The Price of War 4/6 Norwegian Afghanistan Documentary (English Subtitles)
Press = in the right corner for subtitles. Part 5: The second half of episode 2 that won IAB #39;s award for "Best international current affairs documentary 2012".
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Russian pilot returns home from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan
An emotional scene at the airport is not uncommon but one Russian pilot had an extra special reason to celebrate. Pavel Petrenko was finally reunited with his family after returning home...
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A Russian Taliban member today became the first military detainee from Afghanistan to appear in a federal court.
Irek Hamidullan appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Novak at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Richmond. He has been in U.S. custody since 2009, and was held at the Bagram airfield in Afghanistan. Last month, the White House said Hamidullan, who was captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan, would be brought into the U.S. criminal justice system.
The Associated Press reports that the case marks "the Obama administration's latest attempt to show that it can use the criminal court system to deal with terror suspects."
The Justice Department says Hamidullan took part in an attack on U.S. troops and Afghan police in the Khost Province in November 2009.
Hamidullan, who was shackled and guarded by federal agents, said little, the AP reported. The Justice Department said he was indicted by a grand jury "on twelve counts, including conspiring to provide and providing material support to terrorists; conspiring and attempting to destroy an aircraft of the armed forces of the United States; conspiring and attempting to murder a national of the United States; and other offenses."
He faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
At the time of the White House announcement in October, NPR spoke to Robert Chesney, a professor of national security law at the University of Texas at Austin, who said Congress prevents the administration from bringing terrorism detainees from the naval detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the U.S. to face trial. But that rule, he says, doesn't apply to those being detained in Afghanistan.
"[I]n a way, bringing Irek Hamidullan into the United States for prosecution is a bit of a pilot," he told NPR's Audie Cornish. "Could we perhaps not only address the lingering elements of detention in Afghanistan this way, might it also be a solution we could reopen for Guantanamo?"
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division concluded its operations in Afghanistan on Tuesday.
The 10th Mountain Division, an infantry force equipped to fight under harsh conditions, first arrived in Afghanistan in fall 2001. The division completed five tours, including many operations in the volatile eastern region, and lost an estimated 177 soldiers to the protracted conflict.
"We were the first division here, and I think it's fitting we'd be the last" to complete a combat mission, said Maj. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the division's commander, following a ceremony marking the division's departure from rugged eastern Afghanistan.
The conclusion of the 10th Mountain Division's operations marks another step in America's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
President Barack Obama has announced that America's military presence in Afghanistan will be reduced to about 9,800 troops beyond 2014.
Despite the formal conclusion of the 10th Mountain Division's operations on Tuesday, Townsend said, "I expect our division is not done with this place ... I don't know that for sure, but I would be surprised if we are not back here in some shape, form or fashion."
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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan The U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division formally concluded its operations in Afghanistan on Tuesday, another sign that the war is drawing to a close even as American commanders are evaluating whether they will have enough resources to support the fledgling Afghan military.
After five tours in Afghanistan since 2001, four of which included operations in the country's volatile and dangerous eastern provinces, most of the soldiers from the division will be en route to Fort Drum, N.Y., by this afternoon.
In the fall of 2001, the 10th Mountain Division was the first major army unit to arrive in Afghanistan in support of American Special Forces who helped topple the Taliban government. Since then, about 177 soldiers from the division have been killed while serving in the country.
"We were the first division here, and I think it's fitting we'd be the last" in a combat role, said Maj. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the division's commander, after a ceremony marking the division's departure.
The withdrawal of the 10th Mountain Division, an infantry force specially trained to fight in harsh weather, comes as coalition commanders race to meet President Barack Obama's orders for their post-2014 mission.
Though about 20,000 American troops remain in Afghanistan, Obama has said that number will be reduced to 9,800 by Jan. 1. Obama plans to cut that force in half by the end of 2015 and has pledged that all American troops will be gone from Afghanistan one year later.
Many Afghan military and political leaders, including newly-elected President Ashraf Ghani, worry Afghan forces will need support from the U.S. military for years to come.
In an interview published Monday in Foreign Policy magazine, Gen. John F. Campbell, commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan, appeared to suggest he was prepared to ask Obama to extend the U.S. military's withdrawal time-frame.
But Campbell told the Washington Post on Tuesday that it was premature to speculate on what, if any, recommendation he may make to the Joint Chiefs of Staff about the future Afghan mission.
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