https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Swedish armed forces will not be held responsible for Afghan interpreters who are no longer in the employ of its Isaf troops, it was reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20140422/swedish-military-limits-charge-of-translator-safety Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:52:00 +0200 swedish-military-limits-charge-of-translator-safety An Afghan interpreter who told The Local of his fight for asylum in Sweden has since fled his home country, after insurgents tortured a relative to find out where he was hiding. https://www.thelocal.se/20140314/swedish-isaf-translator-flees-afghanistan Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:34:00 +0100 swedish-isaf-translator-flees-afghanistan Fahim spent four years as a translator with the Swedish Armed Forces in northern Afghanistan. He claims insurgents still want to kill him, but his appeal for asylum in Sweden has so far been met with silence. https://www.thelocal.se/20140206/afghan-translator-pins-hope-on-swedish-asylum Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:42:00 +0100 afghan-translator-pins-hope-on-swedish-asylum The government never explained that Swedish troops in Afghanistan had shifted to counter-insurgency warfare in 2010, a Swedish intelligence expert has claimed, arguing the Riksdag was misled when voting to extend the mission. https://www.thelocal.se/20130313/46700 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:21:00 +0100 46700 Afghan interpreters working for the Swedish armed forces in Mazar-i-Sharif have sought asylum in Sweden, claiming that they will suffer reprisals from the Taliban after the withdrawal of troops in 2014. https://www.thelocal.se/20120730/42304 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:04:00 +0200 42304 A Swedish soldier on duty in Afghanistan was seriously injured by a roadside bomb on Friday while on patrol west of the Swedish military base in Mazar-i-Sharif. https://www.thelocal.se/20120323/39844 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:47:00 +0100 39844 Sweden’s foreign minister, Carl Bildt, was delayed during a visit to Kabul after a rocket attack on the city’s airport forced his plane to divert - just one kilometre from the runway. https://www.thelocal.se/20100720/27882 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:27:00 +0200 27882 Five Swedish soldiers have been injured in an explosion that also claimed the life of a local foreign language interpreter, the Swedish Armed Forces said in a statement on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20091111/23208 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:11:00 +0100 23208 A Swedish soldier was injured in Afghanistan on Saturday when his unit was attacked by rebels. https://www.thelocal.se/20091011/22592 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:20:00 +0200 22592 Two Swedish soldiers are recovering after sustaining injuries in a firefight in the vicinity of Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan late on Thursday evening. https://www.thelocal.se/20091009/22558 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:14:00 +0200 22558 A regional Taliban commander has warned that Swedes serving in Afghanistan will be the target of reprisals following the killing of three of the guerrilla group’s fighters by Swedish troops last week. https://www.thelocal.se/20090729/20988 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:54:00 +0200 20988 The Swedish and Finnish troops that came under fire in Afghanistan on Saturday were able to return safely to base on Sunday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20090726/20914 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:32:00 +0200 20914 Pakistani security forces have arrested a man suspected of plotting to bomb the Swedish embassy in Islamabad. https://www.thelocal.se/20090624/20240 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:29:00 +0200 20240 A Swedish soldier has been injured after an explosive device detonated under an army vehicle in Afghanistan. https://www.thelocal.se/20070415/7004 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:44:00 +0200 7004