Taleban attacks inflame Anti-Western feelings


Darulaman Palace near Kabul, a shell of a building destroyed in years of fighting in the 1990s. today the area is home to Afghan and international military forces. Photo: ISAF/US Air Force 1st Lt. Joost Verduyn

25.06.2010
Insurgents see civilian casualties in urban bombings as way of fueling resentment of international forces, writes Afghan journalist Habiburrahman Ibrahimi in this report from Kabul

Afghan journalists reporting from the frontline


Afghan reporters interview local Taleban commanders in Musa Qala, Afghanistan, November 2007. Photo: Aziz Ahmad Tassal/IWPR.

18.05.2010
IMS supports Afghan journalists operating in Taleban territory in Helmand, Afghanistan. In a joint project with Institute for War and Peace Reporting, IMS supports training in personal safety and journalism skills, and runs a media centre in the heart of the Taleban stronghold

Karzai faces anger in Marja

20.04.2010
Town residents grilled the President over casualties, corruption and reconstruction when the Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited the town of Marja in Helmand Province after the military offensive was launched in February to oust Taleban. Story told by Helmand-based reporter   By Aziz Ahmad Tassal, reporter in Helmand Province, 14 April, 2010 Afghan president Hamed Karzai faced an angry reception from people in the southern town of

Taleban defiant following Marja operations in Helmand

20.04.2010
Insurgents vow to hit back hard after offensive by international forces in Marja District, Helmand province, writes Afghan

Military swoop disappoints Marja people


A meeting between Admiral Mike Mullen and Afghan leaders in Marja District in Helmand Province, April 2010. Photo: ISAF Image

20.04.2010
Operation to tackle rebels goes on, but locals wait for reconstruction in Marja province in Afghanistan, which has been the centre of a major military operation to oust Taleban in recent weeks. Read the full story from Helmand province told by Mohammad Illyas Dayee, who is an Afghan reporter based in Helmand
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