Tag: Afghanistan
More deaths in Afghanistan linked to Norwegian troops
Norwegian ISAF troops involved in more than 40 Afghan deaths.
‘Bookseller’ dispute far from over
UPDATED: Norwegian author and journalist Åsne Seierstad has appealed an Oslo court order that she and her publisher pay damages to one of the...
WikiLeaks details Afghan combat
Norway's involvement in the lengthy war in Afghanistan has been revealed in chillingly new detail, after website WikiLeaks released tens of thousands of documents...
Afghan unit attacked as talks begin
Norwegian soldiers serving as mentors for Afghan colleagues came under attack for the second time in three days, just as Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr...
Bringing home the fallen men
A Hercules aircraft carrying the bodies of four Norwegian soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan passing over Oslo on July 1. It...
Thousands hailed fallen soldiers
International military and civilian personnel turned out in force as the bodies of four Norwegian soldiers were flown out of Afghanistan on Thursday. A...
Norway mulls new Afghan strategy
Defense Minister Grete Faremo, mourning the loss of four Norwegian soldiers in Afghanistan this week, is pondering a new strategy that could spread Norwegian...
‘They were among the finest we have’
Norwegian military officials have released the names of the four soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Sunday. Defense Minister Grete Faremo,...
Norway staying in Afghanistan
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg went on national TV Monday morning to mourn the deaths of four Norwegian soldiers in Afghanistan, but also to renew...
Four soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Norway's Ministry of Defense has confirmed that four Norwegian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Sunday, nearly doubling the number of Norwegian casualties to...
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