AP - Pentagon leaders scrambled Thursday to contain damage from an Internet video purporting to show four Marines urinating on Taliban corpses — an act that appears to violate international laws of warfare and further strains U.S.-Afghan relations.
afghansTraining Afghans To Take Over Bomb-Defusing EffortsNPR Programs: Morning Edition Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:01pm
NATO and U.S. forces are training Afghans to take over the task of combating improvised explosive devices — the Taliban's weapon of choice and the leading killer of civilians and soldiers in the Afghan insurgency. Afghans Rally Against Compromising With TalibanNPR Programs: Morning Edition Thu, 05/05/2011 - 10:01pm
The death of Osama bin Laden has sparked fevered speculation in Afghanistan about whether it might help or hurt efforts to negotiate with the Taliban. Despite War, Afghans Host Lavish WeddingsNPR Programs: Morning Edition Fri, 02/11/2011 - 6:42am
Weddings in Afghanistan typically cost a minimum of $10,000, have upwards of 600 guests and can last for days. Fraud Alleged In Afghan Parliamentary ElectionNPR Programs: Morning Edition Fri, 10/01/2010 - 7:34am
Afghan authorities are examining complaints of irregularities in the recent poll. Whether Afghans will accept this election as better than last year's troubled presidential vote may boil down to whether everyone's complaints are considered equally. U.S. Helps Afghans Assume Control Of Local SecurityNPR Programs: Morning Edition Mon, 06/01/2009 - 10:56pm
In Afghanistan's volatile Wardak province, U.S. Special Forces are setting up a neighborhood watch program with local recruits that officials hope will help drive out Taliban extremists and other militants. |
