Jack Straw says human rights culture must be shaken up Dec 8, 2008
This is tough Jack who gave homes and benefits to the same Afghan plane hihackers he threatened to deport. This is gesture politics at its worst and ample proof that panic has set in to this government. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Blackwater charges to be unsealed Dec 7, 2008
Each man has received honors for his service in some of the world's most dangerous places, from Bosnia and Afghanistan to Iraq ... Deborah Colson, interim director of Human Rights First's Law and Security program, said the delay was "a significant contributing factor to fostering a culture of impunity that threatens the safety of Iraqi and Afghan civilians, American military personnel and the contractors themselves.". (MSNBC -- International)
Canada's death toll in Afghanistan: 100 to remember Dec 6, 2008
was anxious to return and assist the Afghan National Army. A few weeks ago, he risked his life to crawl to a shot Afghan soldier to give aid under fire ... He was just a week away from completing his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Mourn these soldiers. Admire them. But don't dare pity them Dec 6, 2008
When I first heard Friday that Canada had suffered casualties in Kandahar, I got an e-mail from a soldier I know, a wonderfully literate man who has served in Afghanistan himself ... If there is a more perfect guide for how those of us on the civilian side ought to see the war in Afghanistan perhaps particularly now, as with the army's 100th casualty, the media coverage is bound to be artificially laden with sombre talk of the milestone passed and almost guaranteed to turn mawkish I have never... (Globe and Mail -- International)
Sundance '09 Flicks Revealed Dec 5, 2008
Afghan Star / Afghanistan/UK (Director: Havana Marking)--After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, Pop Idol has come to television in Afghanistan: millions are watching and voting for their favorite singer. This film follows the dramatic stories of four contestants as they risk their lives to sing. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Sundance lineup basks in life's dark places Dec 4, 2008
The World Cinema documentary series has Afghan Star, about four contestants who risk their lives by trying to compete in the war-torn nation's version of American Idol. Another documentary, possibly fitting the activist mold of An Inconvenient Truth, is Reporter, chronicling the work of New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof as he tries to shed light on the atrocities of Darfur. (USA Today)
journalistic heroes Dec 1, 2008
Pajhwok Afghan News director Danish Karokhel and Farida Nekzad, managing editor/news director, can testify to the pressures of reporting under the Taliban and amid the culture clash of a country teetering between restrictive tradition, modernization and disarray. Hector Maseda Gutierrez also was honored in absentia. (TVweek.com)
* Kabul blast kills four near embassy Nov 28, 2008
RASH OF ATTACKS: Bombings in the Afghan capital have multiplied this year, fueling fears that a Taliban-led insurgency is spreading into the center of the country AFP , KABUL Friday, Nov 28, 2008, Page 5. Afghan security guards investigate at the site of an explosion near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday ... A suicide car bomb blew up near the US embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday, killing at least four Afghans and wounding nearly 20 more, officials said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Violence fears over credit crunch Nov 25, 2008
Page last updated at 06:48 GMT, Tuesday, 25 November 2008. The Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline took nearly 14,000 calls over a 12 month period, a rise of more than 200. (BBC News -- UK)
Public to help pick poet laureate Nov 25, 2008
On patrol in Afghan market. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. (BBC News -- UK)
Boy George 'chained male escort' Nov 25, 2008
Page last updated at 18:37 GMT, Monday, 24 November 2008. Boy George 'chained male escort. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Cholera-hit Indians 'face hunger' Nov 25, 2008
Arrests after Afghan acid attack. Politician behind' Russia murder. (Yahoo News -- India)
Kenya poll violence 'was planned' Nov 25, 2008
Arrests after Afghan acid attack. China: Roses album is 'venomous. (Yahoo News -- Kenya)
Nigeria oil city in slum clean-up Nov 25, 2008
Arrests after Afghan acid attack. Man found guilty of Hannah murder. (Yahoo News -- Nigeria)
US charges defense contractor with Afghan killing Nov 21, 2008
A defense contractor who once provided personal security for Afghanistan's president was charged with shooting a handcuffed Afghani civilian after hearing the man had inflicted serious burns on a fellow contractor, prosecutors said ... The U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday that Ayala is in Afghanistan awaiting transfer to Virginia ... It is the first case in which federal prosecutors have brought murder charges against a military contractor serving in Iraq or Afghanistan under the 2000 law... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
The Karzai question Nov 18, 2008
The stage is now set for Washington to send thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, and once Obama's new team reviews the complexities of the counterinsurgency mission there, I suspect the United States will match troop increases with greater civilian resources to support economic development projects and to help extend the writ of the Afghan state ... Elections are scheduled for next fall, and the Afghan capital is buzzing with questions about whether Karzai can, or should, win another... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Karzai offers passage to Taliban leader for talks Nov 17, 2008
Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, said Sunday that he would guarantee the safety of the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar if Omar agreed to negotiate for a peaceful settlement of the worsening conflict in the country ... At a news conference in Kabul, the Afghan capital, Karzai coupled his offer of safe passage to Omar with a warning to the Western nations that support his government, saying that if they opposed an assurance of safety for Omar they would have to remove Karzai as president... (International Herald Tribune)
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Teaching justice abroad: Local attorney shares knowledge in Afghanistan ... RACINE For six months, Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Arn traded his job here for one in Afghanistan ... A local defense attorney told him that prosecutors were needed to go to Afghanistan to train prosecuting attorneys and criminal investigators there on how the American justice system works. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 15, 2008 Nov 16, 2008
Chuck wrote on Nov 15, 2008 9:00 AM:It's a bad day for liberals, the news is reporting that an Afghan insurgent leader captured by coalition forces, U.S. says. But, why capture these types. (North County Times)
At Fort Bragg, local soldiers learn to win Afghan hearts and minds Nov 16, 2008
Now, the military is hoping the interpersonal skills of almost 3,000 Illinois National Guard soldiers can help the U.S. regain its footing in an increasingly violent Afghanistan ... The soldiers, including some from Bloomington and Pontiac-based units, will deploy to Afghanistan by early December for a 10-month mission to help train and mentor Afghan army and police ... The buildup of Afghan security forces is increasingly seen as surest path for long-term U.S. troop reduction. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Day at the races Nov 14, 2008
" Part of the reason is that many of those employed in racing, from the stable lads up, come from poorer, conservative areas. Minority pursuits There is also a wider issue. Our reporter was a bit baffled by the tip sheet at first, but he still cleaned up It is one of the more surprising aspects of Lebanon that so many secular, liberal people are seemingly relaxed about an Islamist movement becoming so powerful. Some say Hezbollah, as Shia Muslims, are used to being a minority historically and... (BBC News)
Sexy calendar to boost soldiers’ morale overseas Nov 14, 2008
Photo provided Service members in Iraq and Afghanistan don t mind getting old paperback books and snack packs stuffed with crackers and cheese ... Described by his marketing company as an online business owner, Thompson is sending 5,000 free calendars to U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan ... Meyer said the calendars would be distributed to troops in two Afghan units and several units in Iraq. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
UN tackles pillars of intolerance Nov 14, 2008
The fact that the "faith-based" conference is an initiative of Saudi Arabia, which forbids the public practice of other religious faiths, and which is regularly accused of systematic discrimination against women and religious minorities, has fueled controversy at the UN. The recent news that Riyadh has been brokering dialogue between the Taliban and Afghan government has also not helped, given the Taliban's appalling record of human-rights violations against women and ethnic and religious... (Asia Times Online)
The new Baghdad Nov 14, 2008
The Afghan capital was a safe haven compared with its surrounds, but it has moved to where wild Baghdad left off, reports Paul McGeough. Where there is smoke Afghan security men move away from a petrol station after it caught fire in Herat, west of Kabul ... The pilot announces we're landing at the Afghan capital, but bombs and banditry here are eerily reminiscent of another time and another place - Iraq, circa 2003. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Acid attack blinds Afghan student: Nov 14, 2008
com: Acid attack blinds Afghan student ... Acid attack blinds Afghan student ... KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN Before yesterday, Shamsia had dark brown eyes and smooth skin the colour of wheat. (Globe and Mail)
Bikers spray eight Afghan school girls with acid Nov 13, 2008
Atifa Bibi, an Afghan school girl, recovers in a hospital after two men on a motorbike threw acid on her in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov 12, 2008 ... An Afghan man look at a damaged vehicle after a car bomb exploded next to an Afghan government office in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008 ... Afghan police officers stand guard after a car bomb exploded next to an Afghan government office in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. (CTV.ca)
Suicide, acid attacks rock Kandahar Nov 13, 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan A top Canadian commander Wednesday accused the Taliban of acting in desperation as a suicide bomber killed six people outside a government office in Kandahar city and unidentified attackers threw acid on a group of girls walking to school, a grisly assault even by Afghan standards ... The explosion, which rocked the downtown core, occurred near the provincial council offices and the National Directorate of Security, the Afghan intelligence agency ... Afghan police officers... (Globe and Mail)
UN conference on culture of peace kicks off Nov 13, 2008
The Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Amir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Israeli President Shimon Peres, King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain, King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the President of Finland Tarja Halonen, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Afghan President HamidKarzai, and other heads of state and high-level officials also spoke at the meeting. U.S. President George W. Bush is expected... (Xinhuanet, China)
Does the Latino Vote Matter? Nov 13, 2008
Obama will be focused on the economy and tax policy and isn't likely to expend political capital on such a divisive issue"--but which overdramatizes the anti-"comprehensivist" electoral losses, at least as described by Krikorian: Roy Beck of Numbers USA [a leading anti-"comprehensive" lobbier] has done a of House results and finds that there are six incoming pro-amnesty Democrats replacing somewhat anti-amnesty Republicans, though none of the Democrats made immigration a major issue. On the... (Slate)
Foundation Announces Grant to San Francisco Iranian-American Civil Liberties Advocate Nov 12, 2008
PARSA CF's Mehregan grantees include: Asia Society, Institute of International Education and Persian Students Association at the City College of New York, all based in New York, Children's Hope International Literacy and Development, Golestan Kids, Iranian Scholarship Foundation, Link Media, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement, Network of Iranian-American Professionals of Orange County and Relief International, all based in California, National... (PR Newswire)
Commander: Ill. Guard's Afghan mission has greater significance Nov 12, 2008
Guard's Afghan mission has greater significance ... Guard's Afghan mission has greater significance By David MercerAssociated Press ... NEW 7:05 a.m. CHAMPAIGN -- The man who heads U.S. efforts to train and equip security forces in Afghanistan takes Barack Obama at his word when the president-elect says he will focus on the war in that country, and he welcomes the attention. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
A letter to Obama Nov 12, 2008
Commentary: Letter to Obama -- How to rescue war in Afghanistan - CNN.com ... Commentary: Letter to Obama -- How to rescue war in Afghanistan ... Peter Bergen: Turning around the war effort in Afghanistan is a major challenge. (CNN -- World)
Atiq Rahimi, Britney Spears, Tim McGraw Nov 12, 2008
An exiled Afghan writer has been awarded France's top literary prize for his novel about the misery of a woman caring for a husband left brain-damaged by a war wound. Atiq Rahimi was awarded the Goncourt prize for "Syngue Sabour," Persian for "Stone of Patience," a title derived from a folk tale about a black stone that absorbs the distress of anyone who confides in it. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Afghan writer wins French prize Nov 11, 2008
Afghan-born writer Atiq Rahimi has won the Prix Goncourt - France's top literary award - for his novel Syngue Sabour, or Stone of Patience ... His latest book tells the story of an Afghan woman seeking liberation from social and religious oppression ... "I write about Afghan women and all the world's women," the 46-year-old said. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
For a wounded soldier, the battle has just begun Nov 11, 2008
After Afghanistan, Major Mark Campbell is forced to fight the military for the things he needs to adjust to life with no legs ... Everything was orange, the 43-year-old recalls about the first chaotic moments after he knelt on a land mine during an operation in southern Afghanistan on June 2 ... The explosion, which wounded three other soldiers from the Edmonton-based 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and an Afghan interpreter, left a small crater. (Globe and Mail)
Muslims' free speech 'threatened' Nov 10, 2008
It also featured the case of pop singer Deepika "Deeyah" Thathaal, a Norwegian pop star of Afghan and Pakistini origin, who said she had been threatened, spat at and attacked with pepper spray after a video showed her removing a burka, the Islamic veil, to reveal a bikini. And Syrian-born Danish MP Naser Khader, who founded the organisation Democratic Muslims, in the wake of the Prophet Muhammad cartoon row, lives under 24-hour police protection, said the think tank's report. (BBC News -- UK)
Defence chief will resist any US call to send more troops to ... Nov 10, 2008
Defence chief will resist any US call to send more troops to Afghanistan ... The head of the armed forces made it clear yesterday that he would oppose any request from Barack Obama to transfer British troops to Afghanistan from Iraq when they leave Basra next year ... Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the chief of the defence staff, said that a reduction in the "operational tempo" was essential for British troops and it was time other Nato countries contributed more to the fight against the... (guardian.co.uk)
Linguist uses diverse background, talent in human intelligence course Nov 10, 2008
One of her first assignments as a human intelligence collector was a deployment to Afghanistan where she said, I picked up Dari quickly ... While in Kandahar, Afghanistan, a village elder chastised her for being a tool of the Americans saying it wasn t right for an Afghan woman to help the invaders. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
BC-Obama-The-Moment Nov 9, 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged president-elect Barack Obama to end civilian casualties once and for all Wednesday amid reports that dozens of women and children were killed in U.S. air strikes on a wedding party in southern Afghanistan. The U.S. military said it was investigating the reported bombing and a U.S. spokesman added that "if innocent people were killed, we apologize and express our condolences.". (guardian.co.uk)
BBC round-up Nov 6, 2008
AFGHANISTAN, MARTIN PATIENCE. Afghanistan will be the top foreign policy priority for president-elect Barack Obama ... A draft report by America's 16 intelligence agencies warned that Afghanistan is on a "downward spiral.". (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Afghanistan's downward spiral Nov 5, 2008
The building, decrepit though still in use after Afghanistan's many wars, was blown apart ... The contrast between Afghanistan then - progressing, optimistic - and Afghanistan today - violent, besieged, uncertain - could not be sharper, or more disheartening ... Once upon a time, Afghanistan was on the cusp of change. (Boston Globe)
Afghan veterans more likely to suffer from mental illness Nov 5, 2008
British forces who served in Afghanistan are nine times more likely to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder than comrades who have not been sent to war, a report from the Ministry of Defence shows ... The MoD acknowledged that "there was a statistically significantly higher rate of PTSD among those deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan compared with those not deployed there" ... Women comprise 18,100 out of the total strength of 195,100 in the armed forces and have been involved in... (Independent)
Afghan tales Nov 4, 2008
Spies, soldiers, diplomats and ordinary people who have lived through Afghanistan's decades of turmoil speak to Alan Johnston, the BBC's former Kabul correspondent. Shabibi Shah (l) in Afghanistan during the 1960s ... But as she talked, she was reliving a moment from her traumatic Afghan past. (BBC News)
Afghan official held in Pakistan Nov 4, 2008
An Afghan government official has been kidnapped in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), police say. They say that the official from the Afghan rural development ministry was abducted in the Drosh area of Chitral - in the north of NWFP. ... Akhtar Jan Kohistani is an advisor at the Afghan ministry, and is a former journalist for the BBC Pashto service. (BBC News -- South Asia)
French aid worker abducted in Kabul Nov 4, 2008
Gunmen kidnapped a French aid worker in central Kabul Monday morning and shot dead an Afghan bystander who tried to thwart the abduction, police and witnesses said ... Franco-Afghane, or French-Afghan Friendship, escaped when an Afghan working as a driver in the intelligence service tackled one of the kidnappers and grabbed his gun ... There has been a string of kidnappings in the capital and neighboring provinces recently involving both foreigners and prominent Afghans. (International Herald Tribune)
Sacha Baron Cohen, Joaquin Phoenix, George Wassouf Nov 4, 2008
Another war film, "Opium War," by the Afghan director Siddiq Barmak , won the critics' award. Bohdan Stupka of Ukraine won the best actor prize for his portrayal of a wealthy oligarch in need of a heart transplant in "With a Warm Heart," and Donatella Finocchiaro of Italy won the best actress award for her performance as a female mafia boss in "Galantuomini.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Barack Obama's Kashmir thesis! Nov 3, 2008
In an interview broadcast on MSNBC, Obama suggested that his administration would encourage India to solve the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan, so that Islamabad can better cooperate with the United States on Afghanistan ... The most important thing were going to have to do with respect to Afghanistan is actually deal with Pakistan ... Ads By Google Put simply, the Obama thesis says: the sources of Afghan instability are in Pakistan; those in turn are linked to Islamabads conflict with New... (Indian Express)
Berkowitz for House Nov 2, 2008
Berkowitz backs more aggressive attention to Afghanistan, with more troops, investment in a better life for Afghan people and reform of the Afghan government. Don Young has been a reliable supporter of President Bush's incompetent prosecution of the war in Iraq. (Anchorage Daily News)
Film on horrors of Bosnian war wins Rome festival Nov 1, 2008
The critics' award went to "Opium War," by Afghan director Siddiq Barmak, about the strains between ordinary Afghans and Western troops fighting the Taliban. "I think the public shared my point of view, and that is the anger, the pain toward the worst war since World War Two, a war that happened before our eyes," Battiato said at the awards ceremony. (Reuters)
Universally rejected Nov 1, 2008
Olivier Roy, the author, was a close confidante of leading US neo-conservative strategists when they were engineering the Afghan mujahideen resistance against the Soviet invasion in the 1980s, yet in this book he decisively tears these same neo-conservatives apart ... The left, for example, believed that the pathway to a stable society is through the empowerment of women, and ending the way women are treated in traditional societies such as Afghanistan ... This universalist left actually... (Asia Times Online)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Nov 1, 2008
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture in Kabul today, killing at least three people and badly damaging part of the building, officials and witnesses said ... Pakistan summoned the US ambassador today to protest over missile strikes by pilotless US aircraft on the Pakistani side of its border with Afghanistan, a Pakistani government spokesman said. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
* Taliban storms Kabuls culture ministry Nov 1, 2008
An Afghan boy waits for customers at a generator shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday ... Taliban fighters stormed the culture ministry in the heart of Kabul, killing five people in an attack the Afghan president said aimed to derail the governments new effort to draw militants into a peace process and end a seven-year insurgency ... Our enemies are trying to undermine the recent efforts by the government for a peaceful solution to end the violence, US-backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Afghanistan at the brink II: Not my grandfather's country Nov 1, 2008
AFGHANISTAN AT THE BRINK II ... The building, decrepit though still in use after Afghanistan's many wars, was blown apart ... It was just another security incident in Afghanistan's downward spiral, except that my grandfather, 35 years ago, served as head of this ministry, shortly before Afghanistan fell prey to revolutions, occupation and endless war. (International Herald Tribune)
5 die inattack on Afghan ministry Oct 31, 2008
Attack on Afghan ministry kills 5 - Afghanistan- msnbc ... Suicide attack on Afghan ministry kills at least 5 ... Afghanistan's tumultuous history. (MSNBC -- International)
Tijuana exhibit: Mommy, there's a mummy! Oct 31, 2008
Buddy Akai, Afghan Raiders and Disco Villains (tomorrow): Beauty Bar, 4746 El Cajon Blvd.; $5; (619) 516-4746. CC and the Bondage Boys with The Loaded (tomorrow): Lestat's Coffeehouse, 3343 Adams Ave., North Park; $5-$10; (619) 282-0437 or lestats. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Suicide bomber attacks key ministry in Kabul Oct 31, 2008
But the insurgency, and its recent proliferation in Kabul, is just one of a growing number of acute problems facing the Afghan authorities ... 4 million Afghans, as much as a third of the population, face famine this winter, the Royal United Services Institute warns ... Afghanistan may be on "the brink of a calamity" that could undermine much of the progress achieved in areas such as the north and west, ostensibly free of insurgent activity, it says. (guardian.co.uk)
Suicide blast rocks ministry in Kabul Oct 31, 2008
Blast rocks Afghan ministry - International Herald Tribune. Blast rocks Afghan ministry ... The ability of Taliban insurgents and their affiliates to strike successfully at guarded targets in the Afghan capital has hurt confidence in the government and the American-led war effort here. (International Herald Tribune)
Attack by Taliban in Kabul leaves 5 dead Oct 31, 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban fighters stormed the Ministry of Culture in the heart of Kabul on Thursday, killing five people in an attack the president said aimed at derailing the government's new effort to draw militants into a peace process and end a seven-year insurgency ... The attack came three days after senior Afghan and Pakistani officials decided at a meeting held in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, to reach out to the Taliban militants to propose talks on ending the insurgency ... The... (AZCentral -- News)
Suicide attack at Afghan ministry Oct 31, 2008
A suicide bomber has blown himself up inside an Afghan ministry in Kabul, killing himself and four other people ... " A spokesman for the Taleban, Zabiullah Mujahid, told agencies that three men had carried out the attack. He said two fighters had shot at the guards and then fled as the third ran inside and detonated the bomb. The Voice of Jihad website, quoting the Afghan Taleban, named the bomber as Naqibollah, from the province of Khost. Many of the six-storey building's windows were blown... (BBC News -- South Asia)
Insurgents increasingly employing complex attacks in Afghanistan Oct 31, 2008
A suicide attack occurred Thursday at the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture in Kabul, Afghanistan ... A woman reached for a colleague at the Ministry of Information and Culture in Kabul, Afghanistan, where a suicide attack occurred ... Afghan policemen run to secure the area following a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. (Christian Science Monitor)
Kabul Bombing Part of Taliban's Escalation Oct 31, 2008
The increasing violence, which has 2008 on track to have the highest number of troop and civilian casualties in Afghanistan since the toppling of the Taliban regime in 2001, has prompted many in the Afghan government to ... While there have been several attempted and successful suicide bombings on the fringes of Kabul against Afghan and NATO army convoys, this is the first attack in the city since July 7, when a suicide bomber in a vehicle set off explosives outside the gates of the Indian... (Time.com)
Shaken, then stirred Oct 30, 2008
On his previous movie, The Kite Runner, he directed a foreign cast entirely through interpreters, then watched as his young performers were forced to flee their homes after accusations the film had denigrated Afghan culture. Compared to that, he says, making Quantum Of Solace was a breeze. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Me and my swastika Oct 30, 2008
Suicide attack at Afghan ministry. BBC prank calls row goes to Trust. (BBC News -- UK)
'Anni' heralds new era in Maldives Oct 30, 2008
Suicide attack at Afghan ministry. Tsunami in 2004 'not the first. (BBC News)
Suicide Blast Kills 5 At Afghan Ministry Oct 30, 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2008 ... Afghan security men ask pedestrians to m 00004000 ove from the site of a suicide attack that targeted the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2008 ... (AP) Taliban militants stormed a government building in the center of the Afghan capital on Thursday and one of them blew himself up inside, killing five people, officials and witnesses said. (CBS News -- World)
