October 2008
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Christians in Kabul are warned: you are being... →
The Independent By Jerome Starkey in Kabul and Kim Sengupta Kabul’s Christian community is on high alert amid claims that their congregations are under surveillance by Taliban agents after Monday’s killing of Gayle Williams, the Christian charity worker shot dead in the street on her way to work. Afghan intelligence officials have warned Christians they may be followed home from...
Oct 21st
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Killed for being Christian →
The Independent By Jerome Starkey in Kabul, Kim Sengupta and Beauregard Tromp Gayle Williams worked with the poorest and most unfortunate of the children in Afghanistan, young boys and girls who had lost limbs to landmines and bombs. She was dedicated to her task of teaching them the basic skills needed to survive in a harsh and violent land. Yesterday the 34-year-old British woman was murdered...
Oct 20th
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US joins battle to destroy poppies →
The Scotsman By Jerome Starkey, in Kabul THE United States will take its war on drugs to a new level next year, by using its ground troops to help eradicate Afghan poppy fields, in a sign of growing frustration at the British-led efforts to curb opium cultivation. Just days after Nato agreed to let its 50,000-strong force target heroin labs and smuggling networks, The Scotsman has learned...
Oct 13th
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We're still in control, Royal Marines tell Afghans... →
The Scotsman By Jerome Starkey in Kabul ROYAL Marines were patrolling Helmand yesterday in an attempt to reassure locals the city is still under government control, following an attack from insurgents who tried to overrun the British headquarters in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah. More than 100 Taleban were killed in fierce clashes in Helmand over the weekend, with at least 60 bodies...
Oct 12th
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They came, they saw, then left the Afghan war... →
The Scotsman By Jerome Starkey in Kabul GERMANY has admitted its Special Forces have spent three years in Afghanistan without doing a single mission, and are now going to be withdrawn. More than 100 soldiers from the elite Kommando Spezialkrafte regiment, or KSK, are set to leave the war-torn country after their foreign minister revealed they had never left their bases on an operation. The...
Oct 8th
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British ambassador warns against Afghan surge →
The Independent By Jerome Starkey in Kabul Britain’s ambassador to Afghanistan has warned the international mission is failing and that sending more troops will only make things worse, according to a top-level telegram leaked from Kabul. Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles told a senior French diplomat that “American strategy is destined to fail,” and he warned that increasing troop...
Oct 1st
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Afghan mission failing, UK envoy says in leaked... →
The Scotsman By Jerome Starkey, in Kabul BRITAIN’S ambassador has warned that the international mission to Afghanistan is failing and that sending more troops will only make things worse, according to a leaked, high-level diplomatic communication. Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles is said to have told a senior French diplomat that “American strategy is destined to fail”, and he...
Oct 1st