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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Afghanistan Sun.com http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/ en-us Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:46:58 -0500 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:46:58 -0500 30 Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, has rebuked US/Coalition forces for running an operation that killed 17 civilians, including women and children. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/451363/cs/1/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:13:49 -0500 Afghanistan Sun.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/451363/cs/1/ Suspected Taliban militants Thursday assassinated a senior government official and his guard in Pakistan's volatile tribal region, officials and residents said. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/451324/cs/1/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:00:48 -0500 Afghanistan Sun.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/451324/cs/1/ Talks aimed at setting up alternative supply routes to the Khyber Pass for U.S. and other NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan are at an advanced stage, officials said Thursday.The issue is one of grow... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20983001/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:20:49 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20983001/ WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. policy to win in Afghanistan must recognize the poor nation's limitations and its neighborhood, especially its intertwined relationship with U.S. terrorism-fighting ally... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20982885/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:37:56 -0500 New Jersey Online http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20982885/ ANNE GEARAN WASHINGTON and IAN BRUCE The United States and its partners have shortchanged Afghanistan by focusing on short-term goals pursued without a cohesive strategy or clear understanding of how... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20980950/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:41:55 -0500 The Herald http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20980950/ As of Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at least 561 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20982512/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:29:20 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20982512/ OTTAWA -- A Canadian soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a roadside blast in Afghanistan on Wednesday, marking Canada's first war casualties of 2009, the military said. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20982844/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:18:15 -0500 The China Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20982844/ On a crisp desert morning, Private Gregory Sher was farewelled by fellow soldiers in the Middle East yesterday, his body loaded onto a RAAF C-17 transport aircraft for a final journey back to Australi... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20977187/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:07:16 -0500 The West Australian http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20977187/ A suicide bomber struck U.S. troops patrolling on foot in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least two soldiers and three civilians and wounding at least nine others, officials said. The bl... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20976845/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:29:23 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20976845/ An Afghan boy wounded by a suicide car bomber lies in a bed at a hospital in Afghanistan's northern Parwan province Dec. 29, 2008 after a car packed with explosives detonated outside a government offi... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20977186/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:20:03 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20977186/ KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber struck U.S. troops patrolling on foot in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least two soldiers and three civilians and wounding at least nine others, of... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20977185/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:01:03 -0500 MSNBC http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20977185/ Kalagush Forward Operating Base, Afghanistan - It's a long way from Vegas. For the past three years, Torpekay (Peggy) Farhamg, a longtime security guard and dealer at the strip's Imperial Palace, h... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20977184/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:46:51 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20977184/ BBC News - Coalition troops have killed about 50 insurgents in operations across Afghanistan in recent days, US-led forces and Afghan officials say. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20977183/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:42:05 -0500 Afghan News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20977183/ KABUL -- The Afghan government says that some 2 million workers in the country are unemployed. The Labor and Social Affairs Ministry added that an estimated 30,000 foreigners are working in Afghanista... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20971837/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:46:48 -0500 RadioFreeEurope http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20971837/ (AFP)--A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near NATO-led international soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan Thursday, killing two of the troops as well as two Afghan civilians, officials said. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20971831/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:46:27 -0500 Morning Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20971831/ American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2009 – Afghan and coalition forces detained five suspected militants yesterday during operations to disrupt the Haqqani and Taliban terrorist net... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20971832/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:55:19 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20971832/ (RTTNews) - At least 3 Afghan civilians were killed and over 10 others injured after a suicide bomber exploded himself near a NATO patrol in the Maywand district of the Kandahar province in southern ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20971836/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:43:20 -0500 Quote.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20971836/ Breaking one of his country’s taboos, Afghan filmmaker Abdul Rashid Azimi has made "Akse Yadgari" ("The Keepsake Photo"), a movie about rape, a prevalent wartime crime.The fi... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20967504/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:39:08 -0500 Radio Free Europe http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20967504/ Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai says a clash between US-led troops and insurgents in eastern Afghanistan killed 17 civilians, including women and children. The American military insisted all 32 k... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20967124/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:47:29 -0500 Gulf News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20967124/ The Afghanistan cricket team, which is presently training in Pakistan, are confident of qualifying for the 2011 World Cup to be jointly co-hosted by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh despite t... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20967506/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:26:43 -0500 NDTV http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20967506/ Kabul - A Canadian soldier with NATO-led forces was killed and three others were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, while two policemen and three suspected Taliban militants wer... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20963326/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:38:29 -0500 Earth Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20963326/ Afghan Shiites flagellate themselves with knives during the Ashura procession in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Ashura marks the Shiite commemoration of the 7th century killing of their ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20963496/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:37:09 -0500 CNS News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20963496/ KABUL, 8 January 2009 (IRIN) - Maryam, 14, was raped by a man in the Yakawlang District of Bamyan Province, central Afghanistan, five months ago. Her mother and brother used razor blades to cut the gi... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20963497/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:43:09 -0500 IRIN http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20963497/ ISLAMABAD: On the heels of their crusade against girls going to schools, the Taliban have now issued new dictum in the areas under their sway asking parents of the grown up daughters to marry them ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20959152/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:19:40 -0500 Times of India http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20959152/ Australian soldiers are being investigated over claims they may have wounded or killed up to nine civilians during fighting in Afghanistan. The soldiers were part of a coalition force battling Taliba... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20959150/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:19:08 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20959150/ Kabul: Nato says that a bomb attack has killed one of its soldiers in southern Afghanistan. A spokesman for Nato forces, Sgt. Brian Jones, says the attack occurred on Wednesday morning in southern Kan... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20958731/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:55:19 -0500 Gulf News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20958731/ On Dec. 31, 2001, a US Army Soldier with the 65 Military Police Company, 187 Battalion, 10th Mountain Division photographs a detainee in the prison at Sherberghan, Afghanistan during Operation Endurin... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20959136/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:29:40 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20959136/ KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN — Taliban-planted roadside bombs, which have killed 10 Canadian soldiers in the past five weeks, have grown far more sophisticated this winter, Canadian military officials s... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20959156/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:36:28 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20959156/ The probe centers on charges that up to nine Afghans were wounded and others killed during fighting between international forces and Taliban insurgents in southern Uruzgan province Monday, the defen... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20959154/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:21:32 -0500 Morning Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20959154/ KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.-led forces raided a Taliban bomb-making cell in eastern Afghanistan, killing 32 insurgents in a battle with scores of armed militants who shot at them from rooftops and... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20955303/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:32:22 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20955303/ There is relish in Khatera Malikzada's voice when she talks about the time the Kabul police needed a woman.The policemen, armed with guns and strict orders to search a local house, had made it no fart... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20954694/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:27:27 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20954694/ Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during Ashura procession in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Jan. 7, 2009. Thousands of faithful Shiite Afghan mourners on Wednesday observed Ashura, the day ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20955305/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:14:15 -0500 SINA http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20955305/ Richard Boucher, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, told reporters Wednesday that both countries have demonstrated a "strong determination" to combat terrorists... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945346/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:07:35 -0500 VOA http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945346/ In Pakistan's Afghan border regions, the month of January began with the imposition of harsh new directives. As of January 2, women in the region were prohibited from holding compulsory identification... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945451/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:59:01 -0500 Radio Free Europe http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945451/ Thursday, January 08, 2009 KABUL: President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai held another exclusive meeting on Wednesday and discussed matters of mutual interest between the t... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945453/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:05:18 -0500 The News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945453/ BBC News - Coalition troops have killed about 50 insurgents in operations across Afghanistan in recent days, US-led forces and Afghan officials say. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945445/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:33:05 -0500 Afghan News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945445/ WASHINGTON - A U.S. judge on Wednesday questioned whether four men seeking to challenge their detention as terrorism suspects at a U.S. base in Afghanistan were likely to take to the battlefield if re... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945450/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:54:35 -0500 MSNBC http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945450/ BBC News - Coalition troops have killed about 50 insurgents in operations across Afghanistan in recent days, US-led forces and Afghan officials say. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945449/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:32:46 -0500 Afghan News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945449/ WARSAW, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Poland's National Defense Ministry is mulling sending more troops to Afghanistan but no decisions have been taken as yet, ministry's spokesman Robert Rochowicz said on Wedne... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945452/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:26:09 -0500 SINA http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945452/ President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will agree to launch joint projects to help rebuild Afghanistan in their bilateral summit slated for Monday in Seoul, the Japanese daily Ni... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945103/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:25:56 -0500 The Dong-a Ilbo http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20945103/ KABUL: An Afghan civilian turned in a substantial weapons cache to a Joint District Coordination Centre in the Panjwayi District Jan. 5. "This is an indication that the local population is looking to... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938152/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:47:44 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938152/ WASHINGTON (PAN): Observing that the Taliban insurgency is becoming stronger, and the US is not winning the war in Afghanistan, the prestigious Brookings institute, in a memo has urged the President-e... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938155/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:47:43 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938155/ KABUL (NNI): A total of 173000 students' dropped off schools in 2008, according to Ministry of Education. The number of teachers and students killed in the past 10 months has nearly doubled the total... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938153/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:47:41 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938153/ KABUL: We recently launched a new initiative to allow newsmen in Afghanistan and those abroad to ask questions of an ISAF General Officer. This week, the Chief of Civilian Military Cooperation, Brigad... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938157/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:47:40 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938157/ WASHINGTON (PAN): The US vice President-elect, Joe Biden, would travel to Afghanistan and Pakistan on a fact-finding mission later this week. Biden in the capacity as the Chairman of the Senate Foreig... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938158/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:47:39 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938158/ Afghanistan and Pakistan have overcome many hurdles and suspicions to forge a new relationship that will see cooperation on fighting terrorism and more, the Pakistani foreign minister said yesterday.S... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938146/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:43:19 -0500 Daily Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938146/ KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): German government would provide over 170 millions to Afghan government in the ongoing year as it spent over 140 last year in Afghanistan a representative of German foreign ministry ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938156/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:47:41 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938156/ American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2009 – Coalition forces and Afghan commandos killed 38 militants and seized multiple weapons caches today and yesterday during operations to disr... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938143/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:29:00 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938143/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S.-led forces raided a Taliban bomb-making cell in eastern Afghanistan, killing 32 insurgents in a battle with scores of armed militants who shot at them from roofto... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938149/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:37:48 -0500 New Jersey Online http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938149/ KABUL - A top US official for the South-Asian region hailed the improved relations between Afghan and Pakistani governments and emphasized that the only way to defeat terrorism in two Asian states was... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938147/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:29:47 -0500 Khaleej Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938147/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told Congress that a planned buildup of U.S. forces in Afghanistan could add $5.5 billion to U.S. war costs in the current federal fiscal year... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938160/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:14:07 -0500 Breitbart http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938160/ Afghan National Army backed by the U.S.-led Coalition forces on Wednesday eliminated six militants during a raid on a compound in Kakhi Safyed district Farah province in western Afghanistan, said a Co... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938150/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:04:00 -0500 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/20938150/