Afghanistan – AFGHANISTAN: President issues aid instructions for Helmand (IRIN)
AFGHANISTAN: President issues aid instructions for Helmand (IRIN)
KABUL, 9 July 2009 (IRIN) – As fighting intensifies between Taliban militants and US-led international and government forces in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai has called on aid agencies and government bodies to assist displaced civilians.
Afghan blast kills 25 people, more than half of them children, south of Kabul (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
KABUL – A truck filled with explosives that police believe may have been destined for Kabul blew up on a highway Thursday, killing 25 people – more than half of them children walking to school. Two American soldiers died in combat as the U.S. military reported the number of roadside bombs in Afghanistan last month was nearly three times the figure for Iraq.
Up to 22 Taliban killed in central Afghanistan (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fighting overnight between international troops and Taliban militants in central Afghanistan has left as many as 22 insurgents dead, police said Friday. The clashes came as Britain’s Defense Ministry announced two more deaths, bring the country’s toll to nine…
Afghan Telecom And Roshan Jointly Announce The Signing Of The Agreement To Utilize National Optical Fiber Backbone … (FiberOpticsOnline)
Afghan Telecom (AT) Afghanistan’s first long distance domestic private leased circuit (DPLC) and international private leased circuit (IPLC) provider through Optical Fiber Cable (OFC), today announced a significant agreement with Roshan to sell the transmission capacity of its National OFC Backbone Ring Network
Taliban clash with U.S.-led forces in central Afghanistan, up to 22 militants killed (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
KABUL – Fighting overnight between international troops and Taliban militants in central Afghanistan has left as many as 22 insurgents dead, police said Friday.
Gold, Ivory Treasures Hidden From Taliban Shine at Afghan Show (Bloomberg)
July 10 (Bloomberg) — The towering Corinthian columns wouldn t look out of place in the Metropolitan Museum of Art s Greek and Roman galleries. They reside for now in Afghanistan : Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul, a dazzling exhibition at the New York museum that serves up the country s Hellenistic past instead of its war-torn present.
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