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Swiss debate neutrality of repatriating US wounded soldiers (update)

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:17:10 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The issue of Swiss neutrality is raising its head in parliament with the confirmation by Rega that it has carried out repatriation flights of wounded US soldiers from Afghanistan and Iraq, reports RTS public broadcasting. Rega, which provides emergency medical repatriation flights for a number of clients, notably insurance companies, confirmed the [...]

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Obama promises to “finish the job” in Afghan speech

Paula Dupraz — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:39:46 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US President Barack Obama promised to “finish the job” begun in Afghanistan, in a speech pronounced during a surprise visit to a US military base in the country, Wednesday morning 2 May. The president’s speech, which takes place a year after Osama Bin Laden’s death and broadcast from Bagram Air Base to [...]

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Major Afghan refugee conference in Geneva seeks long-term solutions

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:31:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US President Barack Obama’s surprise visit to Afghanistan 1 May has focused world attention on the country itself, but a two-day conference 2-3 May in Geneva is looking at the ramifications of 30 years of war in Afghanistan for refugees in two neighbouring countries. Some 40 international organizations and representatives from 60 [...]

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US soldier to be charged in shooting deaths of 17 in Afghanistan

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:53:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The decorated but previously injured US soldier who appears to have gone on a solo shooting rampage in Afghanistan will be charged with the deaths of the 17 civilians who died, in addition to other charges, the US Army announced. Robert Bales, 38, was flown to Kuwait a week ago and then [...]

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US soldier opens fire on Afghans outside base, 16 possible deaths (update)

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:48:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Fears incident will rekindle anti-US anger GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A US soldier reportedly walked off his base in southern Afghanistan at 02:00 Sunday 11 March and opened fire on Afghan civilians, possibly killing as many as 16 people, most of them children. Reports on the number of dead and injured conflict, as do local reports [...]

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Afghanistan blasts kill 58, deflating small hopes from conference

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:44:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLEAND -Western leaders’ promises of help to the Afghan government when their troops leave, made Monday at an international conference in Germany, appeared to offer smaller hopes of peace following deadly attacks in Kabul and a city in the north Tuesday 6 December. Close to 60 people died and 160 were injured when a [...]

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Pakistan-US relations taut after Nato airstrike kills 24 soldiers

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:11:21 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Pakistan’s foreign minister reportedly had harsh words for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a phone call early Sunday 27 November, in the wake of a Nato airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The soldiers were buried Sunday. The deaths were the result of a “tragic unintended incident” Saturday, said Nato [...]

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UN refugee agency in Kandahar attacked, 3 dead, 2 wounded

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:48:50 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Three staff members died and two others were injured when a suicide bomb went off at the UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) head office in Kandahar, Afghanistan about 08:00 Monday morning 31 October.The Geneva-based agency says the functioning of its office in Kandahar has been seriously disrupted. The agency has “facilitated [...]

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Kabul standoff ends with seven dead

Laila Rodriguez — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:22:59 +0000

GenevaLunch.com KABUL – Six Taliban insurgents were killed after a 20-hour standoff in the heart of Kabul’s diplomatic and military enclave. “The operation just ended and 6 terrorists were killed by police,” spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Twitter. The number was updated to seven later in the day. Fifteen others were wounded. The Taliban-led gunmen shot [...]

Did they or didn’t they: Nato looks at Taliban role in ‘copter crash

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:49:32 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND = The Taliban say they did it but Nato’s ISAF (International Security Assistance Force for Afghanistan) says it is looking into what caused the crash of the helicopter that went down 6 August in Afghanistan, killing 31 US troops and 7 other people on board. Many of the soldiers killed were from the [...]

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