Feeds
Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home. Complete Story...
France's foreign minister walked into a remote Afghan village on Friday to talk with small farmers and local tribal leaders about how to bypass corrupt officials and bring aid directly to those who need it.
Afghan police say Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a parliamentarian and powerful former warlord, has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt near Kabul.
Canada's defense minister on Thursday attacked the credibility of a senior Canadian diplomat who alleged that government officials ignored evidence that prisoners handed over to Afghanistan's intelligence service a few years ago were tortured.
NATO says two U.S. service members have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's newly unveiled anti-corruption unit drew guarded praise Monday from a wary international community, which has heard President Hamid Karzai promise before to end the graft and thievery that's bleeding his nation.
Insurgents fired two rockets Monday into a crowded market northeast of Kabul where the head of French forces in Afghanistan held a meeting with tribal elders. The attack killed three children and wounded 20 other people, the French military said.
NATO says two rockets were fired at the military part of Kabul's international airport, but did not cause any injuries.
As soon as the French Foreign Legion moved in this summer, some of the men climbed on the roof of the base headquarters and painted the force's Latin motto in big white letters.
As of Friday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST.
The United States has issued a clear warning to Afghanistan's president that he must fight corruption, or may not get significantly more U.S. troops. But the Obama administration has a weak hand as it seeks to play tough — with few other options if President Hamid Karzai refuses to go along.
A bomb-sniffing dog that disappeared during a fierce battle in Afghanistan between Australian troops and militant fighters has been found and returned to its unit after more than a year.
American troops in Afghanistan have been commemorating Veterans Day with ceremonies for those killed in conflict.
NATO leaders expect member states to commit more troops to train Afghanistan's expanding security forces at a meeting of alliance military representatives this month, officials said Tuesday.
Shortly before nightfall, an Afghan farmer slipped into this NATO outpost with a bag of ammunition and gear he'd collected from nearby Taliban positions. It turned out not to be much: pieces of 82-millimeter mortar guns and some combat food rations.
Hundreds of Afghan and international troops already battling a rising militant insurgency are facing a new fight — recovering from swine flu, the virus that has left 11 people dead in the country.
About 350 Taliban prisoners are on a hunger strike at a prison in Kandahar and a delegation from the Ministry of Justice is going to the lockup in southern Afghanistan to investigate their complaints.
As of Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at least 839 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST.
Germany's defense minister said Friday he believes civilians were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan, but insisted that the German-requested attack was necessary from a military standpoint.
An Afghan police official says at least two private security guards have been wounded and two fuel tankers set on fire in eastern Afghanistan when militants attacked a supply convoy for NATO forces.
The villagers said they just wanted to be left alone. They claimed they had asked the Taliban to stay away, and wished the Americans would do the same.
The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and possible insurgent infiltration of a police force that the U.S. hopes will be its ticket out of Afghanistan someday.
President Hamid Karzai's leadership is weak, his government corrupt and nearly a third of the votes he won in the August election were thrown out as fakes.
Authorities have arrested eight people, including one in Saudi Arabia, in connection with this week's deadly attack on a guest house used by United Nations employees, the Afghan intelligence chief said Saturday. He said those arrested claimed the assailants came from Pakistan's Swat Valley.
BBC News - Afghan corruption a political obstacleThe problem of corruption in Afghanistan was highlighted recently when an international survey placed the country as the second most corrupt in the world. It was beaten only by Somalia.
Canadian officials discussed torture in 2006 - thestar.comOTTAWA – Top Canadian officials discussed in 2006 whether the then-governor of Kandahar was involved in the torture of prisoners and dismissed the concern, The Canadian Press has learned.
'Liberation was just a big lie' - thestar.comShe sleeps in safe houses, with a rotating squad of bodyguards securing the doors. She goes out only in a billowing burqa. Even her wedding was held in secret.
BBC News - Suicide bomb kills 19 in Pakistani city of PeshawarA bomb attack outside a court in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 19 people and injured many others, medics say. The blast on the busy Khyber Road came during rush hour and is the latest in a series in the city in recent weeks.
Lurking Taliban watch Canadian troops - thestar.comI KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The Taliban kept to the shadows of Haji Baba on Wednesday as Canadian soldiers trying to seize control of the insurgent stronghold continued to pick up apart its defences.
Canada ignored torture warnings: Diplomat - thestar.comOTTAWA – A former senior Canadian diplomat in Afghanistan has levelled bombshell allegations suggesting the military knowingly handed detainees to Afghan authorities who allowed them to be tortured.
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | The place to take the Afghan pulseOnce upon a time in Kabul, there was only one roundabout. And what a place it was - a heaving tide of humanity converged on this central axis in the city, an unrivalled space for commerce and conversation. All roads led to the roundabout and so did the news.
Posted by MsBurb Usually I stay clear of wanting a return of any of our dinosaur friends. I just have no desire to, say, see a bird the same size as a 747. And I'm middle-aged now, so out-running a T-Rex is probably not going to happen.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan's Taliban dilemma, Despite being relatively few in number, the Afghan Taliban are thriving in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they take advantage of Islamabad's apparent ambivalence towards them, the BBC's Hugh Sykes reports from Kabul.
Afghan police infiltrated: military Military figures have said that security problems were rife in the Afghan police in the wake of a bloody attack by one "rogue" recruit which claimed five lives.
Soldier's book chronicles a year at war :: The SouthtownStar :: Chicago, ILIncreasingly, soldiers deployed in remote areas are using blogs/email to stay connected with family and friends - and to manage the stress of life in a desolate war zone.
WH Afghan Decision 'Weeks' AwayThe decision Sunday by former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah to quit the runoff, less than a week before it was set to happen, creates yet another headache for the White House as it struggles to draw up a new battle plan for the eight-year Afghanistan war - including w …
Obama warns Afghan president: Time for new chapter - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! NewsPresident Barack Obama warns Afghan President, future of Afghan-U.S. partnership in concern.
Afghanistan Presidential Runoff Election CanceledAfghanistan's election commission has canceled Saturday's presidential runoff and proclaimed President Hamid Karzai victor of the war-ravaged nation's tumultuous ballot.
Walkom: Afghanistan sacrifices may have been in vain - thestar.comWhere does the war in Afghanistan go? My sense is that it is finally beginning the long and drawn-out process toward an inglorious end. For Canada, this would mark the finish of the longest – and the least considered – war that this country has ever fought.
Through the years, the Afghanistan War has seen its share of tragedies. But recently, with a renewed spotlight on the region - and rising casualties among troops and civilians - the American public's patience is growing thin.
DAWN.COM | World | Quitting region now will be disaster: PentagonWASHINGTON: The Pentagon has warned that it would be a disaster if the US abandoned Pakistan and Afghanistan now.
Afghan Girls Burn Themselves To Escape Marriage HERAT, Afghanistan – We watched a teenage girl die last Friday. Seventeen-year-old Shirin had been brought to the Herat Regional Hospital Burns Unit a few days before we met her. Ninety percent of her body was covered in third-degree burns.
In his recent article at Slate.com, world affairs pundit Christopher Hitchens suggests that we'd be wise not to forget why the U.S. is in a long war against Islamic terrorism:
You all know that I make things for people. One of my greatest pleasures in life is making, then giving those gifts to people. I find MOST of the time people do appreciate the gift.
At first glance, perhaps the answer would be "No". Especially considering that the UNESCO rates the United States literacy at 99% and it has waged war on less literate middle east country of Iraq and South Central Asian country of Afghanistan for 8 years.
Zazi's father indicted on charge of lying to FBIDENVER - The father of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terrorist attack in New York City was indicted on a charge of lying to investigators, federal officials said Thursday.
Clinton warning to Afghan leader (Audio)Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is touring Europe. On the BBC in London she gave this insightful interview: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said whoever wins Afghanistan's recent election will be expected to do more to address the country's problems.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Nato lorries torched in PakistanNATO lorries torched again in Pakistan, on their way to Afghanistan. Video included. Gunmen in north-west Pakistan have attacked vehicles being used to take supplies to Nato forces in Afghanistan, police say.
BBC NEWS | Americas | US media reflects bitter Afghan debateDebate in Washington is raging over what the US should do in Afghanistan.
Log In | Register
