http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/afghaistan/ en-us Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:19:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279629/posts KABUL, June 25, 2009 – Afghan and coalition forces killed suspected militants and detained others today in operations to disrupt Taliban activity throughout Afghanistan. The force raided a compound in Helmand province believed to be the hideout of a Taliban commander with ties to Taliban operations within the province. Upon arrival at the compound in the province’s Nad Ali district, the force was engaged by small-arms fire from hostile militants. The force used direct fire and close-air support to repel the attack, killing several militants. The force also detained nearly a dozen suspected militants and seized several small-arms weapons, multiple... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279629/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:19:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273988/posts WASHINGTON, June 17, 2009 – Afghan security forces, assisted by coalition forces, confiscated an opium cache and captured several armed enemy fighters in the southern province of Kandahar today and captured a Taliban commander in an earlier operation, military officials reported. In the Kandahar engagement, the security forces were attacked in the Chenartu Valley by enemy fighters with small-arms fire. The combined patrol returned fire and called in air support on the enemy positions. At the site, forces recovered 30 pounds of opium and captured several armed militants. The combined security forces are in the area conducting multi-day clearing operations,... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273988/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:33:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273985/posts WARDAK PROVINCE, Afghanistan, June 17, 2009 – With at least 10 improvised explosive devices found and detonated in recent weeks on a key route leaders prepared to travel along on June 13, soldiers in Afghanistan’s Wardak province set up a traffic checkpoint. Army Sgt. Bill Hunter and his interpreter speak with an Afghan couple while their vehicle is being searched by soldiers at a traffic checkpoint in Afghanistan’s Wardak province, June 13, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Rob Frazier  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The counter-IED team of 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, led soldiers from Battery... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273985/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:31:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140020/posts KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Gunbattles and airstrikes by NATO and Afghan troops killed 53 militants in Afghanistan, including a wanted Taliban commander who tried to hide from soldiers under a woman's burqa, officials said Saturday. The U.S. forces targeting the commander surrounded a house Friday in Ghazni province and ordered everyone inside to leave, a military statement said. Six women and 12 children left the building, but while soldiers were questioning the women they discovered one was actually a man dressed in a burqa, the traditional all-encompassing dress that most Afghan women wear. The man, later identified as the targeted... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140020/posts#comment Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:45:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017115/posts WASHINGTON, May 16, 2008 – Afghan and coalition security forces detained eight suspected Taliban militants during a joint operation conducted in Paktia province yesterday, U.S. military officials said. Afghan and coalition forces searched several compounds in the province’s Zadran district while looking for a Taliban operative with links to local roadside bomb attacks and the movement of insurgent fighters. Some explosives components discovered during the search were removed for disposal. In other news, one militant was killed and 13 others were detained during a coalition operation in Helmand province May 14. During a search of several compounds in the Garmser... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017115/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 23:36:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951202/posts A Tucson car dealer is reaching out to help military men and women deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. This morning Hailey Peck picked up her car at Jim Click Nissan. She's glad to be back on the road again. Last month her car quit running outside her church. Peck says she had to leave it parked there for months. She says, "We didn't really have the money to repair the car yet. We just needed a few extra paychecks." This mother of two says money's been tight since her husband got deployed to Afghanistan 22 months ago. Enter Click Nissan.... KVOA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951202/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:10:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432444/posts <p>A U.S. CH-47 Chinook (search) military transport helicopter crashed in Afghanistan Tuesday, FOX News has learned.</p> <p>The chopper went down west of Asadabad (search), the capital of Konar (search) province, while bringing reinforcements into an area where U.S. forces have been fighting Taliban rebels.</p> FOX News/CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432444/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:52:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1348410/posts Snow paralyses Afghan villages By Andrew North BBC News, Kabul Many areas are cut off There is concern in Afghanistan about the condition of thousands of people living in remote villages cut off by weeks of heavy snow. Officials say the severe winter has killed more than 260 people. Aid agencies say that the number of Afghans, particularly children, killed could be much higher. There have been reports of several hundred dying, although it is still impossible to confirm these figures because many areas are inaccessible. The US military has been helping ferry supplies by helicopter to some of... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1348410/posts#comment Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:08:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1115714/posts If we had William Butler Yeats to plonk in front of CNN today, what would he write? Second Coming was his response to a Russian Revolution he knew only intellectually. The reality of its terror was unavailable for viewing even when he died in 1939. What might he have created after actually seeing bodies swinging from the bridge in Fallujah, their mutilations politely blurred by technology so as not to offend. Or hostages threatened with death by fire, paraded in front of cameras, knives at their throats. Would "mere anarchy is loosed upon the world" and the "blood-dimmed tide" have... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1115714/posts#comment Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:12:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1049668/posts WASHINGTON — As we Americans turn the last page of our calendars, many of us are moved to review the achievements of the year gone by and to make resolutions for the year ahead. This can be a frustrating business if one dwells on subjects like exercise and dieting, but the twin task of stock-taking and resolution-making is a worthy discipline — and not just for individuals. We in the Bush administration have also taken stock and made resolutions. We do so with confidence because President Bush's vision is clear and right: America's formidable power must continue to be deployed... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1049668/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jan 2004 04:06:12 GMT