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First arrested landing of a U.S. Navy FA-18 Hornet (from VFA-131 "Wildcats") aboard the French nuclear powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle off the Virginia Capes in 2005 US.
Afghanistan   Britain   Conflict   Photos   Security		  The Guardian 
Aircraft carriers are a cost-effective way of deterring conflicts
Fri 3 Jul 2009
Simon Jenkins () condemns the new aircraft carriers as relics of the cold war and instead suggests making exclusive preparation for Afghanistan-type operations the principal driver of British defence... (photo: Creative Commons / Guillaume Rueda)
Reinforcement Afghan soldiers wait at Kabul airport before taking a flight to Arghandab district which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. The Afghan army, which flew four planeloads of soldiers to Kandahar on Tuesday from the capital, Kabul, said 300 to 400 militants had gathered in Arghandab, many of them foreign fighters. The U.S.-led coalition, however, said it conducted a patrol through the region "and found no evidence that militants control the are
Afghanistan   Britain   Defence   Photos   Taliban		  The Times 
Government must face the real Afghan issues
Fri 3 Jul 2009
Sir, The loss of Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe and Trooper Joshua Hammond ("British commander is killed by Taleban bomb", June 3) yet again throws into sharp focus the lack, both in the UK and... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
U.S. Marines Cpl. Nolan Archer Dyer, IN, with a U.S. flag in his backpack take positions with his fellow marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday July 3, 2009.  The Daily Mail  Fri 3 Jul 2009
Hundreds of British troops seize Helmand canals in U.S.-led 'Strike of the Sword'

Hundreds of British troops have key seized canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, in one of the largest operations that overstretched forces have made there. The soldiers... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
Afghanistan   Britain   Photos   Security   US
Best of the U.S. Marine Corps, IRAQI FREEDOM  Philadelphia Daily News  Fri 3 Jul 2009
US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns
JASON STRAZIUSO and FISNIK ABRASHI The Associated Press NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they... (photo: Marines / CPL TREVOR GIFT, USMC)
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Cambodia, Kratie: A worker is removing the rice seedlings. IRINnews Fri 3 Jul 2009
AFGHANISTAN-ANGOLA: Rice production high but imports steady
web Photo: Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN DAKAR, 3 July 2009 (IRIN) - Paddy rice production in Africa is forecast to be 25.6 million tons this year, virtually unchanged from... (photo: Creative Commons)
Afghanistan   Agriculture   Angola   Photo   Photos
U.S soldiers of Charle Company 173rd Airborne Combat Team wait for Blackhawk helicopter to pick them up before they head out into battle against Taliban insurgents at the U.S. forward operating base Bermel in Paktika, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov 25, 2007. A provincial police official said Sunday that air strikes killed dozens of Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanist Asia Times Fri 3 Jul 2009
US Marines to 'drink lots of tea'

By Ali Gharib WASHINGTON - After months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new United States strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   Taliban   US
A Russian traditional wooden doll, Matreshka, depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, is held by a street vendor in downtown Moscow, Friday, July 3, 2009. Asia Times Fri 3 Jul 2009
A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow

By M K Bhadrakumar In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in this... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
Defense   Photos   Politics   Russia   US
Supporters of Pakistan's religious party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam rally against the United States and Pakistani government to condemn the ongoing crackdown against Taliban militants, during a pro-Taliban rally in the border town of Chaman, Pakistan along Afghanistan on Friday, June 19, 2009. BBC News Fri 3 Jul 2009
'Militant deaths' in US drone hit

At least 10 militants have died after missiles were fired by a suspected US drone aircraft at a Taliban target in Pakistan, intelligence officials say. Unnamed officials... (photo: AP / Shah Khalid)
Missile   Pakistan   Photos   Taliban   US
Soldiers of the 101st airborne 3-187 "Bravo" company, based out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on the SSE (Sensitive Site Exploitation) mission, coordinate troop movements in search of weapon stockpiles and remaining al-Qaida members Tuesday, July 23, 2002, in Narizah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of Kabul. The sweep that began this week is the latest military operation in southeast Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, where remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida are suspected to be sheltering in themountains. This latest mission has uncovered caches of weapons and lead to the detainment of a suspected al-Qaida member. The Australian Fri 3 Jul 2009
Afghan offensives reveal Barack Obama's strategy

US military forces squeezed Taliban strongholds in both Afghanistan and Pakistan yesterday, bringing shape to President Barack Obama's strategy to deal with the fierce... (photo: AP / Scott Nelson, Pool)
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Taliban   US
Man and woman (holding her child) walking by the road in northern Afghanistan BBC News Fri 3 Jul 2009
Country profile: Afghanistan
Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan has suffered from such chronic instability and conflict during its modern history that its economy and infrastructure are in... (photo: Creative Commons)
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Burqa The Daily Mail Wed 1 Jul 2009
Al Qaeda vows 'dreadful revenge' on France over plans to ban the burqa
Al Qaeda has vowed 'dreadful revenge' on France over President Nicolas Sarkozy's call to ban the burqa (file photo) Al Qaeda terrorists have vowed to 'wreak dreadful... (photo: Creative Commons / charles fred)
France   Islam   Photos   President   Terrorism


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An Italian soldier with the International Security Assistant Force (ISAF) stands guard during a bridge inauguration ceremony, unseen, which was reconstructed by Italian Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC) of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Herat province southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, June 1, 2008 Kabul now terror war's main front Gulf Daily News
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U.S. Marines and French soldiers patrol valleys in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, April 21, 2009. Afghan activist calls U.S. the enemy as first American marine is killed The Examiner
U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines meet with a local Afghan man in his village near the town of Now Zad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Marines suffer casualties in new Afghan campaign The Press Democrat
HIT PATROL - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. David Cantu conducts a patrol with fellow Marines in Hit, Iraq, March 8, 2008. Troops push deep into Afghanistan Philadelphia Daily News
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani talking to Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, COAS, who called on him at PM House, Islamabad on 01-07-09 Pakistan moves troops to Afghan border The Wichita Eagle
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy adresses parliament members at the Versailles castle, west of Paris, Monday June 22, 2009. Al Qaeda vows 'dreadful revenge' on France over plans to ban the burkha The Daily Mail
a girl throwing a flying disc(commonly called frisbee) Flying saucers Irish Times
Coca-Cocaine Drug cultivation plummets in Afghanistan as demand falls The Times
Kashmiri muslim girls walk on a desrted street during a strike in Srinagar on June 26, 2009. Schools, shops and offices were shut in Indian Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar to protest the arrest of separatists who have led anti-India protests over the alleged rape and murder of two women. The killings of a 17-year-old girl and her 22-year-old sister-in-law, allegedly by members of the Indian security forces based in the disputed Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley, have sparked widespread anti-India protests since their bodies were found in a stream on May 30 and forensic tests revealed they had been raped. US appoints envoy to Muslim world BBC News
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