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Latest tagged entries for 'AFGHANISTAN'
New Army documents reveal US knew of and approved torture before Abu Ghraib scandal
Saturday, 3 June 2006 8:09 A GMT-05
Army documents released by the ACLU allege the government's knowledge and approval of prisoner abuses in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere prior to the time the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke out.
'Five dead' in Afghan rioting
Monday, 29 May 2006 7:49 A GMT-05
Riots erupt in Kabul following an traffic accident involving a US military vehicle.
First Female Conscientious Objector Sentenced for Refusing Deployment to Afghanistan
Thursday, 25 May 2006 1:55 P GMT-05
Army National Guard Specialist Katherine Jashinski received a bad conduct discharge today and was sentenced to 120 days confinement after pleading guilty to the charge of “refusal to obey a legal order.”
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Stolen military data for sale in Afghanistan
Friday, 14 April 2006 11:52 A GMT-05
Just outside the main gate of the huge U.S. military base in Bagram, Afghanistan, shopkeepers at a bazaar peddle a range of goods, including computer drives with sensitive — even secret information — stolen from the base.
The new definition of military valour - saying no to politicians
Wednesday, 5 April 2006 4:28 P GMT-05
Military officers must refuse to to carry out political leadership's irresponsible orders.
Why are we in Afghanistan?
Tuesday, 4 April 2006 2:07 P GMT-05
Let me ask the obvious: What in hell are 2,500 Canadian soldiers doing in this very dangerous place anyway? Certainly not peace-keeping. What then?
Death could await Christian convert
Wednesday, 22 March 2006 4:04 A GMT-05
Afghan who converted to Christianity is facing potential death penalty.
U.S. War Spending to Rise 44% to $9.8 Bln a Month, Report Says
Monday, 20 March 2006 8:48 P GMT-05
Spending for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan expected to rise 44%.
Afghans to Drug Lords: Keep Profits Home
Wednesday, 15 March 2006 12:25 P GMT-05
Afghanistan will encourage its powerful drug lords to invest their illegally earned profits in the war-shattered country, according to the governor of the nation's top opium-growing region.
Tracing the Trail of Torture
Tuesday, 7 March 2006 2:51 A GMT-05
An overview of torture in the war on terror.
U.S. Defends Conditions at Bagram Prison
Sunday, 26 February 2006 3:43 P GMT-05
The prisoner at Bagram are held in wire cages; according to the military, that is the best we can do.
Death penalty for Afghan spy head
Sunday, 26 February 2006 1:26 A GMT-05
A former Afghan intelligence chief has been sentenced to death for ordering hundreds of killings during the communist era in the late 1970s.
For one Marine, torture came home
Tuesday, 14 February 2006 2:49 P GMT-05
The sad story of a 40-year-old former Marine sergeant named Jeffrey Lehner.
