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Afghanistan

Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Persian: جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان), is a landlocked country located at the heart of Asia. Generally considered part of Southern Asia, it is sometimes ascribed to a regional bloc in either Central Asia or the Middle East, as it has religious, ethno-linguistic, and geographic links with most of its neighbours. It is largely bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. The name Afghanistan means the "Land of Afghans". Read more at Wikipedia

DOD Identifies Army Casualty

...supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes, 38, of Las Cruces, N.M., died May 12, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained during an enemy attack with an improvised explosive device. Nuanes was assigned to 741st Ordnance...

Japan Birth Rate Update, and My Proposed Solution

...an inverse relationship between education of women and a country's birth rate, and it's interesting to compare modern Japan with Afghanistan, where education of girls is seriously lacking and the birth rate is 6.5 babies per female. Stress and other factors...

Carbon Motors Announces General Jim Jones (USMC-Ret) to Serve on Advisory Board

...and later, as National Security Advisor, he brought clear vision and steady leadership to America’s mission in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, and the country’s interests around the world. General Jones attended the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service...

The last months of Osama bin Laden

...claiming a central role in the hunt for the leader of al-Qa'ida. Many attribute their inability to find and eliminate him in Afghanistan and Pakistan over 15 years to the blindness and incompetence of other parts of the US administration. Most appear to have...

Why does the U.S. criticize Britain’s foreign policy?

...has focused more on international war conflicts in which the two states were involved. But the Iraqi campaign is over, and the war in Afghanistan will soon become part of history, too, leaving very few reasons for Washington and London to stay united, especially...

India Tops in Rate of Maternal Deaths Worldwide

...Congo (15,000), Pakistan (12,000), Sudan (10,000), Indonesia (9,600), Ethiopia (9,000), Tanzania (8,500), Bangladesh (7,200) and Afghanistan (6,400) -- account for the nearly 40 per cent of the global maternal deaths. The report said every two minutes a woman...

Vets to hand back medals at NATO summit

...If they are unable to hand their medals to NATO officials, they will toss them toward the convention center, MSNBC reports. "We, Afghanistan and Iraq veterans from around the country will converge in Chicago on May 20 to ceremoniously return our medals to...

Does your agency need a duplicate scorecard? We talk to the Congressman behind the new bill

...are stationed overseas on a given day. However at least half of these military service members are in nations other than Iraq and Afghanistan. GAO recommends re-examining our overseas deployments to nations such as South Korea and Japan as well as territories...

Germany pledges post-withdrawal cash for Afghanistan

...in their relations as Germany pledged 150 million euros ($190 million) a year after international forces withdraw from Afghanistan. Signing an agreement that secures German cash for security training in Afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal date, Merkel said:...

We are being outsmarted by the Taliban in Afghanistan

It is quite obvious that the U.S. and NATO are being outsmarted by the Taliban, who are wearing fake Afghan soldiers' uniforms to kill our soldiers and sow discord among the alliance. Moreover, the restrictions placed on our peace keeping forces prevent

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Maj. Brian Egloff fits an 8-year-old Afghan boy with a prototype prosthetic leg in August in Pasab, Afghanistan. Egloff began creating prosthetic legs from locally available materials for Afghans who were disabled by IEDs and other land minds. - Published on 2012-05-16 07:31:00 by Army Times

Maj. Brian Egloff fits an 8-year-old Afghan boy with a prototype prosthetic leg in August in Pasab, Afghanistan. Egloff began creating prosthetic legs from locally available materials for Afghans who were disabled by IEDs and other land minds.

Published by Army Times on 2012-05-16 07:31:00

IOL pic apr16 afghanistan spring attacks - Published on 2012-05-16 07:14:00 by Independent Online (South Africa)

IOL pic apr16 afghanistan spring attacks

Published by Independent Online (South Africa) on 2012-05-16 07:14:00

Pakistan to resume cargo transshipment for NATO in Afghanistan - Published on 2012-05-16 02:51:00 by Voice of Russia

Pakistan to resume cargo transshipment for NATO in Afghanistan

Published by Voice of Russia on 2012-05-16 02:51:00

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict visits CJSOTF-Afghanistan - Published on 2012-05-16 01:57:00 by DVIDS

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict visits CJSOTF-Afghanistan

Published by DVIDS on 2012-05-16 01:57:00

3 tons of heroin seized in Afghanistan - Published on 2012-05-16 01:32:00 by Voice of Russia

3 tons of heroin seized in Afghanistan

Published by Voice of Russia on 2012-05-16 01:32:00

Map showing major supply routes to Afghanistan through Pakistan. The United States has made increasing use of more expensive routes into northern Afghanistan and the Pakistan supply routes constitute as little as 25 percent of what NATO needs to sustain itself in its nearly 11-year fight against the Taliban. - Published on 2012-05-15 23:05:00 by France 24

Map showing major supply routes to Afghanistan through Pakistan. The United States has made increasing use of more expensive routes into northern Afghanistan and the Pakistan supply routes constitute as little as 25 percent of what NATO needs to sustain itself in its nearly 11-year fight against the Taliban.

Published by France 24 on 2012-05-15 23:05:00

NATO has invited Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari to the upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan. - Published on 2012-05-15 18:06:00 by Big Pond News

NATO has invited Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari to the upcoming Chicago summit on Afghanistan.

Published by Big Pond News on 2012-05-15 18:06:00

Oil tankers that were used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan, are parked at a compound in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 15. NATO invited Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to the alliance's summit in Chicago after signs that the country could be moving to reopen its Afghan border to NATO military supplies. - Published on 2012-05-15 14:24:00 by Navy Times

Oil tankers that were used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan, are parked at a compound in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 15. NATO invited Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to the alliance's summit in Chicago after signs that the country could be moving to reopen its Afghan border to NATO military supplies.

Published by Navy Times on 2012-05-15 14:24:00