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Kandahar

Type: City

Name: Kandahar

Country: Afghanistan

Latitude: 31.610001

Longitude: 65.690002

population: 391,230

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 23 Documents (in Politics)

Peter MacKay

MacKay says allegations in torture scandal 'ridiculous'

CTV.ca News StaffThe Conservatives have rejected calls for a public inquiry into explosive allegations that Ottawa was aware of routine torture practices in Afghanistan, yet still turned over detainees to local authorities.Defence Minister Peter MacKay ... [Sympatico - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Torture, Peter MacKay, Allegation, Ujjal Dosanjh

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 5 Documents

New general plans strategic shift

Kandahar, Afghanistan ? TBrig.-Gen. Daniel Menard today said he plans to increase troop levels in the province's dangerous capital, marking a shift from existing strategy concerned largely with rural areas southwest of the city. We will be putting a lot ... [Globe and Mail - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Menard (United States), Kandahar, Nick Carter, Task Force

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

NATO

NATO troop buildup could pressure Ottawa to review Afghan withdrawal

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – In a move that may increase international pressure on Ottawa to extend its combat mission in Kandahar beyond July 2011, NATO is likely to announce within days that Canada's Task Force Afghanistan will grow significantly ... [Canada.com - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Kandahar, NATO, Menard (United States)

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 5 hours ago - 10 Documents

Many detainees were just farmers, Afghan official says

A member of Reconnaissance Platoon, 1st Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, guards six of ten suspected Taliban prisoners captured in a raid on a compound in Northern Kandahar, in this May, 2006 file photo. AFP/Torture controversy becomes swirling ... [Globe and Mail - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Ottawa, Canada, Testimony

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents

Hamid Karzai

FACTBOX: Key rulers of Afghanistan

(Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn-in to office for a second five-year term on Thursday, as he faced renewed criticism from Washington over corruption.Propelled to power in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 as head of the post-Taliban ... [Reuters - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, Mohammad Najibullah, Taliban, Hamid Karzai

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 Documents

Hooah! Postal service to speed up for soldiers in Afghanistan

Snail mail going to people deployed to Afghanistan could flow a little quicker starting next month.The U.S. Army is spending $500,000 to launch HooahMail, a service starting Dec. 1 in which family and friends can send letters electronically to anyone ... [Stars and Stripes - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Army, Afghanistan, Charles Moose

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Vision for Victory in Afghanistan - Part I

Afghanistan, Terrorism, U.S. Military, NATOMichael E. O'Hanlon, Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Foreign PolicyThe Washington TimesThe following is the first of a two-part series on Michael O'Hanlon's recent trip to Afghanistan. Click here to read ... [Brookings Institution - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, The Washington Times, NATO, Kandahar

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Diplomat: Tortured Afghan detainees not insurgents

OTTAWA - Canada was complicit in the torture of innocent Afghan detainees and senior military and government officials tried to cover up reports of alleged abuse, a top diplomat told a parliamentary committee today.In explosive testimony, Richard Colvin ... [CNEWS - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Richard Colvin, Canada, Abuse

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

How diary of British soldier gives haunting insight into horrors of Afghanistan (and it was written 130 years ago)

Surrounded by thousands of bloodthirsty tribesman in the dust and heat of the Afghan plain, the handful of British men desperately defended their regimental colours.They were all that were left - along with their adopted dog Bobbie. The rest of the 66th ... [Mail Online UK - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Ayub Khan, Kandahar, Afghanistan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

One foreign soldier killed in suicide car bombing in S Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- A suicide car bomber struck a military base of NATO-led international troops in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province on Thursday, killing at least one foreign soldier and wounding three others, an Afghan National ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Suicide, Afghanistan, Ghulam Sarwar, Taliban, Afghan National Army

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

South Afghanistan suicide blast kills 10 (Reuters)

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 10 civilians and wounding 13, a provincial police chief said.Uruzgan province police chief Juma ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, Peter Graff, Suicide

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Afghanistan bomb kills shoppers

KANDAHAR — Afghan officials said yesterday a suicide bomber targeting an Afghan security forces convoy in the south of the country killed about 10 civilians and wounded another 13. The deputy police chief of Uruzgan province, Gulad Khan, said the suicide ... [Business Day - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Zemeri Bashary, Suicide Bomb, Afghanistan, Detonation

Quotes

...USA Today undermines the entire master narrative of US/NATO military operations in Afghanistan , writing: "The U S military says the vast majority of the 700 detainees at its biggest prison in Afghanistan could eventually be released because they're fighting more for money than ideology." War hawks are always saying we are there to fight the Taliban because they are ideologically aligned with and inseparable from al-Qaeda...

23 Dead in Afghanistan Bombings; Most Bagram Detainees Mercenaries [Informed Comment - 2 hours ago]

...of her native Appalachia, Gunderson said volunteered because she thought her skills could help Afghans produce enough food to feed themselves. "I'm more sure of this I have been about anything else in my life" she said. Bill Harris, 59, who played the role of the Provincial Reconstruction Team leader trying to persuade tribal elders to give up centuries of...

Afghans to help prepare Americans for mission [Washington Post - 5 hours ago]

...Veteran soldiers plot the insurgent attacks. Amputees have been hired to play the roles of bomb blast victims. "It really gives soldiers a taste of what they'll experience overseas" said Col. Wayne Eyre, brigade commander at CFB Petawawa, who visited Fort Irwin earlier this year. "It's very much like Kandahar...

Canadian soldiers to face 'California Taliban' before real thing [Canada.com - 7 hours ago]

More Content

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'Mullah Omar not in Karachi' [Hindustan Times - 1 hour ago]
Afghan abuse fears right from start [CNEWS - 1 hour ago]
Counterinsurgency by the book [Globe and Mail - 4 hours ago]
Many detainees were just farmers, Afghan offici... [Globe and Mail - 5 hours ago]
Afghans to help prepare Americans for mission [Washington Post - 5 hours ago]
Why Obama Will Adopt "McCrystal Light"... [Zaman - 6 hours ago]
Media Availability with Secretary Gates and Can... [Defense Link - 6 hours ago]
Mulla Omar in Karachi, claims WT [The News International - 7 hours ago]
Canadian soldiers to face 'California Taliban' ... [Canada.com - 7 hours ago]
Afghanistan-bound Canadians train in California [National Post - 7 hours ago]
Taliban chief hiding in Pak [Deccan Chronicle - 8 hours ago]
Governor Rendell Orders Flags to Fly at Half-St... [Street Insider - 8 hours ago]
Exhibition organised in Kandahar [Pajhwok Afghan News - 8 hours ago]
Fugitive Buddhist Monk Pleads Guilty, Goes Free... [Orange County Weekly - 10 hours ago]
NATO troop buildup could pressure Ottawa to rev... [Canada.com - 10 hours ago]
U.S. suffers bloody day in Afghanistan as Obama... [Canada.com - 10 hours ago]
Now is not the time to gut our armed forces [CBC - 10 hours ago]
This is not the time to gut the Canadian military [CBC - 10 hours ago]
Restored, refurbished Oberoi may open in 2010 [Economictimes - 11 hours ago]
AFGHANISTAN: Schools to reopen for exams after ... [Muslim News - 11 hours ago]
For a nation with doubts on war, Afghanistan st... [Washington Post - 11 hours ago]
More Entrepreneur's Journals [BusinessWeek - 11 hours ago]
Afghanistan: A deadly place for children [EuroNews - 11 hours ago]
Afghanistan troop surge could be a slow rollout [Christian Science Monitor - 11 hours ago]
MacKay, Gates talk about Afghan troop withdrawal [National Post - 11 hours ago]
Afghan detainee transfers [CBC - 12 hours ago]
If the bomb is big enough it will defeat the ve... [Times Online - 13 hours ago]
A who's who of officials named in Richard Colvi... [CBC - 13 hours ago]
Canadian diplomat alleges troops in Afghanistan... [Guardian.co.uk - 16 hours ago]
U.S. softens approach to Karzai [MSNBC - 17 hours ago]

Blogs

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23 Dead in Afghanistan Bombings; Most Bagram De... [Informed Comment - 2 hours ago] Afghan insurgents greeted the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as president for another 5 years with a string of attacks and bombings that left 23 dead and dozens ...
For Valour [The Torch - Canada - 10 hours ago] No excuse: I should have posted this earlier...Congratulations to all those recognized by the Governor General for either valour or meritorious service last week.Here ...
Nothing improves if we pull back [The Torch - Canada - 14 hours ago] Richard Colvin's recent testimony before a parliamentary committee has caused quite the tempest:All detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons were likely ...
From a $250 NRO Contributor -- By: Kathryn Jean... [The Corner on National Review Online - 15 hours ago] Thank you for fighting the good fight -- a loyal reader in Kandahar. Contribute to NRO here. ...
Abhorent Consistency (All Politics Is Local) [Progressive Bloggers - 16 hours ago] The Conservative Party of Canada is showing its true stripes this week. On two equally disgusting fronts. First, the Tories are defaming whistle blower Richard ...

Audio/Video

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Freedom File: Precision Driving in Afghanistan [ISAF MEDIA - YouTube Channel - 10/31/2009]
US soldiers killed by Kandahar bomb [Reuters Video: Top News - 10/30/2009]
B-1 Drops Nine 500lb Bombs [Military.com - YouTube Channel - 10/29/2009]
In the Fight! Episode 30, Part 3 [3rdID8487 - YouTube Channel - 09/21/2009]
In the Fight! Episode 30, Part 2 [3rdID8487 - YouTube Channel - 09/21/2009]

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