War In Afghanistan Has Done More Harm Than Good For Afghan People: U.N. Report Says 1 in 35 Afghans Are Now Drug Addicts

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328411/Opium-addicts-Afghanistan-Number-junkies-TRIPLES-150-000-despite-war-drugs.html Opium addicts of Afghanistan: Number of junkies TRIPLES to 150,000 despite war on drugs United Nations warns of epidemic as opium production soars Problem has got worse since British troops entered in 2006 More than 1m Afghans are addicted to one drug or another Dirt cheap price of drugs exacerbating the problem By DAILY MAIL […]

Taliban commanders in love triangle with executed Afghan woman, 22, have also been ‘put to death’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2171004/Taliban-love-triangle-fighters-executed-helpless-Afghan-woman-22-death.html Two commanders reportedly executed for their barbaric actions Footage posted online of burqa-clad woman being gunned down by AK47 Baying villages cheer in delight as she is shot in the head and her back William Hague and Hillary Clinton condemn the murder Afghan suicide bombers today killed two children and wounded six others Explosive […]

Caught in the middle of a Taliban love triangle: The moment helpless Afghan woman, 22, is gunned down ‘because two fighters couldn’t decide who could have her’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170503/Caught-middle-Taliban-love-triangle-The-moment-helpless-Afghan-woman-22-gunned-fighters-decide-her.html Burqa-clad woman is shot dead in front of baying villagers ‘after affair with Taliban commander’ Shocking footage shows her being gunned down at close range Two Taliban men ‘could not settle dispute over her’, so accused woman of adultery ‘to save face’ International outcry at shooting which is branded ‘cold-blooded murder’ By Sara Malm […]

15 Afghans arrested after Taliban ‘bribed students to sneak poison into girls’ school’s drinking water’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2155304/Arrests-Taliban-bribed-students-sneak-poison-girls-schools-drinking-water.html The Afghan government have made 15 arrests for six attacks on girls’ schools in three weeks Those being held include 12 Taliban insurgents, a teacher and a school treasurer The Taliban have denied involvement saying that hurting children is against Islamic law In two cases female students were paid almost $1,000 to contaminate water […]

160 schoolgirls taken to hospital after second ‘Taliban poisoning of Afghanistan school in a week’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152113/Taliban-poison-attack-results-160-Afghan-schoolgirls-rushed-hospital.html Police say the school’s classrooms might have been sprayed with a toxic material before the girls entered Pupils complained of headaches, vomiting and dizziness before being admitted to hospital By Anthony Bond PUBLISHED: 07:28 EST, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 07:57 EST, 30 May 2012 Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls were rushed to hospital after […]

Poisoned in the classroom: 125 Afghan girls rushed to hospital after ‘Taliban attacked school with toxic powder’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148819/Afghanistan-girls-poisoned-Taliban-classrooms.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:41 EST, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 19:15 EST, 23 May 2012 At least 125 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months blamed on conservative radicals in the country’s north, Afghan police and education officials said on Wednesday. The attack occurred […]

‘We have a clear path to fulfill our mission in Afghanistan’: President Obama gives TV address from Kabul on exact anniversary of bin Laden’s death (but is it just shameless electioneering?)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138104/President-Obama-address-U-S-Afghanistan-year-death-bin-Laden–SEALs-slam-taking-credit-killing.html President’s war address thanked US troops and outlined plans to end combat operations. ‘I will not keep Americans in harm’s way a single day longer than is absolutely required for our national security,’ said President Obama. ‘But we must finish the job we started in Afghanistan, and end this war responsibly,’ said Mr Obama. […]

U.S. military NOT reporting Afghan attacks on American troops… because they only count if a soldier is killed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137710/U-S-military-reporting-Afghan-attacks-American-troops–count-soldier-killed.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 00:54 EST, 1 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:14 EST, 1 May 2012 The U.S. military is under-reporting the number of times Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American troops. The U.S. and its Western allies routinely report each time an American or other foreign soldier is killed by […]

U.S. prepares for ‘violent backlash’ in Afghanistan after photos of American soldiers posing with bodies of suicide bombers sparks outrage

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2131516/US-troops-posing-corpses-Afghanistan-photos-2010-cause-outrage.html Soldier with the 82nd Airborne Division released pictures Fears backlash could endanger the lives of troops The Obama administration says it is disappointed with the LA Times for publishing the images U.S. officials say full investigation is underway Defence secretary Leon Panetta says soldiers at war do ‘foolish things’ By Tom Leonard and Rachel […]

150 Afghan schoolgirls seriously ill after being poisoned in anti-education attack by Muslim extremists

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2131526/Afghan-schoolgirls-poisoned-contaminated-water–Radicals-blamed.html Pupils suffered nausea and vomiting By Gareth Dorrian PUBLISHED: 08:14 EST, 18 April 2012 | UPDATED: 10:10 EST, 18 April 2012 Ultra-conservative extremists have been blamed for poisoning the drinking water at a high school in north Afghanistan – making more than 150 girls seriously ill. Students in the northern province of Kunduz suffered […]