Afghanistan

Afghanistan Establishes Conditions for U.S. Presence
By Shelby Flick
November 16, 2011 - 5:40pm
Karzai believes that a structured security pact is in the best interest for both the U.S. and Afghanistan

Afghan president Hamid Karzai has been meeting with the "loya jirga," which is the Afghan national assembly, to set up a plan for the future of Afghanistan.  These talks have included a security pact with the United States that would set terms on U.S. presence in Afghanistan.

Afghan President says country's forces will begin to take over security in parts of country
By Ryan McDonnell
March 22, 2011 - 3:15pm
Announcement comes as part of long-awaited plan to hand over security.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced today that seven areas of Afghanistan, including parts of Kabul, will be handed over to Afghan forces this July, according to CNN. The Afghan forces will be in charge of handling security of these areas.

Parents leave there child behind for Afghanistan
By Jaisa Masiell D...
March 8, 2011 - 7:58pm
Husband, wife say it's tough not being with their 2-year-old.

According to CNN, Seth Rice is a 2–year-old boy filled with energy. Watching him play with his toys, you’ll never notice any of the emotional tolls of having a parent deployed, much less having both.

'Refugees and Exile': Music of Afghanistan and the Middle East
By Leah Rankin
February 20, 2011 - 6:37pm
John Baily and Michael Frishkopf show a different side of the Middle East through music.

The sun has been beating against your skin for eternity as you curl your bare toes into the burning yellow sand. You inhale through parched lips to breathe in the heavy heat.  As you shade your eyes with tanned fingers you see that the fiery globe is finally nearing the horizon.  Across the snaking, dry desert dunes the coming night outlines a caravan of camels, silhouetted against the setting sun.

Six NATO troops training Afghan police killed by new officer
By Dan Cohen
November 29, 2010 - 2:29pm
Taliban involvement unknown

According to The New York Times, a NATO statement has announced that six officials from the organization have been killed by an Afghan police officer who recently completed training from the very troops he shot.  General Aminullah Amarkhail of the Afghan Border Police also confirmed the incident in the Times' Monday report.

Fallen soldier returns home
By Shelby Fenster
November 18, 2010 - 4:46pm
Chittenango pays their respects.

The body of a Chittenango native who was killed in Afghanistan returned home Thursday.  Army Sergeant Ed Bolen was killed by a roadside bomb on Nov. 10, only two weeks after being deployed. 

The plane carrying Bolen's remains touched at Hancock Air Base shortly before 11:15 a.m.  According WSYR, a military transfer ceremony was held before the casket was driven to Chittenango.

Hero dog from Afghanistan killed by mistake
By Carson Daniels
November 16, 2010 - 11:25am
Euthanized before reuniting with owner

A dog that saved soldiers' lives in war-torn Afghanistan couldn't survive his stay in an Arizona animal shelter. The dog, named Target, was mistakenly euthanized by an unidentified employee at the Pinal County facility, according to MSNBC.

Afghan President admits taking money from Iran
By Kevin Barry
October 25, 2010 - 12:13pm
President Hamid Karzai admitted that his chief of staff took money from the Iranian government to pay for presidential expenses.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai admitted Monday that the Afghan government has been receiving money from the Iranian government, according to The New York Times. He added that Afghanistan will continue to receive the payments, which he says are no more than $1 million two times a year.

Six NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
By Chet Davis
October 13, 2010 - 2:08pm
Six foreign troops were killed today making it the deadliest day for NATO in nearly a month.

Six foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan today, making it the deadliest day for NATO in nearly a month, according to CNN.

Four of the service members died in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan.  The other two deaths occurred earlier. 

One died in an improvised explosive device attack. The other died in an insurgent attack in the eastern part of the country. 

British hostage may have been killed by U.S. troops
By Philip George
October 11, 2010 - 5:20pm
Hostage was initially believed to have been killed by Taliban captors.

Recent evidence suggests that a grenade assault by United States troops killed Linda Norgrove, a Briton being held captive by Taliban in Afghanistan, not her captors, according to The New York Times. 

British Prime Minister David Cameron announced at a news conference Monday that Gen. David H. Petraeus informed him that a survey of the assault led him to believe that U.S. rescuers threw a grenade in the area that Norgrove was being held, the...