Gardez, Afghanistan News

Israel drops Indian jets venture under US pressure * Report says state-owned firm backs out after Pentagon expresses concern that American technology, used by Israel, would be integrated into Gripen fighter jet JERUSALEM: Israel has dropped out of a multi-billion dollar joint venture with a Swedish firm to develop new fighter jets for... India ...

India flashfloods kill one, displace 400,000 * Five villages washed away by rain-swollen Brahmaputra river in Assam ASSAM: One person died and 400,000 have been displaced in a northeastern Indian state where a rain-swollen river burst its banks four days ago swamping hundreds of villages, an official said on Sunday.

KABUL: Armed men abducted 14 Afghan employees of a private mine clearing company contracted to the United Nations in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said yesterday.

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped 16 Afghans working for a United Nations-sponsored demining agency in eastern Afghanistan, U.N. officials and police said on Sunday.

In an ongoing mission to provide support to the Afghan people, Afghan and coalition forces distributed humanitarian aid to several villages and a reconstruction team helped celebrate mothers in recent days in Afghanistan.

KABUL, Afghanistan a ' Afghan national srmy commandos with the 203rd Corps, assisted by coalition forces, distributed humanitarian aid to villagers in Gardez District, Paktia province, June 27.

Many residents of eastern Afghanistan will weather the winter a little warmer thanks to the efforts of some Columbia County youths.

Afghan and coalition troops captured seven suspected militants and seized a supply of heroin during separate operations in Afghanistan yesterday, officials said.

NATO forces in eastern Afghanistan say four Afghan civilians were killed and two were wounded in militant attacks on Saturday.

Army Spc. Jarrett P. Griemel, 20, a soldier from Fort Richardson, died June 3 at Forward Operating Base Gardez in Afghanistan of a non-combat related incident, the Army said Friday.

Tim Lynch just got back from Gardez, and while I think he undersells the charm of the city a bit, his main point is beautifully spot-on: As I mentioned in my last post I do not really know what our mission in Afghanistan is.

A family is searching for answers as to why a La Porte soldier died in Afghanistan, KPRC Local 2 reported Sunday.

Three female foreign aid workers, including two Canadians, were slain in a a oesenseless, heinous attacka by Taliban insurgents south of Kabul, a senior official of the aid agency said Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Defense informed a local family that one of their loved ones died Wednesday in a non-combat related incident in Afghanistan.

Sunday afternoon a home on Mission Road in La Porte was draped in American flags and adorned with yellow ribbons tied to symbolize the hope for a safe and speedy return home.

A soldier from La Porte has died in Afghanistan. COURTESY Specialist Jarret Griemel Specialist Jarret Griemel, 20, was killed Wednesday while serving at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan.

A 20-year-old soldier assigned to Fort Richardson has died in a noncombat incident in Afghanistan.

The Christian Science Monitor 06/01/2009 By Anand Gopal [Printer Friendly Version] The Haqqani network, born of the Russian war and nurtured by the CIA, is behind many spectacular assaults in Afghanistan.

An American soldier was killed Thursday when a roadside bomb hit a U.S. military vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan officials said.

An American soldier was killed Thursday when a roadside bomb hit a U.S. military vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan officials said.