DTN News: Afghanistan Top Stories / Headlines News Dated February 25, 2011

DTN News: Afghanistan Top Stories / Headlines News Dated February 25, 2011

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Afghan Officials Say Jailed Christian Convert Is Free

By RAY RIVERA

Officials say Sayed Mussa, who faced the death penalty for his conversion from Islam to Christianity, was released Monday, but his whereabouts remain unknown.

February 24, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTIANITY, KABUL (AFGHANISTAN), INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS

Military to Investigate Whether General Ordered Improper Effort to Sway U.S. Lawmakers

By THOM SHANKER

The investigation was prompted by an article by Rolling Stone, which described a “psychological operation” ordered in Afghanistan by Lt. Gen. William Caldwell.

February 24, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: UNITED STATES DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- ), CALDWELL, WILLIAM B IV, LEVIN, CARL

U.S. Pulling Back in Afghan Valley It Called Vital

By C. J. CHIVERS, ALISSA J. RUBIN and WESLEY MORGAN

American officials say the Pech Valley consumed resources disproportionate with its importance and there are not enough troops to win decisively against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

February 24, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: UNITED STATES DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- )

U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan

The Department of Defense recently confirmed the deaths of the following Americans.

February 23, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- )

Development in Kabul Sparks Need for Elevators

By ROD NORDLAND

Now that a multibillion-dollar reconstruction boom in Kabul has created something akin to a skyline, the city is trying to reintroduce the concept of the elevator.

February 21, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS,RESTORATION AND RENOVATION, KABUL (AFGHANISTAN)

Reporter's Notebook: In Afghanistan, Glimpses of the Soviet Try

By C.J. CHIVERS

The American outpost at Band-e Sardeh, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, lies within the confines of what was once a much larger Soviet Army position. Signs of the prior command remain.

February 21, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- ), DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, UNITED STATES DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES,AFGHANISTAN, DEFENSE DEPARTMENT, TALIBAN

31 Killed as Suicide Bomber Attacks Census Office in Northern Afghanistan

By ALISSA J. RUBIN

Police officials said 31 were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a government office in northern Afghanistan.

February 21, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: TERRORISM

U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Department of Defense has identified 4,429 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war and 1,464 who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.

February 21, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: UNITED STATES DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, IRAQ WAR (2003- ), AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- ), DEFENSE DEPARTMENT

A Silver Star Recipient's Heroism and Humility

By JAMES DAO

"There was no time to be scared," Sgt. Joshua R. Labbe said of a battle in which everything seemed to be working against an Army platoon fighting in Afghanistan's Baghlan Province.

February 21, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- ), AWARDS, DECORATIONS AND HONORS, AFGHANISTAN, TALIBAN, UNITED STATES ARMY

Some Taliban Commanders Reluctant to Re-Enter War Zones

By CARLOTTA GALL

Defeats and weariness are creating fissures between the top leadership based in Pakistan and midlevel field commanders, who have borne the brunt of fighting.

February 21, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: UNITED STATES DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- ),PAKISTAN, TALIBAN

The ‘Long War’ May Be Getting Shorter

By NATHANIEL FICK and JOHN NAGL

A veteran returning to Afghanistan sees many signs of progress.

February 20, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: UNITED STATES DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- ), POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, TALIBAN

NATO Airstrike Is Said to Kill Afghan Civilians

By ALISSA J. RUBIN

NATO airstrikes killed at least 35 people in a remote mountainous area of eastern Afghanistan last week.

February 20, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, TALIBAN, NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION,KABUL BANK

Attackers Wearing Army Uniforms Make Deadly Assault on Bank in Afghanistan

By ALISSA J. RUBIN

As soldiers and police officers lined up at a bank, they became targets of attackers in Army uniforms.

February 19, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES,AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- )

Deadly Day Around Afghanistan, as Attacks Kill 18

By ALISSA J. RUBIN

Four NATO service members, four Afghan police officers and 10 civilians, were killed in attacks that showed the tenaciousness of the insurgency even through the winter.

February 18, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: TERRORISM, DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES,AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- ), TALIBAN, NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION, KHAN, ALAM

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Afghan Money Exchange House

By GINGER THOMPSON and ALISSA J. RUBIN

The Treasury Department contends that the New Ansari Money Exchange used billions of dollars transferred in and out of Afghanistan to help hide proceeds from illegal drug sales.

February 18, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: MONEY LAUNDERING, FRAUDS AND SWINDLING, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Afghanistan: Ministry Says Clean Audit Compounded Kabul Bank’s Troubles

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Finance Ministry said Thursday that an “erroneous” audit and inadequate help from international banking advisers compounded financial problems at the embattled Kabul Bank.

February 18, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,KABUL BANK

Staying in Touch With Home, for Better or Worse

By JAMES DAO

The communication gap that once kept troops from staying looped into the details of home life has all but disappeared. But there are drawbacks to the connectedness.

February 17, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: UNITED STATES DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES, AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- ), SURVEYS AND SERIES, CELLULAR TELEPHONES, IRAQ WAR (2003- ), FAMILIES AND FAMILY LIFE, COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET

Kabul Bank’s Prospect’s Bleak, I.M.F. Says

By ALISSA J. RUBIN

The findings on problems at the bank jeopardize at least $1 billion in foreign donations to Afghanistan.

February 16, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,FOREIGN AID, KABUL (AFGHANISTAN), INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND,KABUL BANK

Afghan Official Accuses Women’s Shelters of Corruption

By ROD NORDLAND; ALISSA J. RUBIN CONTRIBUTED REPORTING.

Afghanistan’s top female official launched a sustained verbal assault on women’s shelters on Tuesday.

February 16, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, WOMEN AND GIRLS

No Refuge From Fear in Afghanistan, Even at Prayer

By SHARIFULLAH SAHAK

Choices for Afghan parents seeking to educate their children continue to dwindle, as religious schools can turn out to be a training ground for terrorism.

February 16, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: MOSQUES, PRIVATE AND SECTARIAN SCHOOLS, TERRORISM, AFGHANISTAN

Richard Holbrooke to Be Replaced by Marc Grossman

By MARK LANDLER

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chose Marc Grossman, a retired senior diplomat and former ambassador to Turkey, as the Obama administration’s new special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

February 15, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, PAKISTAN, STATE DEPARTMENT, CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM, GROSSMAN, MARC

When the Wave Hits Afghanistan

By RAJIV SRINIVASAN

It's hard to tell an Afghan tribal elder to liberalize his village and let women go to school when he hears of threats to power taking place in other majority-Muslim countries in the Middle East.

February 15, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- ),DEMONSTRATIONS, PROTESTS, AND RIOTS, ISLAM, SOCIAL NETWORKING (INTERNET), AFGHANISTAN, NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION,TALIBAN

Afghan Security Guards Die Thwarting Suicide Attack

By ROD NORDLAND and ALISSA J. RUBIN; SANGAR RAHIMI CONTRIBUTED REPORTING.

The guards, Gul Agha and Lal Mohammed, were being called heroes after they were killed in stopping a bomber from entering a shopping area.

February 15, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: TERRORISM

U.S. Postpones Meeting With Pakistan and Afghanistan

By JANE PERLEZ

Pakistan’s treatment of an American being held in the shooting of two motorcyclists has angered Washington.

February 14, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,PAKISTAN, CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM, DAVIS, RAYMOND A

Police Headquarters in Kandahar Attacked

By ALISSA J. RUBIN and TAIMOOR SHAH; ALISSA J. RUBIN REPORTED FROM KABUL, and TAIMOOR SHAH FROM KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. CARLOTTA GALL CONTRIBUTED REPORTING FROM DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

The fighting continued for nearly five hours before the police succeeded in killing three of the bombers and wounding and detaining the fourth, officials said.

February 13, 2011

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN AND: AFGHANISTAN WAR (2001- ), POLICE,TERRORISM, KANDAHAR (AFGHANISTAN)

Report: Billions lost on contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan

CNN - 57 minutes ago

A new report blasts the United States government for wasting tens of billions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan by relying too much on contractors and doing too little to monitor their performance.

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