Sep
15

Afghanistan – Afghanistan frees al-Qaida suspect’s young son (Honolulu Advertiser)

Afghanistan frees al-Qaida suspect’s young son (Honolulu Advertiser)
KABUL, Afghanistan An al-Qaida suspect’s 12-year-old son, who was taken into custody with his mother and held for two months, was handed over to Pakistan on today to be returned to his relatives there.

Afghanistan frees al-Qaida suspect’s young son (AP via Yahoo! News)
An al-Qaida suspect’s 12-year-old son, who was taken into custody with his mother and held for two months, was handed over to Pakistan on Monday to be returned to relatives there.

Afghanistan frees al-Qaida suspect’s young son (The Post-Standard)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) An al-Qaida suspect’s 12-year-old son, who was taken into custody with his mother and held for two months, was handed over to Pakistan on Monday to be returned to his relatives there.

False tip led to Afghan civilian casualties (The Monterey County Herald)
KABUL, Afghanistan An American bombing that killed up to 90 Afghan civilians last month was based on false information provided by a rival tribe and did not kill a single Taliban fighter, the president’s spokesman said Sunday. The claim contradicted a U.S. contention that the Aug.

False tip blamed in Afghanistan attack (Denver Post)
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN An American bombing that killed up to 90 Afghan civilians last month was based on false information provided by a rival tribe and did not kill a single Taliban

U.S. bombed village after being fed false information: Afghan official (Hamilton Spectator)
KABUL An American bombing that killed up to 90 Afghan civilians last month was based on false information provided by a rival tribe and did not kill a single Taliban fighter, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said Sunday.

64 Taliban militants killed near Afghan border: Pakistan (rediff.com)
Pakistani security forces claimed to have killed 64 Taliban militants in an intensified operation in various parts of the troubled Bajaur tribal region near Afghan border, as the locals continued shifting to safer places. However, independent sources said 11 militants were killed and eight others injured on Sunday in the aerial blitz at Loisam, Rashkai, Tang Khatta and other areas of the …

Taliban suicide bomber kills two Afghan UN doctors (The Daily Star Lebannon)
A suicide car bomb claimed by the Taliban killed two Afghan doctors and a driver working for the United Nations on Sunday, the UN said, a day after a provincial governor was assassination by a remote-controlled bomb. The UN team was on a mission in the southern province of Kandahar to monitor efforts to vaccinate children against polio.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Suicide attack kills two Afghan doctors (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
A suicide bomber struck a United Nations convoy Sunday in southern Afghanistan, killing two Afghan doctors on their way to provide polio vaccinations to children, together with their driver. The attack also injured five guards and 10 passers-by.

Afghanistan frees 12-year-old son of al-Qaida suspect after 2 months in custody (Newsday)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ An al-Qaida suspect’s 12-year-old son, who was taken into custody with his mother and held for two months, was handed over to Pakistan on Monday to be returned to relatives there.