News of Afghanistan - The Return V (Edition 61)

I am going to be a bit more "military" in this edition. When I saw this, I felt a bit bad that I had been underreporting what the US/Canada/Britain/ISAF have been doing. So, here we go:

How do you spell relief? PRT.

A small victory, but note near the end of the press release. This is what would stop this story from ever getting out into the general news.

Do you have you latest copy of Freedom Watch?

Even the Taliban is turning away from school burnings? I rather think they still did it - but even they realize that this does nothing but rouse the fury of the Afghans.

Brits on the attack.

Just can't stay away from Tora Bora!

An Afghan policeman stands guard at a suicide attack site in Spin Boldak, a town in the southern province of Kandahar, Thursday, July 5, 2007 A suicide bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, killing 10 police and wounding 11. (AP Photo/Allah Uddin)

OK, say this fast, five times; "Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and Hamid Karzai seek to step up"

Mr. Ban's musings.

Floods - ungood. Plus ungood.

Kabul Press, e-censorship? See also this.

And in sports: Expat sports meet! I am sure the volleyball is going to be awe inspiring. The Afghans love it and really good at it.

A kidnapping or not?