Tag: Afghanistan
Norway backs new Afghan command
Norwegian Defense Minister Grete Faremo said she had "great understanding" for US President Barack Obama's decision to fire General Stanley McChrystal as head of...
Stoltenberg spends 17th with troops
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg took off on a sudden and secret trip to Afghanistan during the holiday weekend, landing in Kabul Monday morning to...
Ambassador blasts asylum plan
Afghanistan's ambassador to Norway doesn't think a Norwegian government plan to curb the refugee stream from her war-torn country has much chance of succeeding....
Wounded soldiers back in Norway
The two Norwegian soldiers who were most seriously wounded in Afghanistan over the weekend have been flown back to Norway for further treatment. Now...
Soldiers want higher pay in Afghanistan
They volunteer to serve, and Norwegian soldiers who accept assignments in Afghanistan think they should get better rewards for the risks they take. They're...
No more soldiers from Norway
Norwegian government officials still say they won't send more soldiers to Afghanistan, despite new calls for help from US President Barack Obama and NATO....
Kidnapped journalist admits 'mistake'
Pål Refsdal, the Norwegian journalist released by kidnappers in Afghanistan last week, is back home in Norway and showing some signs of remorse for...
What are they thinking?
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Freelance journalist Pål Refsdal has become the latest adventurous Norwegian to get into serious trouble overseas and then ask the Norwegian Foreign Ministry to...
UN envoy home for needed 'R&R'
Kai Eide, the Norwegian diplomat who's the United Nations' special envoy to Afghanistan, says he's never experienced such an exhausting period as the past...
Officers oppose troop withdrawal
A panel of seven Norwegian officers with years of active duty in Afghanistan have issued a clear warning to politicians: "If we leave now,...
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