http://www.mail.com/locations/7776-kandahar.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/7776-kandahar.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093438-bombs-kill-9-inside-elite-afghan-housing-complex.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the southern city of Kandahar, an official said. The blasts happened inside Aino Mina, a housing complex on the no... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:37:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093438-bombs-kill-9-inside-elite-afghan-housing-complex.html 2013-05-17T21:37:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091218-afghans-tell-us-soldiers-killing-rampage.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime before dawn on March 11, 2012. According to Masooma, an American soldier wearing a helmet equipped with... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:42:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091218-afghans-tell-us-soldiers-killing-rampage.html 2013-05-16T18:42:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086528-twin-bombs-strike-afghan-checkpoint-killing-1.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer, an official said. The explosions struck in the early morning in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. The first bomb wounded a policeman, and the second was remotely detonat... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:25:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086528-twin-bombs-strike-afghan-checkpoint-killing-1.html 2013-05-15T20:25:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083540-nato-3-us-troops-killed-afghanistan.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing three American troops, while a motorcycle bomb in a crowded village market killed at least three Afghan civilians, officials said. NATO spokesman Col. Thomas Collins said the blast hit the American convoy in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, t... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083540-nato-3-us-troops-killed-afghanistan.html 2013-05-14T16:00:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081072-nato-3-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A truck bombing Monday killed three coalition service members in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement. A local official said the attack targeted a base operated by troops from Georgia. Omer Zawak, spokesman for the governor of the southern Helmand province, said the truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Georgian ou... Mon, 13 May 2013 19:07:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081072-nato-3-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack.html 2013-05-13T19:07:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067836-pakistan-warns-afghanistan-to-restraint.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Pakistan warned Afghanistan on Tuesday that it would not be responsible for the consequences if a border spat between the two countries escalated further, even as hundreds of Afghans rallied in a southern city to protest the latest incidents along their country's frontier. The Pakistani warning came one day after Afghanistan l... Tue, 07 May 2013 12:16:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067836-pakistan-warns-afghanistan-to-restraint.html 2013-05-07T12:16:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062622-7-american-service-members-killed-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven U.S. soldiers and a member of the NATO-led coalition were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops in Afghanistan in recent months, as the Taliban continued attacks as part of their spring offensive. The renewed violence came as Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged at a ne... Sat, 04 May 2013 21:07:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062622-7-american-service-members-killed-afghanistan.html 2013-05-04T21:07:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049394-taliban-start-spring-afghan-offensive-with-bombing.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban insurgents marked the start of their spring offensive on Sunday by claiming responsibility for a remote-controlled roadside bomb blast that killed three police officers. In past years, spring has marked a significant upsurge in fighting between the Taliban and NATO forces along with their local allies. This fighting seaso... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:11:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049394-taliban-start-spring-afghan-offensive-with-bombing.html 2013-04-28T17:11:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046010-fiery-afghan-bus-crash-kills-45-taliban-blamed.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A bus collided on Friday with the wreckage of a truck that had been attacked by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, killing 45 people aboard the bus in a fiery crash, officials said. The battered oil tanker had been left in the middle of a narrow road near the border of Kandahar and Helmand provinces for several days a... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:36:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046010-fiery-afghan-bus-crash-kills-45-taliban-blamed.html 2013-04-26T13:36:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2038966-photographers-loss-offers-hope-boston-wounded.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — In the first horrific moments after the Boston bombing, with smoke still billowing around the wounded, I know what is going through the minds of the maimed victims. They are at once conscious and unconscious. They want to scream, but they cannot scream. They want to wake up from a nightmare, but they are awake. Overcome with a sens... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:25:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2038966-photographers-loss-offers-hope-boston-wounded.html 2013-04-23T19:25:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019948-correction-afghanistan-opium-story.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In an April 15 story about a U.N. report on opium production in Afghanistan, The Associated Press miscalculated the price per pound for opium. The correct version is that prices went from about $60 to $85 a kilogram ($27 to $38 a pound) to $300 ($136) in 2011. Although prices this year range from $160 per kilogram ($72 per pound) to $200 per kilogra... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:52:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019948-correction-afghanistan-opium-story.html 2013-04-16T14:52:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2022270-wests-mores-china-imports-challenge-burqa.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The homespun Afghan burqa is under siege from east and west these days — cut-price competition from China, and Western influences that are leading many urban women to exchange the full-body cloak for a simple headscarf. The decline is most noticeable in Kabul, the capital, where women began joining the work force and adopting Wes... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:52:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2022270-wests-mores-china-imports-challenge-burqa.html 2013-04-16T13:52:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003520-us-general-taliban-to-long-term-threat.html BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after U.S. troops complete their combat mission next year, the top U.S. military officer says. In an Associated Press interview at this air field north of Kabul, Army Gen. Martin Dem... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:53:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003520-us-general-taliban-to-long-term-threat.html 2013-04-08T08:53:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2002254-doctor-killed-bombing-targeting-afghan-governor.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a provincial governor's convoy Saturday near a hospital in southern Afghanistan, killing a doctor, officials said. Gov. Mohammad Ashraf Nasery, who escaped the assassination attempt, said a car bomb exploded as his convoy was passing the hospital en route to an event at a nearby school in Qalat, the c... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:03:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2002254-doctor-killed-bombing-targeting-afghan-governor.html 2013-04-06T09:03:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1959212-us-helicopter-crashes-afghanistan-killing-1.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan Saturday, killing one member of the U.S.-led coalition and injuring another in what was the second deadly air crash in the country in a week, NATO officials said. The crashes come as U.S. officials are grappling with tough talk from Afghan President Hamid Karzai whose recent anti-Ameri... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:34:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1959212-us-helicopter-crashes-afghanistan-killing-1.html 2013-03-16T18:34:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1951684-commander-encouraged-anti-taliban-uprising.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Villagers in an area of southern Afghanistan that was the birthplace of the Taliban movement two decades ago have staged a first-of-its-kind uprising against the insurgents, a senior American commander said Wednesday. Army Maj. Gen. Robert B. Abrams said in a video teleconference with reporters at the Pentagon that this was a new and pro... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:56:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1951684-commander-encouraged-anti-taliban-uprising.html 2013-03-13T21:56:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1947892-5-us-troops-die-helicopter-crash-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has killed five American service members, officials said Tuesday. Monday night's crash brought the total number of U.S. troops killed that day to seven, making it the deadliest day for U.S. forces so far this year. Two U.S. special operations forces were gunned down hours earlier in an i... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:33:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1947892-5-us-troops-die-helicopter-crash-afghanistan.html 2013-03-12T18:33:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1882918-afghan-government-prisoner-abuse-systematic.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan government panel acknowledged Monday that detainees face widespread torture but denied there is systematic abuse in government-run prisons. The panel's findings were the result of a two-week fact-finding mission following a U.N. report last month that said Afghan authorities are still torturing prisoners despite promise... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1882918-afghan-government-prisoner-abuse-systematic.html 2013-02-11T11:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1880926-canada-ahead-us-allowing-women-combat.html TORONTO (AP) — On May 17, 2006, in a firefight with Afghan Taliban insurgents, Canadian forces lost an artillery officer hit by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade. She was Capt. Nichola Goddard, the first Canadian woman to be killed in action since her country's 1989 decision to admit women soldiers into combat. For a nation already divided about pa... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1880926-canada-ahead-us-allowing-women-combat.html 2013-02-10T04:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848710-roadside-bomb-kills-10-afghanistan.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A police truck packed with officers and detainees struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan's largest city, killing 10 of those aboard, officials said Sunday. It was one of four blasts Saturday that left at least 24 people dead across the country. Attacks by insurgents are a daily occurrence around Afghanistan and the Afg... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1848710-roadside-bomb-kills-10-afghanistan.html 2013-01-27T12:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833218-un-prisoners-tortured-afghan-custody.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan authorities are still torturing prisoners, such as hanging them by their wrists and beating them with cables, the United Nations said, a year after it first documented the abuse and won government promises of detention reform. The latest report shows little progress in curbing abuse in Afghan prisons despite efforts by the... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833218-un-prisoners-tortured-afghan-custody.html 2013-01-21T00:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821362-afghan-defense-minister-hopes-us-stays-2014.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's defense minister expressed optimism on Tuesday that the United States will not abandon his country after foreign combat troops leave at the end of 2014. Bismullah Khan Mohammadi said he does not believe America will repeat the mistake it made after the 1989 Soviet pullout from Afghanistan and "forget" his country. M... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821362-afghan-defense-minister-hopes-us-stays-2014.html 2013-01-15T09:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1802214-suicide-bombers-kill-5-afghan-district-compound.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Two suicide bombers penetrated a government compound in the country's south Sunday, killing five people, Afghan officials said. There were no reports of foreign troops or civilians at the site. In neighboring Helmand province, a bomb planted at a bus station killed one policeman and wounded another person, a provincial officia... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1802214-suicide-bombers-kill-5-afghan-district-compound.html 2013-01-06T13:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1801144-us-pushes-to-finish-afghan-dam-challenges-mount.html KAJAKI, Afghanistan (AP) — In the approaching twilight of its war in Afghanistan, the U.S. is forging ahead with a giant infrastructure project long criticized as too costly in both blood and money. It's a $500 million effort to refurbish the massive Kajaki dam and hydro-electric power system with an extensive network of power lines and transmission subst... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 04:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1801144-us-pushes-to-finish-afghan-dam-challenges-mount.html 2013-01-06T04:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1792044-afghan-violence-falls-2012-insider-attacks-up.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Violence in Afghanistan fell in 2012, but more Afghan troops and police who now shoulder most of the combat were killed, according to statistics compiled by The Associated Press. At the same time, insider killings by uniformed Afghans against their foreign allies rose dramatically, eroding confidence between the sides at a crucia... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 03:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1792044-afghan-violence-falls-2012-insider-attacks-up.html 2012-12-31T03:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1784398-afghan-taliban-birthplace-us-troops-step.html FORWARD OPERATING BASE PASAB, Afghanistan (AP) — President Barak Obama will decide in the coming weeks how many American troops to send home from Afghanistan next year. A major factor in his decision will be the question of how successful U.S. troops have been in preparing the Afghans to secure their country at bases like this one, located in one of the country's most violen... Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1784398-afghan-taliban-birthplace-us-troops-step.html 2012-12-23T15:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1768158-us-commanders-upbeat-afghan-war-progress.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. commanders are offering glowing reviews of their 2012 war campaign, upbeat assessments that could be interpreted as leeway for President Barack Obama to order another round of troop withdrawals next summer. Obama faces a tension between calls by Democrats and even some Republicans to wind down the war more quickly and the mi... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1768158-us-commanders-upbeat-afghan-war-progress.html 2012-12-15T15:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1764408-karzai-hell-meet-with-obama-washington.html KABUL (AP) — President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he will meet President Barack Obama in Washington next month to discuss a postwar U.S. role in his country, whose fragile security was highlighted hours earlier by a suicide bombing that killed one U.S. troop and two Afghan civilians. At a news conference with visiting Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Karza... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1764408-karzai-hell-meet-with-obama-washington.html 2012-12-13T18:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763922-afghan-suicide-bomber-kills-us-soldier-2-afghans.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide car bomber killed one American soldier and two Afghan civilians Thursday near a U.S. military base shortly after the visiting U.S. defense secretary left the facility in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The attacker targeted a moving vehicle near the access gate to the military side of Kandahar's airport... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763922-afghan-suicide-bomber-kills-us-soldier-2-afghans.html 2012-12-13T17:28:00Z