Afghanistan NewsNews on Afghanistan continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.US soldiers help Afghan farmers to grow wheat- August 15, 2008 Guard soldiers have been in the country since February teaching modern farming practices in hopes of supplanting fields of opium poppies with wheat and other crops.http://www.topix.net/world/afghanistan/2008/08/us-soldiers-help-afghan-farmers-to-grow-whe... Guantanamo charges were "spray & pray": general- August 14, 2008 By Jane SuttonGUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The U.S. military was so eager to get the sluggish Guantanamo war crimes trials moving that the legal advisor to the Pentagon overseer adopted a "spray and pray" approach, a U.S. general testified on Wednesday."The strategy seemed to be spray and pray, let's go, speed, speed, speed," was how Army. Brig. Gen. Gregory Zanetti characterized it. "Charge 'em, charge 'em, charge 'em and let's pray that we can pull this off."Zanetti, the...http://www.topix.net/world/afghanistan/2008/08/guantanamo-charges-were-spray-pray-general?... Tributes to soldier killed in Taliban suicide bomb attack- August 14, 2008 Tributes have been paid to a British soldier who was killed in a Taliban suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan just days before he was due to fly home.http://www.topix.net/world/afghanistan/2008/08/tributes-to-soldier-killed-in-taliban-suici... Aid workers killed in Kabul- August 14, 2008 Aug. 13 - Three women working for international aid groups have been shot dead along with their Afghan driver near Afghanistan's capital.http://www.topix.net/world/afghanistan/2008/08/aid-workers-killed-in-kabul?fromrss=1 13 Killed in Attack on a Bus in Pakistan- August 14, 2008 Using jet fighters and helicopter gunships, the government unleashed a more aggressive assault against the Taliban in Pakistan's tribal region this week, risking retaliation from the militants and the wrath of ...http://www.topix.net/world/afghanistan/2008/08/13-killed-in-attack-on-a-bus-in-pakistan?fr... Pakistan: 35 lost in latest violence- August 14, 2008 A suspected US missile strike killed 10 militants at a training camp in a Pakistani tribal area, while 25 people died in fresh clashes near the Afghan border, officials said Wednesday.http://www.topix.net/world/afghanistan/2008/08/pakistan-35-lost-in-latest-violence?fromrss... Taliban kills Cdn aid workers- August 14, 2008 The bodies of two Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan have returned home to Canadian soil.http://www.topix.net/world/afghanistan/2008/08/taliban-kills-cdn-aid-workers?fromrss=1 Senior al Qaeda leader killed in Pakistan- August 13, 2008 Senior Al Qaeda commander Abu Saeed al-Masri was killed in recent clashes with Pakistani forces near the Afghan border, a security official said on Tuesday.http://www.topix.net/world/afghanistan/2008/08/senior-al-qaeda-leader-killed-in-pakistan?f... Green Beret: Leader shot, mutilated Afghan man- August 13, 2008 FORT BRAGG, N.C. : The leader of an Army special forces team "grinned" as he held the ear of an Afghan man he suspected of being an insurgent after he shot him and left his body in the desert, a Green Beret ...http://www.topix.net/world/afghanistan/2008/08/green-beret-leader-shot-mutilated-afghan-ma... Afghan Ambush Kills 3 Women From NY Charity- August 13, 2008 The Associated Press 2 comments A militant ambush south of Kabul targeted a U.S. aid organization's vehicle Tuesday, killing an American, a Canadian and an Irish national, Afghan officials said.http://www.topix.net/world/afghanistan/2008/08/afghan-ambush-kills-3-women-from-ny-charity... |