http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/qala 2008-10-19T15:29:52Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28343-nato-troop-calls-to-afghanistan-intensify-7-feb-08 2008-10-19T15:29:52Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G-EFDCfKyBI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G-EFDCfKyBI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28343-nato-troop-calls-to-afghanistan-intensify-7-feb-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30490" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The recapture of Musa Qala from the Taliban in December was supposed to be a success story. An Afghan Army-led fight on a major Taliban stronghold. But the reality is that it was the British and American troops that took the town and now two months on they are struggling to hold it. <br />So much so that the over-stretched British military are sending another 600 soldiers to boost their prescence on the ground. Al Jazeera reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28343-nato-troop-calls-to-afghanistan-intensify-7-feb-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18251-afghanistan-taliban-stronghold-8-nov-2007 2008-10-22T15:30:55Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kdr1Zh4IPOs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kdr1Zh4IPOs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/18251-afghanistan-taliban-stronghold-8-nov-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/17926" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>An ambush in Southern Afghanistan has killed 7 policemen.</p> <p>It happened in Zabul province near Helmand province, where British troops say they're coming under increasing attack from Taliban fighters.</p> <p>The Taliban now control towns like Musa Qala in Helmand, as Nazanine Moshiri explains in this exclusive report for Al Jazeera.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/18251-afghanistan-taliban-stronghold-8-nov-2007">Watch the video</a>