Afghan Civilians

PHOTOS: Afghanistan's Untold Stories

Posted 05.14.2012

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The war in Afghanistan is far from over, though one might forget as much given the Western media's waning interest in the conflict. As the longest war...

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Nine Boys And A War

The New Yorker | Amy Davidson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ten boys went out to gather firewood in a valley in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Only one came home; his name is Hemad, and this is what he had to say, as ...

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Petraeus Apologizes For Deaths Of Afghan Children

The Wall Street Journal | DION NISSENBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL--U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, the coalition's commander in Afghanistan, issued a rare apology Wednesday for a helicopter strike that killed nine ch...

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Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit Record Levels In 2010

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- At least 2,421 civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year, a record high since the U.S. invasion in 2001, according to a new report....

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Afghan Public Opinion Turns Sharply Against US Forces

GlobalPost | Jean MacKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011

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First the good news: U.S. forces are still more popular in Afghanistan than Osama bin Laden. Fully 6 percent of respondents in a new poll expressed a ...

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Afghan Families Speak Of Loved Ones Killed By U.S. Soldiers

nytimes.com | TAIMOOR SHAH and ALISSA J. RUBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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For Mullah Allah Dad, a poppy farmer and the mullah of a hamlet of just 15 homes in Kandahar Province, the end came quickly. He was sipping tea when h...

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Afghans Claim Abuse At Secret U.S. Military Prison

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prisoners are being abused at a "secret jail" in the main American military base in Afghanistan, according to a report from a US policy think tank. E...

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Soldier's Father: Army Was Warned Of Murder Plot

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEATTLE — The father of a U.S. soldier serving in Afghanistan says he tried nearly a half dozen times to pass an urgent message from his son to ...

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U.S. Soldiers Allegedly Killed Afghan Civilians, Kept Body Parts As Trophies

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

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A dozen U.S. soldiers are charged with organizing a secret "kill team" which allegedly murdered Afghan civilians at random and cut fingers and other b...

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US Soldiers Implicated In Killing Of 3 Afghan Civilians, Army Says

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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FORT LEWIS, Wash. — Five soldiers from the same Washington state-based unit have now been implicated in the killing of three Afghan civilians, a...

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IEDs Kill 75% More Afghan Civilians Than In 2009

The Huffington Post | Doug Sarro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's Af-Pak round-up: IEDs kill 75% more Afghan civilians than in 2009. Improvised explosive devices deployed by the Taliban have killed 1,859 A...

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Taliban Code Of Conduct Seeks To Win Hearts, Minds

AP | MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan — An updated Taliban code of conduct urges fighters to avoid killing civilians and forbids them from seizing weapons an...

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Petraeus Reviews Directive Meant To Limit Afghan Civilian Deaths

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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To the U.S. soldiers getting pounded with thunderous mortar rounds in their combat outpost near Kandahar, it seemed like a legitimate request: allow t...

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Gen. Petraeus's Review of Tactics Must Focus on Night Raids and Civilian Protection

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Gaston

General McChrystal knew that you stop insurgent threats through good intelligence and trust among the community. It only takes one night raid to undermine years of tactical restraint and goodwill-building measures.

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PR Win for the Military. But What About the Victims?

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Luz

CNN has been airing a story about how Marines are trained to avoid civilian casualties in densely populated areas. Back in my PR days, this kind of "hit" would have been cause for celebration.

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Afghan Civilians Attacked By NATO Troops: Four Killed, 18 Wounded In Kandahar

AP | KATHY GANNON and NOOR KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghans burned tires and chanted "Death to America" after U.S. troops fired on a civilian bus near Kandahar, killing fou...

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Now Zad: Are Afghans Happier Than Americans?

Nick Mills | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nick Mills

Are Afghans happier than Americans? Would you be happy if your native land had been torn to bits by warfare for thirty years? And yet...

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Do Civilians Count? Vietnam and AfPak

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Brenner

The latest twist in our dubious 'war on terror' is that we aren't killing enough civilians. This is the conclusion of several analyses that find restrictions on military operations hobbling our mission.

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Afghans Compensated For Damage: Civilians Negotiate With Soldiers For Reimbursement

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BADULA QULP, Afghanistan — The battalion commander pondered the question: How much is a tree worth? Warrior one day, haggler the next. Lt. Col....

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President Obama: Afghanistan Needs More Than a Military Solution

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patricia DeGennaro

The news media has an annoying tendency to focus on the symptoms, not the disease.

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Bad Math in Afghanistan: Deaths vs. Compensation

Sarah Holewinski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Holewinski

Nobody's manning the calculator at NATO. War never delivers clean numbers, but no matter how you look at these, something doesn't add up.

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Afghanistan Bombing That Killed Civilians Violated US Military Guidelines

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban ...

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Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills Civilian Family Of At Least 6 Near Bagram

Quqnoos | Posted 05.25.2011

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At least six civilians were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a civilian vehicle in Bagram on Tuesday, officials said. The civilians, including t...

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Afghan Villagers Get Reparation Payments For Killed Civilians

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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A government commission concluded that 140 civilians died, more than twice the figure cited by the United States....

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US Refutes 147 Afghan Civilian Death Toll

Associated Press | Fisnik Abrashi | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Fisnik Abrashi, Associated Press The US military says reports that as many as 147 civilians died in fighting involving American forces and the Tal...

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