EXCERPT: "A US military investigation reported that the group randomly targeted civilians for sport. In one incident, a soldier is alleged to have thrown a grenade to feign an ambush as a pretext to shoot dead an innocent villager. Bodies were cut up and photographed and the soldiers are said to have kept bones and a skull as trophies. A...
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Britain Hands Over to US in Deadly Afghan District
20 September 2010
, The New York Times, 20 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Britain withdrew the last of its Royal Marines from the violent Sangin District in northern Helmand Province on Monday, handing control in that Taliban stronghold to American troops. More than 100 British soldiers died in Sangin, nearly a third of that country's casualties since 2001. British, Afghan and American military officials insisted...
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Voter Fraud Claims Abound After Afghan Elections
20 September 2010
Voter Fraud Claims Abound After Afghan Elections, Los Angeles Times, 20 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Complaints of fraud mounted in Afghanistan on Monday, two days after parliamentary elections meant to shore up the country's fragile democracy. But all sides said it was too soon to tell whether voting irregularities had significantly tainted the outcome of the balloting. The oversight panel that will investigate reports of electoral misconduct...
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Afghan Refugees Asked to Leave Camp in Pakistan
20 September 2010
, Xinhua, 19 September 2010
EXCERPT: "Authorities in Pakistan have asked Afghan refugees to leave in two weeks a camp they had lived in for nearly 30 years and devastated by the recent floods, refugees at the camp said on Sunday. The government has already stopped thousands of Afghan refugees from rebuilding their houses in Azakhel refugee camp, some 40 kilometers from Peshawar, the capital...
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