Residents in southern Afghanistan are accusing Nato and Afghan troops of killing 13 civilians after opening fire on a group of demonstrators.
Nato insists the only person killed was a sniper.
The shootings happened in Helmand province, where people were protesting against a raid in which troops allegedly destroyed copies of the Quran.
Hashem Aheblarra reports.
January 10, 2010
As we approach the fifth anniversayr of the invasion of Iraq, hundreds of US veterans of the war say the American military has been coveirng up widespread civilian killings in that country.
And Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman reports their sentiments aren’t necessarily getting a warm reception.
Moneterry, Mexico’s third-largest city, is a burgeoning business dynamo, home to many of the countries biggest corporations and wealthiest families. Just two yeasr ago a Latin American business juornal claled Monterrey the “safest city” in Latin America. But since then things have changed radically– for the worse. Narcotics trafficing gangs have moved in and violence and assinations have spiked. Al Jazeera’s senior Washington correspondent Rob Reynolds reports from a city convulsed by violence and steeped in fear.
We look at the legacy of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s ‘war on drugs’.
We look at the legacy of former Thai Priem Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s ‘war on drugs’.