Nuristan Province
Fabled Afghan province of Nuristan keeps US at bay
Mar 04, 2010 02:44 EST
A region of soaring mountains, rare languages and isolated tribes, Nuristan in northeastern Afghanistan has long held a special fascination for writers and hardy travellers.
Fabled Afghan province of Nuristan keeps US at bay
Mar 04, 2010 01:34 EST
A region of soaring mountains, rare languages and isolated tribes, Nuristan in northeastern Afghanistan has long held a special fascination for writers and hardy travellers.
Pakistani officials: Nearly 15 top Taliban held
Feb 25, 2010 09:38 EST
Pakistani intelligence officials: Nearly 15 top-level Taliban in custody in Pakistan. Nearly 15 senior and midlevel Taliban figures have been detained in Pakistan in recent weeks, including the group's top commander in eastern Afghanistan whose arrest was confirmed Thursday by the Afghan government.
US support for Afghan warlord is key test of new policy
Feb 21, 2010 18:37 EST
The United States is helping an Afghan warlord and former enemy to take control of a district bordering Pakistan, military officers and independent experts say.
NATO says Afghans to play big role in offensive
Feb 08, 2010 13:36 EST
NATO says Afghan forces to play their biggest role of the war in upcoming operation in south. Thousands of Afghan soldiers and police will join U.S. and NATO troops in an upcoming offensive in southern Afghanistan, playing their biggest role in any joint operation of the Afghan war.
US faults command over Afghan ambush that killed 8
Feb 05, 2010 07:18 EST
Report blames command shortcomings over Afghan outpost ambush that killed 8 Americans. The U.S. military blamed "shortcomings in command oversight" and delays in closing a remote outpost in northeastern Afghanistan for an October ambush that left eight Americans dead, according to a report released Friday.
Delay in Afghan base closure led to 8 U.S. deaths
Feb 05, 2010 05:17 EST
KABUL (Reuters) - A delay of months in closing a remote combat outpost with "no tactical or strategic value" led to the deaths of eight U.S. soldiers last year in one of the worst battles of the Afghanistan war, a report found on Friday.
US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa
Jan 07, 2010 10:05 EST
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr.
US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa
Jan 07, 2010 10:04 EST
US troops who have died while serving in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr.
US says bin Laden sometimes slips into Afghanistan
Dec 07, 2009 08:33 EST
White House official: bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan but sometimes slips into Afghanistan. Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House official says, adding a new twist to the mystery of the elusive terrorist's whereabouts.
White House still lacks solid intel on bin Laden
Dec 06, 2009 16:55 EST
Obama aide says bin Laden, hiding in Pakistan, may periodically slip back into Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden may be slipping back and forth from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Or the U.S. might not have a clue, more than eight years after the al-Qaida leader masterminded the terrorist attacks on America.
Afghanistan to open more voting centers for runoff
Oct 29, 2009 06:40 EDT
Afghanistan increases voting centers for presidential runoff, rejecting UN recommendations. Afghanistan will open more voting centers in next week's presidential runoff than in the fraud-tainted first-round vote, officials said Thursday, rejecting U.N. recommendations that they cut sites to prevent cheating.
Deadly days for US troops in Afghanistan
Oct 27, 2009 13:04 EDT
Deadliest days for US troops in Afghanistan. Some of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in Afghanistan:
3 bodies found in US plane wreckage in Afghanistan
Oct 27, 2009 12:58 EDT
NATO: Remains of 3 US crew recovered from wreckage of US Army aircraft in Afghanistan. NATO-led forces have recovered the remains of three American military contractors from the wreckage of a U.S. Army reconnaissance plane that crashed two weeks ago in the rugged mountains of northeastern Afghanistan, the military said Tuesday.
Eight more US troops dead in Afghan war's blackest month
Oct 26, 2009 20:00 EDT
Eight new fatalities Tuesday made October the deadliest month yet for US forces in Afghanistan, as President Barack Obama announced a key meeting with army chiefs to discuss his fateful troop decision.
Eight more US troops dead in Afghan war's blackest month
Oct 26, 2009 20:00 EDT
Bomb attacks killed another eight American soldiers Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month for US forces in their eight-year war against the Taliban.
Bomb kills US soldier in Afghanistan: NATO
Oct 20, 2009 20:00 EDT
A roadside bomb blast killed a US soldier in the southern Taliban heartland on Afghanistan, as troops pulled out of a remote outpost in the east, NATO said on Wednesday.
Suicide attack kills six in Afghanistan: officials
Oct 08, 2009 20:00 EDT
A suicide attack in southeastern Afghanistan killed six guards working for a road construction company, as nearly 50 Taliban insurgents and one NATO soldier were killed elsewhere, officials said Friday.
Suicide attack kills six in Afghanistan: officials
Oct 08, 2009 20:00 EDT
A suicide attack in southeastern Afghanistan killed six guards working for a road construction company, while at least 30 Taliban insurgents and one NATO soldier were killed elsewhere, officials said.
US encounters stumbling blocks in training Afghans
Oct 08, 2009 05:44 EDT
Discipline among many stumbling blocks as US trains Afghan forces. Even before the American paratroopers entered the Afghan barracks, the lack of discipline was evident: torn screens, trash collecting in the hallways, bedrooms and bushes. The checkpoints were even worse, they said, with used syringes littering the ground.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Nuristan (نورستان) | |
| Province | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| Population | 112,000 [1] |
| Governor | Eng. Hazrat Din Noor |
| Timezone | GMT+4:30 |
| Main language | Nuristani |
 Map of Afghanistan with Nuristan highlighted
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