Posts Tagged ‘Associated Press’

Voter Turnout in Afghan Parliamentary Election in Contention

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter on 18 September 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Associated Press, Election, Parliament, Twitter, Voter Turnout, Wolesi Jirga with no comments

The people of Afghanistan took to the polls today in the nation’s Parliamentary elections. Despite attacks and threats of violence, the people of Afghanistan did indeed come out to vote. However, the exact number of those Afghans exercising their civic duties is still in contention: The election commission has yet to provide an overall turnout [...]

Karzai Reps on McChrystal : ‘We’re All Prone to Make Mistakes’

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 23 June 2010 tagged Associated Press, Barack Hussein Obama, CNN, David Petraeus, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, General Stanley McChrystal, Hamid Karzai, Rolling Stone, Stanley McChrystal, Waheed Omar with no comments

Before the announcement of General Stanley McChrystal’s dismissal was made, spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Waheed Omar, said that the removal of General McChrystal from his post would be a major setback to the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan. Omar takes the opportunity to remind the international community that McChrystal’s was not the first, last, [...]

Gates : U.S. and NATO Will MUST Show Success in Afghanistan by Winter

In Afghanistan, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 9 June 2010 tagged AP, Associated Press, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, NATO, Robert Gates, Troop Increase with no comments

United States Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, who is slated to meet with other defense ministers of NATO nations later in the week, says that General Stanley McChrystal will demonstrate some level of success in Afghanistan by the coming winter. As NATO and U.S. publics are quickly becoming less supportive of foreign troop presences throughout [...]

Arizona Governor Expands Racist Legislation to Schools

In citizenship, History, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism on 12 May 2010 tagged Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law SB1070, Associated Press, Dolores Huerta, Ethnic Studies, Jan Brewer, SB1070, Tom Horne with no comments

Jan Brewer, Republican governor of Arizona, has signed a bill that some say is killing ethnic studies in Arizona schools. The news comes only weeks after Brewer signed the controversial SB1070 into Law, an immigration law that many critics point out as being racially motivated with the potential to lead to massive racial profiling within [...]

Victims of Three Decades of War in Afghanistan Speak Out in Kabul Gathering

In Afghanistan, citizenship, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 9 May 2010 tagged AP, Associated Press, Badakhshan, Hamid Karzai, Peace Jirga, Sima Hussiani, taliban, Victims Jirga with no comments

After suffering 30 years of endless war and corrupt regimes, the people of Afghanistan – those who lost sons, daughters, husbands, wives, mothers, and fathers in the three decades of fighting – are being assembled by legal advocates in the nation’s Capital city. Over 1,500 Afghans were in attendance to discuss what should be done [...]