Tag: Afghanistan

Afghan demonstrators torch an effigy of US President Barack Obama during an anti-US demonstration in Ghanikhail district of Nangarhar province on 14 September AFP PHOTO / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA

Taliban attacks Afghan base killing two marines

Militants deny targeting Prince Harry saying the attack was to avenge insulting…

Nouran El-Behairy September 15, 2012

One day after Afghan National Army soldiers took part in a ceremony to mark the handing over of Bagram prison to Afghan authorities, the air base where it is situated was struck by several missiles AFP PHOTO / SHAH MARAI

Missile attack on ISAF airbase in Afghanistan

Bagram airbase located near detention facility handed over to Afghan control on…

Luiz Sanchez September 11, 2012

Screenshot of a video posted on the Internet by Al-Malahem Media Foundation, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, on 6 October, shows second in command Saeed al-Shehri AFP PHOTO / HO / AL-MALAHEM MEDIA FOUNDATION

Politics Region

High ranking Al-Qaeda leader killed in Yemen

Yemeni military declare the death of Sa'id Ali Al-Shihri

Ahmed Aboulenein September 10, 2012

US soldiers stand in the shade of a tent as they watch a ceremony handing over the Bagram prison to Afghan authorities, at the US airbase in Bagram north of Kabul AFP PHOTO/ SHAH MARAI

Notorious Afghan prison transferred to Afghan control

The prison dubbed ‘Afghanistan's Guantanamo Bay’ has gradually come under Afghan control…

Luiz Sanchez September 10, 2012

Britain's Prince Harry examines the interior of an Apache helicopter with a member of his 622 Squadron at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on 7 September AFP PHOTO / POOL / JOHN STILLWELL

Taliban target kidnap Prince Harry

British royal a high value target during four-month tour in Afghanistan

Basil El-Dabh September 10, 2012

Fighters pass weapons through a hole in a building before an offensive against government forces in Izza neighbourhood of the embattled northern city of Aleppo AFP PHOTO / ZAC BAILLIE

Politics Region

Al-Qaeda-linked militant threatens Syria

Abu Sayyaf vows to fight against Al-Assad

Daily News Egypt September 10, 2012

Afghan policemen carry the remains of a suicide attack victim in the city's diplomatic quarters in Kabul AFP PHOTO/ SHAH MARAI

Kabul blast leaves six dead, Taliban and Haqqani blamed

A suicide attack in Kabul was attributed to the Taliban and suspected…

Luiz Sanchez September 8, 2012

Afghan policemen stand guard at a checkpoint in Kabul (File photo) AFP PHOTO

US suspends some Afghan trainings

Move comes on heel of insider attacks

Daily News Egypt September 3, 2012

Afghan men stand at the site of a suicide attack in Kandahar on August 28, 2012. A "massive" suicide truck bombing overnight killed four civilians and wounded General Abdul Raziq, the provincial police chief who has a strong anti-Taliban background, authorities said. AFP PHOTO/ JANGIR

Twelve killed as Afghanistan struggles with transition

Suicide bombing kills twelve in Gazni

Daily News Egypt September 1, 2012

An Afghan militia man stands on the roof of a security post in Kajaki in Helmand province where Taliban militants killed ten national army soldiers (File photo) AFP PHOTO / BRONWEN ROBERTS

Taliban attack suspected of having insider help

Ten Afghani soldiers killed by Taliban driving suspicion

Daily News Egypt August 27, 2012