Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban bomb peace conference
Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a “peace jirga” called by President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to discuss brokering a deal with the Taliban.
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Afghanistan
UN official urges greater accountability for US drone strikes
UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions Philip Alston called on the United States to cease CIA drone strikes in Pakistan until more accountability for the strikes exists.
Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda number three killed in drone strike?
Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, operational leader for al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, was apparently killed in a US drone strike at the village of Miranshah, North Waziristan, in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Afghanistan
Senate approves funds for Afghan “surge” —as US death toll hits 1,000
The Senate approved a $60 billion spending bill to support a “surge” in troops in Afghanistan. The vote comes as the number of US casualties in Afghanistan surpassed 1,000.
Afghanistan
DC Circuit dismisses Bagram detainee habeas petitions
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that detainees held at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan cannot bring habeas corpus challenges in US courts.
Afghanistan
US command launches probe of Afghan civilian deaths
US Forces-Afghanistan has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that a “small number of US soldiers were responsible for the unlawful deaths of as many as three Afghan civilians.”
Afghanistan
US biological warfare against Afghan opium crops?
Afghan opium farmers are convinced that a fungus outbreak that has damaged poppy crops is US biological warfare. The Pentagon has considered using opium-eating fungi before.
Afghanistan
NATO summit names Afghanistan as top priority
A proposed strategy document dubbed “NATO 2020” calls for an expanded readiness and capacity to operate beyond the borders of member states, and names the campaign in Afghanistan as a top priority.
Afghanistan
US bombs Pakistan —again
US drones killed 21 presumed Taliban militants in two separate strikes in Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan. Ten drones were seen hovering over the area.
Afghanistan
Red Cross confirms secret Bagram prison: BBC
The International Committee of the Red Cross has confirmed the existence of a secret US detention facility at Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base, where several inmates were apparently tortured.
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Afghan girls targeted in suspected gas attack —again
Dozens of schoolgirls in Afghanistan were hospitalized after two apparent poisonous gas attacks on their schools, the latest in a spate of similar incidents.
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White House mulls making Bagram the new Gitmo
The US detention center at Bagram in Afghanistan could be expanded into a military prison for terrorist suspects detained around the world to replace the Guantánamo Bay facility.