https://www.frontlineclub.com/an_afghan_fixer_in_sweden/ Championing Independent Journalism Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.frontlineclub.com/an_afghan_fixer_in_sweden/#comment-481 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:58:44 +0000 https://www.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=2648#comment-481 On the 23rd of June 2009, the first commercial flight for thirty years is scheduled to fly land into the Helmand province. GRN correspondent Jerome Starkey will be on board the Antonov-24 aeroplane which is making this momentous journey from Kabul to Lashkar Gah. The president of the flight’s operator Ariana Airlines insists that it is only a matter of time before he is opening a route to Heathrow…
How significant an occasion could this prove to be for the region? What does it mean for the local economy? How safe are these flights? Does this indicate a further step forward against the influence of the Taliban over the region?
Jerome Starkey will be on the ground- ready and available to find the answers to YOU want to know,
http://www.globalfm.com/Stories/Story/sid;64 First_commercial_flights_for_thirty_years_begin_in_Helmand/

]]> https://www.frontlineclub.com/an_afghan_fixer_in_sweden/#comment-480 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:04:52 +0000 https://www.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=2648#comment-480 Cutting edge Afghanistan coverage here:
http://afghancentral.blogspot.com/

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