Tag Archives: Wardak
Nato ready to risk swifter Afghan handover
A classified document seen by The Sunday Times shows planners are mulling the idea of completing the planned transfer of power in 2013 The Sunday Times Nato has drawn up plans to accelerate the passing of security to Afghan soldiers and police before it withdraws from the country. It currently plans to hand over all […]
Exclusive: interview with Talib fighter who shot down Navy Seals’ chinook
The Sunday Times A Taliban fighter has given the first account of how his unit fired two “opportunist” rocket-propelled grenades that brought down a Chinook helicopter, killing 38 elite American and Afghan troops in the deadliest attack of Nato’s 10-year campaign. The special forces, some from the unit that killed Osama Bin Laden, had flown […]
Love drives repentent Taliban chief to defect
The Sunday Times Abdul Haqim was a university student of 19 when he was shot in the shoulder by American soldiers who sprayed bullets outside his village and killed his cousin. Vowing to avenge the death, he joined the Taliban, rose to the rank of commander and acquired a reputation for ferocity with a series […]
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