MetaFilter posts tagged with kandahar

for want of a pen a kid was lost?

amberglow — Wed, 12 May 2004 19:55:35 -0800

The pen is mightier than...? Remember Afghanistan? Terry, former Nitpicker, is now a public affairs specialist in Kandahar. He's learned that the children of Afghanistan want nothing more than they want a pen. Maybe we can help them out by sending some?

Gimme Shelter...and food...and medicine... and security...

stonerose — Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:17:22 -0800

In Kandahar Chronicles, Carlos, a relief worker, blogs from the field. The online companion to "Doctors Without Borders: Life in the Field" (a National Geographic television series) introduces aid workers and their missions. MSF also has a series of voices from the field in which aid workers share their experiences.

Apparently, we won

XQUZYPHYR — Mon, 07 Apr 2003 10:36:52 -0800

With reconstruction at a staggeringly low pace, resources dwindling, and the Red Cross suspending operations, Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghanistan's president and his representative in southern Kandahar, is worried about a small but strong group slowly grabbing onto power in regions of his country. They call themselves the Taliban. Although the limited funding has done some good for Afghanistan, Karzai fears it's nowhere near enough to fix the major problems of the country, and combined with sentiments raised by the war on Iraq, there are strong signs that the Taliban is significantly restructuring.

american taliban

specialk420 — Mon, 03 Feb 2003 06:41:42 -0800

american taliban perhaps utah could do some sort of exchange with out of work minders in kandahar? nytimes link

Kevin Sanders — Mon, 15 Apr 2002 05:38:40 -0800

At least four U.S. servicemen were killed near Kandahar when captured enemy rockets they were trying to destroy accidentally detonated. Other servicemen were injured, and a few are missing.

Danf — Wed, 03 Apr 2002 15:17:52 -0800

Gay Life in Kandahar, Afghanistan. This is an interesting article in the LA Times about a phenomenon that I noticed 20 years ago when I had a bunch of Iranian teenage boys in a school I worked in for awhile. It seems that every society has its constraints, and ways of getting around these constraints.

insomnyuk — Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:43:15 -0800

Taleban faction ditches Kandahar, reneges on surrender agreement. My only question is, why were these people not disarmed, or was this some sort of "Munich Pact" surrender agreement?

rschram — Fri, 19 Oct 2001 20:32:46 -0800

The Semi-Invasion Begins: Unconfirmed Reports of American Casualties in a Raid on Kandahar, Undisclosed Targets
Swooping in on helicopter gunships, 100+ American GI's attack Kandahar in a "daring" raid, acknowledged by the Pentagon. They engaged ground troops.

NYT is reporting unconfirmed reports of American casualties, number unknown.

Rumsfeld said that the outcome is not certain, and referred to the Taliban forces as "tough" "survivors".

For comment: why? What about Mazar-e-Sharif? Why? What's a Loya Jirga, and was it held in secret recently?

tomcosgrave — Wed, 17 Oct 2001 07:42:15 -0800

The Irish Times is reporting that US troops have landed near Kandahar, Afghanistan...
It looks like the ground war just started...