Latest news about Kabul
Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates (INO News)
(AP:KABUL, Afghanistan) This ancient land is telling the world that it has a trendy, new replacement for its dreaded poppy crop: sweet, juicy pomegranates.
21 Nov 2008, 9:35 am | click here for more
Kabul 30 years ago, and Kabul today. Have we learned nothing? (Independent)
I sit on the rooftop of the old Central Hotel – pharaonic-decorated elevator, unspeakable apple juice, sublime green tea, and armed Tajik guards at the front door – and look out across the smoky red of the Kabul evening. The Bala Hissar fort glows in the dusk, massive portals, the great keep to which the British army should have moved its men in 1841. Instead, they felt the king should live ...
21 Nov 2008, 8:10 pm | click here for more
A woman's lot (Sydney Morning Herald)
Violence and other abuse of Afghan women is enough to make you wonder what we're there fighting for, reports Paul McGeough from Kabul.
21 Nov 2008, 8:09 am | click here for more
Three Civilians Killed In Suicide Bombing On Afghan Army Base (Nasdaq)
KABUL (AFP)--Three civilians were killed and four Afghan soldiers were wounded Friday when a suicide car bomb exploded in front of an army base in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
21 Nov 2008, 7:02 am | click here for more
Four Militants Killed In Afghan Clash (WBKO Bowling Green)
The U.S. military says Afghan and coalition forces killed four militants in a firefight north of Kabul.
21 Nov 2008, 5:42 pm | click here for more
PM Doha Time (Gulf Times)
KABUL: A suicide attack in southern Afghanistan left four civilians dead and wounded four soldiers yesterday. In separate incidents, four insurgents were killed and eight arrested in operations in the north and east of the country.
21 Nov 2008, 5:14 pm | click here for more
Coalition forces kill 4 militants in Kabul firefight (The Scotsman)
Afghanistan: The US military today said Afghan and coalition forces killed four militants in a firefight north of Kabul. Fighting broke out when troops from the US-led coaliti
21 Nov 2008, 5:13 am | click here for more
Pakistan to raise Malegaon-Samjhauta link in next round of talks (Calcutta News)
Even as India awaits Pakistan's response on the Indian embassy blast in Kabul at next week's meeting of home secretaries, it is bracing up for Pakistan to lift the alleged links of an Indian army officer with the Samjhauta Express bombing last year.
21 Nov 2008, 4:29 pm | click here for more
India hopes for replies on Kabul blast during Pak foreign minister's visit (The Times of India)
India wants Pakistan to revert to information and evidence shared with it on the Kabul embassy bombing that had been provided during the Oct 24 joint anti-terror meeting.
21 Nov 2008, 3:12 pm | click here for more
Four Afghan civilians, four insurgents killed in separate attacks (EARTHtimes.org)
Kabul - A suicide attack in southern Afghanistan left four civilians dead and wounded four soldiers Friday. In separate incidents, four insurgents were killed and eight arrested in operations in the north and east of the country. A suicide bomber det...
21 Nov 2008, 10:40 am | click here for more
