Posts Tagged ‘Kandahar’

Thousands Protest Against Taliban in Kandahar Over Evictions

Thousands of Afghans protested against the Taliban in the southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, according to a former government official and local television footage, after residents were asked to vacate a residential army colony. Protesters gathered in front of the governor’s house in Kandahar after around 3,000 families were asked to leave the colony, […]

Taliban Take Kandahar, Herat In Major Afghanistan Offensive

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban captured two major Afghan cities, the country’s second- and third-largest after Kabul, and a strategic provincial capital on Thursday, further squeezing the embattled government just weeks before the end of the American military mission there. The seizure of Kandahar and Herat marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban, […]

Right-wing Norway govt paying asylum seekers to leave country

900 people so far have applied to take advantage of the offer, according to the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI). Long wait times for family reunification, barriers to finding work, and lack of access to education are leading more asylum seekers to express an interest in leaving Norway, according to TheLocal.no. A family with two […]

Anzac sacrifice commemorated at dawn services

Updated April 25, 2013 09:40:28 ANZAC’s sacrificed their lives for the criminal Jewish Governments in the name of greed and control Video: Watch Anzac Day commemorations on ABC News 24 (ABC News) Photo: More than 10,000 people attended the Brisbane service to remember Australia’s fallen soldiers. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin) Australians have attended dawn services […]

Afghanistan: Who Can Lead Kandahar?

By Khalil Nouri Staff Writer / Editor Kandahar, a conservative and sacred Pashtun heartland, the epicenter of complex Afghan tribal politics where Prophet Muhammad’s cloak has resided for over half a millennium, has always played a pivotal role in Afghanistan with all its political makeup. Now there is an intense struggle to name a suitable […]

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