Kabul standoff ends with seven dead
GenevaLunch News KABUL – Six Taliban insurgents were killed after a 20-hour standoff in the heart of Kabul’s diplomatic and military enclave. “The operation just ended and 6 terrorists were killed by...
View ArticleSwiss hostages captured by Taliban escaped, safe in Pakistan
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – A Swiss couple captured by the Taliban 1 July 2011 as they were traveling in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region escaped and presented themselves to a Pakistan...
View ArticleBern confirms 2 Taliban hostages free and unharmed
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Olivier and Daniela, whose last names are not given by Bern to protect their privacy, are indeed free and the Swiss ambassador has spoken with them: the travelers...
View ArticleTwo Taliban hostages back in Switzerland
GenevaLunch News ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Olivier O and Daniela W, the two Swiss hostages who were captured by a Taliban group in Pakistan while they were on an overland trip through Asia, arrived back...
View ArticleObama promises to “finish the job” in Afghan speech
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US President Barack Obama promised to “finish the job” begun in Afghanistan, in a speech pronounced during a surprise visit to a US military base in the country,...
View ArticleAttack on WHO polio doctor in Pakistan
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Gunmen in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi attacked a UN vehicle, injuring a World Health Organization doctor working on a polio immunization drive Tuesday 17...
View ArticleAfghan civilians beheaded, fears increase for new wave of violence
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Fears that Taliban strength is rising again in Afghanistan are being fueled by the deaths Sunday 26 August, by beheading, of 17 civilians. An official in Helmand...
View ArticlePakistan waits as school girl lies in hospital, ministry says attackers...
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Malala Yousufzai,, already well known as a 14-year-old girl who dared to speak publicly about the problems, particularly for girls who wanted an education, under...
View ArticleWomen health workers killed in Taliban anti-polio raid
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Five women who were part of a national polio eradication campaign were killed in Pakistan Tuesday 18 December and a 17-year-old girl was killed Monday, prompting...
View ArticleBomb attack on police in Kabul, 8 hrs fighting, leaves 9 dead
GenevaLunch News Dozen wounded in early hours attack GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – An attack on the traffic police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan led to the deaths of at least nine people, four of them...
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