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101. One in 4 Afghan Ballots Face Check for Possible Fraud

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Tse, Archie

Subjects
Company legal issue, Elections -- Ethical aspects, Afghanistan -- Elections
Abstract

Nearly one in four votes in last month's Afghan presidential elections were cast at polling stations now subject to a recount and audit for possible fraud, a huge number that […]

Published
2009

102. Italy Ponders Afghan Pullout After Deadly Blast

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Donadio, Rachel

Subjects
Company legal issue, Prime ministers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Elections, Suicide bombings -- Investigations -- Military aspects, Contested elections -- Military aspects -- Investigations, Afghanistan -- Elections -- Military aspects
Abstract

A powerful suicide bomb that killed six Italian soldiers here on Thursday prompted Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy to declare that his nation had begun planning to 'bring our […]

Published
2009

103. Europeans Say One-Third of Votes for Afghan Leader Are Suspect

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Rahimi, Sangar

Subjects
Company legal issue, European Union -- Investigations, Elections -- Ethical aspects, Presidents -- Investigations -- Elections, Afghanistan -- Elections
Abstract

European Union monitors said Wednesday that about one-third of the votes cast for President Hamid Karzai in the Aug. 20 election were suspicious and should be examined for fraud. Their […]

Published
2009

104. Afghan Recount Presents Huge Task

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Rahimi, Sangar

Subjects
Company legal issue, Contested elections -- Investigations, Presidents -- Elections, Elections -- Ethical aspects, Afghanistan -- Elections
Abstract

One out of every seven ballots in last month's Afghan presidential elections -- and possibly many more -- will be examined as part of a huge recount and fraud audit […]

Published
2009

105. 39 Afghans And 5 G.I.'s Are Killed In Attacks

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Rahimi, Sangar

Subjects
Taliban, Afghanistan Conflict, 2001- -- Casualties, War -- Casualties
Abstract

Five Americans were killed on Saturday amid a wave of bombings, ambushes and killings that swept across Afghanistan and seemed to emphasize the ability of the Taliban and other insurgents […]

Published
2009

106. As Vote Count Gives Karzai a Majority, a Recount Is Ordered

Author

Gall, Carlotta and Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company business management, Contested elections -- Management -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Political activity -- Political aspects, Afghanistan -- Political aspects
Abstract

Afghan election officials declared that President Hamid Karzai had won a majority of the vote based on preliminary results announced Tuesday, even as the United Nations-backed commission serving as the […]

Published
2009

107. NATO strike magnifies fivide on Afghan war

Author

Farrell, Stephen and Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Statistics, Taliban -- Statistics, Afghanistan Conflict, 2001- -- Casualties, Bombing, Aerial -- Casualties -- Statistics, Civilian casualties -- Statistics -- Casualties
Abstract

A NATO airstrike on Friday exploded two fuel tankers that had been hijacked by the Taliban, setting off competing claims about how many among the scores of dead were civilians […]

Published
2009

108. U.N. agency finds evidence of drug cartels forming in Afghanistan

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company marketing practices, Company financing, United Nations -- Reports -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, Opium -- Marketing -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects -- Reports, Opium trade -- Political aspects -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects -- Reports, Guerrilla warfare -- Finance -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects -- Reports -- Social aspects, Insurgency -- Afghanistan -- Finance
Abstract

Though the Afghan opium harvest has declined for the second consecutive year, a new United Nations report says, there is growing evidence that some Afghan insurgent forces are becoming 'narco-cartels' […]

Published
2009

109. Marines Fight With Little Aid From Afghans

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company business management, United States. Marine Corps -- Safety and security measures, Taliban -- Military aspects -- Safety and security measures -- Management, Military assistance, American -- Management -- Safety and security measures -- Military aspects, Insurgency -- Afghanistan -- United States -- Management
Abstract

American Marines secured this desolate village in southern Afghanistan nearly two months ago, and last week they were fortifying bases, on duty at checkpoints and patrolling in full body armor […]

Published
2009

110. Rockets and intimidation deter voters in the south

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Presidents -- Elections
Abstract

About 10 a.m. Thursday an Afghan soldier accidentally discharged a grenade launcher, setting off a blast not far from the mosque whose forecourt had been converted into the only polling […]

Published
2009

111. Afghan leader courts the warlord vote, but others fear the cost

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Elections -- Political aspects
Abstract

When Marshal Muhammad Qasim Fahim was interim vice president and defense minister after the United States invasion in 2001, his tanks overlooked Kabul and he was widely seen as more […]

Published
2009

112. Afghan War Hits Peak Toll For a Month

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Market trend/market analysis, Afghanistan Conflict, 2001- -- Forecasts and trends -- Casualties, Political violence -- Forecasts and trends -- Casualties, Military maneuvers -- Forecasts and trends -- Casualties
Abstract

Insurgents killed nine American and NATO soldiers in Afghanistan over the weekend, underscoring the alarming increase in the sophistication and frequency of roadside bomb attacks that contributed to making July […]

Published
2009

113. Iraq Veterans Find Afghan Enemy Even Bolder

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Market trend/market analysis, Taliban -- Political activity, Political violence -- Forecasts and trends, Military maneuvers -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

In three combat tours in Anbar Province, Marine Sgt. Jacob Tambunga fought the deadliest insurgents in Iraq. But he says he never encountered an enemy as tenacious as what he […]

Published
2009

114. Bomb Kills Four G.I.'s, Swelling Afghan Toll

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company legal issue, Improvised explosive devices -- Casualties -- Investigations, Bombings -- Afghanistan -- Investigations -- Casualties
Abstract

Four American soldiers were killed by a roadside explosion in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, making July the deadliest month for American service members in the country since the 2001 invasion […]

Published
2009

115. 16 Dead in Copter Crash at Afghan Base, NATO Says, Ruling Out Insurgents as Cause

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company legal issue, Military maneuvers -- Investigations -- Casualties, Aircraft accidents -- Investigations -- Casualties
Abstract

Sixteen civilians were killed Sunday when a transport helicopter working for the NATO-led military coalition crashed as it tried to take off from the military base at Kandahar in southern […]

Published
2009

116. Copter Crash Kills at Least 6 in Afghanistan

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Shah, Taimoor

Subjects
Company legal issue, Aircraft accidents -- Investigations -- Casualties
Abstract

A helicopter crash in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan killed at least six civilians early Tuesday morning, and two United States Marines were killed in the same region on Monday […]

Published
2009

117. Allied Officers Concerned By Lack of Afghan Forces

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company legal issue, Taliban -- Political activity -- Investigations, Military maneuvers -- Casualties -- Investigations, Aircraft accidents -- Investigations -- Casualties
Abstract

One week after several battalions of Marines swept through the Helmand River valley, military commanders appear increasingly concerned about a lack of Afghan forces in the field. 'What I need […]

Published
2009

118. In tactical shift, troops will hold Afghan ground after clearing it

Author

Shanker, Thom and Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company business management, Counterinsurgency -- Management -- Casualties, Deployment (Strategy) -- Management -- Casualties, Military maneuvers -- Management -- Casualties
Abstract

The first major operation launched with the additional troops ordered to Afghanistan by President Obama is devised to clear Taliban havens across a strategic southern province -- and then, in […]

Published
2009

119. U.S. Soldier May Be Held By Taliban, Military Fears

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company legal issue, Taliban -- Investigations, Kidnapping -- Investigations, Missing persons -- Investigations
Abstract

A young American soldier who walked off his remote combat outpost in a volatile region of eastern Afghanistan has been captured and is believed to be in the hands of […]

Published
2009

120. Marines Attack Afghan Valley To Retake It From the Taliban

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Taliban -- Political activity, Military assistance, Deployment (Strategy)
Abstract

Almost 4,000 United States Marines, backed by helicopter gunships, pushed into the volatile Helmand River valley in southwestern Afghanistan early Thursday morning to try to take back the region from […]

Published
2009

121. Afghan Security Guards Are Blamed in a Gun Battle That Killed a Police Chief

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company legal issue, United States. Army -- Investigations -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Gun violence -- Investigations -- Casualties, Military maneuvers -- Investigations -- Casualties
Abstract

The police chief of Kandahar Province and five other police officers were killed in a gun battle Monday when about 40 Afghan security guards charged into the prosecutor's office in […]

Published
2009

122. U.S. Captain Hears Pleas for Afghan Detainee

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company legal issue, Mistaken identity -- Cases, False imprisonment -- Cases
Abstract

Capt. Kirk Black, who trains the Afghan police in this impoverished province, developed a practiced skepticism about claims of innocence during a decade as a Baltimore police officer. But last […]

Published
2009

123. Afghan lawmakers accuse a governor of graft

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Rahimi, Sangar

Subjects
Company legal issue, Government regulation, Political corruption -- Investigations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Political ethics -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Investigations
Abstract

An Afghan parliamentary commission has called for the governor of Ghazni Province to be suspended from office until a corruption investigation can be carried out. The decision this week by […]

Published
2009

124. Civilians Died In Airstrike By NATO, Afghan Says

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Wafa, Abdul Waheed

Subjects
Company legal issue, North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Military policy -- Investigations, Bombing, Aerial -- Investigations -- Casualties, Political violence -- Investigations -- Casualties
Abstract

An airstrike by NATO forces early Monday in mountainous eastern Afghanistan killed six civilians, including two children, a local Afghan official said, the latest accusation of civilian casualties leveled against […]

Published
2009

125. United Militants Threaten Pakistan's Populous Heart

Author

Tavernise, Sabrina, Oppel, Jr., Richard A., and Schmitt, Eric

Subjects
Company legal issue, Taliban -- Political activity -- Investigations, Political violence -- Investigations -- Casualties, Panjabis (South Asian people) -- Political activity -- Casualties -- Investigations, Islamic militants -- Political activity -- Investigations -- Casualties, Suicide bombings -- Investigations -- Casualties
Abstract

This article was reported bySabrina Tavernise, Richard A. Oppel Jr.and Eric Schmittand written by Ms. Tavernise. Taliban insurgents are teaming up with local militant groups to make inroads in Punjab, […]

Published
2009

126. Corruption Undercuts U.S. Hopes for Improving Afghan Police

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company business planning, Company business management, Military personnel -- Training, Peace officers -- Training -- Planning -- Military aspects
Abstract

As part of his new strategy for Afghanistan, President Obama has announced plans to send 4,000 more American troops this spring to train the Afghan National Police and Army. But […]

Published
2009

127. Afghan Leader Refuses to Step Down Before Election in August

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Rahimi, Sangar

Abstract

President Hamid Karzai on Saturday deflected calls from political rivals to cede authority to an interim government before an election in August, and refused to even say whether he would […]

Published
2009

128. Opposition Leaders Accuse Afghan President of Abusing His Power to Stay in Office

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Gall, Carlotta

Subjects
Company legal issue, Company business planning, Elections -- Planning -- Public opinion -- Investigations
Abstract

Afghanistan's top political opposition leaders accused President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday of trying to manipulate the country's coming presidential election. They demanded that he step aside in May so that […]

Published
2009

129. Revising Initial Claim, U.S. Concedes Afghan Attack Mainly Killed Civilians

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Taliban -- Military aspects -- Statistics -- Social aspects, Bombing, Aerial -- Casualties -- Social aspects -- Public opinion -- Military aspects -- Statistics, Military assistance, American -- Public opinion -- Casualties -- Social aspects -- Military aspects -- Statistics, Civilian casualties -- Statistics -- Prevention -- Military aspects -- Casualties -- Social aspects -- Public opinion, Afghanistan -- Military aspects -- Social aspects
Abstract

An airstrike by the United States-led military coalition killed 13 civilians and 3 militants last Tuesday in western Afghanistan, not 'up to 15 militants' as was initially claimed by American […]

Published
2009

130. Taliban Commander's Death Ends an Embarrassment for Afghanistan

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Shah, Taimoor

Subjects
Taliban -- Political activity -- Officials and employees, Military leaders -- Death of -- Political activity
Abstract

Before he was killed over the weekend, it was not always easy to track the ways that Maulavi Ghulam Dastagir had become an acute shame to the Afghan government. He […]

Published
2009

131. U.S. Envoy Reaches Out to Iran During Afghan Visit

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company public relations, Diplomats -- Public relations -- Travel
Abstract

President Obama's top envoy to Afghanistan declared Sunday that Iran should play a vital role helping stabilize the war-torn country. It was the latest statement by Obama officials signaling a […]

Published
2009

132. Australia Says Children Died In Skirmish With Taliban

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Shah, Taimoor

Subjects
Taliban -- Military aspects, War -- Casualties, Children and war -- Military aspects, Terrorists -- Military aspects
Abstract

Five children were killed in predawn fighting on Thursday between Australian special operations troops and Taliban guerrillas in south central Afghanistan, the Australian military said, the latest episode of civilian […]

Published
2009

133. Obama's Special Envoy Arrives in Afghanistan

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Taliban -- Political activity -- Evaluation -- Political aspects, Diplomats -- Travel -- Political activity -- Political aspects -- Military aspects -- Casualties, Suicide bombings -- Casualties -- Evaluation -- Military aspects -- Political aspects, Afghanistan -- Military aspects -- Political aspects
Abstract

President Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday, the United States Embassy here said, one day after a coordinated series of Taliban suicide attacks […]

Published
2009

134. Taliban fighters in Central Kabul kill at least 20

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A., Wafa, Abdul Waheed, and Rahimi, Sangar

Subjects
Taliban, Suicide bombings -- Casualties
Abstract

This article was reported by Richard A. Oppel Jr., Abdul Waheed Wafa and Sangar Rahimi and written by Mr. Oppel. KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen struck government […]

Published
2009

135. Two Taliban Are Killed In Revenge By Afghans

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Rahimi, Sangar

Subjects
Company legal issue, Taliban -- Political activity -- Investigations, Political violence -- Investigations, Assassination -- Investigations
Abstract

KABUL, Afghanistan -- On Saturday, something typical happened in eastern Afghanistan: Two Taliban guerrillas assassinated a top local politician. But on Sunday, something very unusual occurred, according to witnesses and […]

Published
2009

136. In Pakistan, radio Amplifies terror of Taliban

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Shah, Pir Zubair

Subjects
Taliban -- Religious aspects -- Powers and duties -- Political aspects -- Ethical aspects -- Social aspects, Islam -- Pakistan -- Ethical aspects -- Military aspects -- Religious aspects -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Swat, Pakistan (District) -- Military aspects -- Social aspects -- Political aspects
Abstract

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Every night around 8 o'clock, the terrified residents of Swat, a lush and picturesque valley a hundred miles from three of Pakistan's most important cities, crowd around […]

Published
2009

137. Drone Airstrikes in Pakistan Continue Into Obama's Term

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Bombing, Aerial -- Casualties -- Military aspects, Pakistan -- Military aspects
Abstract

Two missile attacks launched from remotely piloted American aircraft killed at least 15 people in western Pakistan on Friday. The strikes suggested that the use of drones to kill militants […]

Published
2009

138. Pakistan Seizes Terror Suspect

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company legal issue, Bombings -- Pakistan -- United Kingdom -- Investigations, Terrorism -- Investigations
Abstract

Pakistani forces arrested a Saudi Arabian man believed to have been involved in the London bombing attacks on July 7, 2005, two Pakistani officials said Thursday. The Saudi, Zabi al-Taifi, […]

Published
2009

139. U.S. Secures New Routes For Supplies to Afghanistan

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company distribution practices, North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Equipment and supplies, Military supplies -- Distribution -- Equipment and supplies -- Military aspects, Logistics -- International aspects -- Equipment and supplies -- Military aspects, Khyber Pass -- Military aspects
Abstract

Faced with the risk that Taliban attacks could imperil the main supply route for NATO troops in Afghanistan, the United States military has obtained permission to move troop supplies through […]

Published
2009

140. At Least 46 Die in One of the Heaviest Attacks on Pakistani Troops in Months

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Shah, Pir Zubair

Subjects
Taliban -- Military aspects, Military maneuvers -- Casualties -- Military aspects, Sunnites -- Military aspects -- Casualties, Shiites -- Military aspects -- Casualties
Abstract

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Hundreds of Taliban militants poured into northwestern Pakistan in a large frontal attack on a paramilitary base late Saturday and Sunday that left at least 40 militants […]

Published
2009

141. As Biden Meets Pakistani Leaders, Bombs Rattle a Cultural Hub

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Masood, Salman

Subjects
Company legal issue, Bombings -- Pakistan -- Investigations
Abstract

Five small bombs exploded outside theaters in Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, hours after Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived here in the capital to meet the country's military and […]

Published
2009

142. Gunman in Mumbai Siege Is Pakistani, Official Says

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Masood, Salman

Subjects
Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, 2008 -- Analysis -- Political aspects, Terrorists -- Analysis -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Citizenship -- Analysis -- Political aspects, Pakistan -- Political aspects
Abstract

Pakistan's national security adviser, Mahmud Ali Durrani, confirmed Wednesday that the lone surviving gunman from the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Muhammad Ajmal Kasab, is a Pakistani citizen. Hours later Mr. Durrani, […]

Published
2009

143. Pakistani militants admit role in siege, official says

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Masood, Salman

Subjects
Company legal issue, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, 2008 -- Cases -- Evaluation, Islamic militants -- Aims and objectives -- Cases, Sieges -- Cases, Confession (Law) -- Cases, Terrorism -- Cases
Abstract

Pakistani authorities have obtained confessions from members of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba that they were involved in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November that killed more than 160 […]

Published
2009

144. U.S. to Widen Supply Routes In Afghan War

Author

Shanker, Thom and Oppel, Jr., Richard A.

Subjects
Company business planning, North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Planning, Military paraphernalia -- Logistics -- Military aspects -- Planning, Military assistance -- Planning -- Military aspects, Mechanization, Military -- Logistics -- Military aspects -- Planning, Afghanistan -- Military aspects, United States -- Planning
Abstract

The United States and NATO are planning to open and expand supply lines through Central Asia to deliver fuel, food and other goods to a military mission in Afghanistan that […]

Published
2008

145. Move Against Taliban Shuts U.S. Supply Line

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Shah, Pir Zubair

Abstract

Backed by helicopter gunships, tanks and artillery, Pakistani security forces on Tuesday shut down a crucial supply line for NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan as they launched an offensive against […]

Published
2008

146. Taliban Hit Pakistan Town That Fought Back

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Shah, Pir Zubair

Subjects
Taliban -- Powers and duties, Suicide bombings -- Casualties -- Military aspects, Pakistan -- Military aspects
Abstract

Four months ago, the people of the Pakistani mountain village of Shalbandi gained national repute after a village posse hunted down and killed six Taliban fighters who had tied up […]

Published
2008

147. Pakistan moves troops amid tensions with India

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A., Masood, Salman, and Sengupta, Somini

Subjects
General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. AND SALMAN MASOOD AND SOMINI SENGUPTA; New York Times News Service ISLAMABAD AND NEW DELHI -- Pakistan has begun moving some troops away from its [...]

Published
2008

148. Amid Wide Taliban Rule, a NATO Supply Line in Pakistan Is Choked

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Shah, Pir Zubair

Subjects
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Equipment and supplies -- Political activity, Taliban -- Political activity -- Equipment and supplies, Military paraphernalia -- Logistics -- Equipment and supplies -- Access control -- Military aspects, Boundaries -- Access control -- Military aspects -- Equipment and supplies, Raids (Military science) -- Equipment and supplies -- Military aspects, Mechanization, Military -- Logistics -- Equipment and supplies -- Access control -- Military aspects
Abstract

This frontier city boasts a major air base and Pakistani Army and paramilitary garrisons. But the 200 Taliban guerrillas were in no rush as they methodically ransacked depots with NATO […]

Published
2008

149. Pakistan says banned group helped plan attack on hotel

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Masood, Salman

Subjects
Company legal issue, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi -- Cases, Bombings -- Pakistan -- Casualties -- Cases, Terrorism -- Cases -- Casualties
Abstract

A Sunni Muslim extremist group believed to have been involved in the 2002 abduction and murder of the journalist Daniel Pearl helped carry out the Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad […]

Published
2008

150. In Visits, British Prime Minister Tries to Defuse Tensions of India and Pakistan

Author

Oppel, Jr., Richard A. and Masood, Salman

Subjects
Company legal issue, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba -- Investigations -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, 2008 -- International aspects -- Investigations -- Political aspects, Prime ministers -- Foreign policy -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Antiterrorism measures -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Presidents -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Abstract

Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain shuttled from India to Pakistan on Sunday to try to tamp down tensions between the two countries, but at the same time bluntly demanded […]

Published
2008

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