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French photographer kidnapped in Afghanistan escapes, Kabul says

April 8, 2013 09:16
By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - A French photographer escaped captivity in Afghanistan on Monday more than three months after being taken hostage, the Interior Ministry said. Four armed men snatched freelancer Pierre Borghi from a busy area of the capital, Kabul, in November, ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said. Sediqqi said Borghi had run away from his captors in Wardak province, near Kabul, and then been picked up by Afghan security forces and taken to the capital.

Family, friends mourn loss of US diplomat in Afghanistan

April 7, 2013 20:51
Relatives and colleagues of a young US diplomat killed in Afghanistan honored her Sunday as a smart woman just starting her career and eager to engage with locals in the war-ravaged country. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was among at least five Americans killed in separate attacks Saturday, in the deadliest day for foreigners in Afghanistan this year, as she traveled with Afghan officials to distribute books to students. "She particularly enjoyed the opportunity to work directly with the Afghan people," her parents Tom and Mary Beth Smedinghoff said in a statement.

Family, friends mourn loss of US diplomat in Afghanistan

April 7, 2013 20:16
Relatives and colleagues of a young US diplomat killed in Afghanistan honored her Sunday as a smart woman just starting her career, eager to engage with locals in the war-ravaged country. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was among at least five Americans killed in separate attacks Saturday, in the deadliest day in Afghanistan this year, as she traveled with Afghan officials to distribute books to students. "She particularly enjoyed the opportunity to work directly with the Afghan people," her parents Tom and Mary Beth Smedinghoff said in a statement.

NATO strike kills 11 children in Afghanistan

April 7, 2013 14:45
A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed 11 children, officials said Sunday, the latest case of civilian casualties which provoke great anger in the war-torn country. The children were killed during a joint Afghan-NATO operation in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province bordering Pakistan late on Saturday. An Afghan official involved in the operation who did not want to be named said air support was called in after local and coalition forces came under attack, resulting in the death of an American and injuries to several Afghan soldiers.

NATO strike kills 10 children in Afghanistan

April 7, 2013 10:15
A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed 10 children, officials said Sunday, the latest case of civilian casualties which provoke great anger in the war-torn country. The children were killed during a joint Afghan-NATO operation in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province bordering Pakistan late on Saturday. An Afghan official involved in the operation who did not want to be named said air support was called in after local and coalition forces came under attack, resulting in the death of an American and injuries to several Afghan soldiers.

NATO strike kills 10 children in Afghanistan

April 7, 2013 09:45
A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed 10 children, officials said Sunday, the latest case of civilian casualties which provoke great anger in the war-torn country. The children were killed during a joint Afghan-NATO operation in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province bordering Pakistan late on Saturday. An Afghan official involved in the operation who did not want to be named said air support was called in after local and coalition forces came under attack, resulting in the death of an American and injuries to several Afghan soldiers.

NATO strike kills 10 children in Afghanistan

April 7, 2013 09:30
A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 10 children, officials said Sunday. The children were killed during a joint Afghan-NATO operation in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province bordering Pakistan late on Saturday. "Ten children and eight militants were killed in the strike, six women were wounded," Wasifullah Wasifi, the spokesman for Kunar province, told AFP.

Insurgent attacks kill 6 NATO personnel in Afghanistan

April 6, 2013 17:45
Six NATO personnel including a female US diplomat were killed on Saturday in two separate attacks in Afghanistan, officials said, in the deadliest day for foreign forces this year. In the southern province of Zabul, a Taliban car bomb struck a NATO convoy killing three troops and two civilian workers, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. According to a US security source the three soldiers were American and one of the civilian workers was from the US.

How Sesame Street tones down for Afghanistan

April 6, 2013 13:16
Indian and Afghan producers of children’s TV favorite “Sesame Street” are brainstorming in a New Delhi office, swapping tips on how to make Big Bird and his fluffy pals palatable to local viewers. As the show makes India a satellite hub for production and training, it is a chance for the Afghan producers to tap into their Indian peers’ six years of experience in balancing sensitivities in their own culturally and religiously diverse nation. In doing so, the Afghans are working out how to avoid upsetting their own audiences in their quest to teach reading, writing and arithmetic

Afghan bomb kills 3 NATO soldiers, 2 coalition civilians

April 6, 2013 11:30
A Taliban car bomb struck a NATO military convoy on Saturday, killing three foreign soldiers and two coalition civilian workers in the deadliest attack on Western forces this year. The blast occurred in the Zabul province, where American and Romanian troops are based, according to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which did not disclose the nationalities of the soldiers in line with policy.
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