KABUL: 1st Lt. Michael Molczyk had heard stories about “insider” attacks — and the Afghan soldiers and police officers who grew to see their partners as enemies. As a platoon commander, he couldn’t ignore those assaults on American troops, which during bad weeks were reported day after day. But to...
A recently awarded Afghan human rights campaigner has found herself on the defensive as critics have questioned her organization's failure to publish its report on grave human rights violations committed in Afghanistan over the past three decades. Last week, Sima Samar was named one of four recipi...
You must be wondering what b2b means? It is an abbreviation for Business to Business. Now, let's understand what is b2b portal and how do they work?What is a B2B portal?A b2b portal is a compilation of web pages where both big scale suppliers and buyers can list themselves to initiate business activ...
Chocolate, coffee, pork and fish are just a few of the foods feeling the heat of climate change. PORKLast week the UK's National Pig Association called for the world to “Save our bacon”. As droughts in the US and Europe have raised feed prices, a global shortage of pig meat is “now inevitable”, sai...
The transport industry that burns over half the world's oil is wriggling free from dependence on petrol and diesel at a rate that should alarm producers, an independent research report said on Monday."The oil industry can no longer rely on its monopoly of the transport market," said the Chatham Hous...
INDIANAPOLIS: Devastating spring freezes and a historic drought have stripped some charm from rustic fall destinations, leaving some corn too short to create mazes, orchards virtually devoid of apples and fall colors muted.Extreme weather has forced agritourism ventures in the heart of the country t...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.: South Dakota entrepreneur Brian Gramm was tailgating outside a college football game one sunny day when he wondered why he couldn't use that energy to plug in a radio.The first-world inconvenience led him to develop the Forty2, an all-in-one "utility in a box" that Gramm now think...
SolarWorld Industries Americaappears poised to win lasting relief from Chinese competition that the company decries as illegal and unfair, shoring up employment for about 900 workers who make solar cells and modules in Hillsboro. SolarWorld managers have waged a bruising trade fight, alienating swat...
WASHINGTON: Mitt Romney vowed in a campaign appearance earlier this year to “take a weed whacker” to the thicket of federal regulations adopted by the Obama administration and promised to impose a rigid freeze and cost cap on all new government rules. He has pledged to reverse a half-dozen major Env...
The Government's plans to head off an impending energy crisis are shrouded in uncertainty, reports The politicians of Cumbria County Council have cooled on the idea of burying hundreds of thousands of tonnes of nuclear waste but a kilometre beneath their feet.Initially tempted by the huge economic...
SAN ANGELO: With its pretty rivers and lakes, this city of 95,000 people is sometimes called the oasis of West Texas. But San Angelo recently came within a year of running out of water, as it faced a severe drought that produced brown lawns, dying bushes and fear. “Who wants to pull up to a hotel an...
As carbon dioxide continues to build up in the atmosphere as a result of burning fossil fuels, the seas absorb much of it. The full effects have yet to be felt. Peering into the microscope, Alan Barton thought the baby oysters looked normal, except for one thing: They were dead. Slide after slide,...
TALIBAN Khan is back. Today, Imran Khan and his band of angry Khanistas will be in full cry. They will rail against the state. They will decry the spilling of blood in Fata. They will wring their hands and speak of peace. They will claim state policy is endangering Pakistan and Pakistanis. They will...
PARIS: The protests that have rocked Tehran over Iran’s plunging currency expose an undercurrent of tension and the effects of sanctions, analysts say, but do not yet signal a real threat to the regime.Despite hopeful talk from Israel of a “Persian Spring”, experts said the regime remains firmly in ...
KABUL: The Haqqani insurgent network, allegedly based in Pakistan and with ties to Al Qaeda, is suspected of being a driving force behind a significant number of the ”insider” attacks by Afghan forces that have killed or wounded more than 130 US and allied troops this year, American officials say. ...
ISLAMABAD: A group of American anti-war activists are in Pakistan to join a march into the country’s tribal belt to protest US drone strikes in the northwestern region.Their presence has energized organizers behind the protest but also added to concerns that militants will target the weekend event.T...
KABUL: How do you tackle widespread malnutrition in a poor, corrupt country at war? Despite billions of dollars in aid over the last decade, Afghanistan’s malnutrition rates have soared, now well-past emergency thresholds, with one-fifth of children malnourished overall; one-third of children acut...
As one outpost is prepared for a handover, a report raises the risks attendant upon the departure of American forces Combat Outpost Garda, Wardak Province - The arm of the battered orange backhoe rose up and came crashing down on the plastic-and-steel walls and roof of the barracks. The corrugated ...
Tale of two young boys in Kabul dreaming of playing the national sport has invigorated country's tiny film industry An Afghan film that has already begun touring international film festivals and claimed several awards is to have its premiere in Kabul on Thursday night. Buzkashi Boys is the story ...
QARGHA LAKE, AFGHANISTAN: In June, Taliban militants stormed a hotel at the Qargha Lake resort area a short drive from Kabul. At least 18 people died in the 12-hour assault, which the Taliban said was aimed at punishing people for partying, drinking alcohol and other un-Islamic activities. The popul...
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