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Afghanistan, US to hold bilateral meeting in Washington sans Pakistan
Pakistan has been excluded from the high-level Afghan-Pak-US trilateral meeting, as the United States and Afghanistan have decided to hold bilateral talks on the same scheduled dates.
US-Afghan talks to go ahead without Pakistan
US and Afghan officials were to go ahead with bilateral talks later this month after Washington postponed a planned trilateral meeting with Pakistan, an official said Tuesday.
Seven charged by US for 'aiding Taliban efforts against America'
Seven people including two Americans have been charged by the United States for conspiring to aid the Taliban, ccording to US officials, two Americans, identified as Alwar Pouryan and Oded Orbach were arrested in Romania for conspiring to sell missiles to protect Taliban-run heroin laboratories in Afghanistan.
Moldova Marks Afghan War Veterans Day For First Time
Radio Free EuropeCHISINAU -- Hundreds of Moldovan veterans of the Soviet Union's war in Afghanistan marched in downtown Chisinau to remember their comrades who died in the 1979-1989 conflict, RFE/RL's Moldov
Afghan death 'doesn't affect mission' - Key
The Daily TelegraphTHE death of a New Zealand soldier in Afghanistan does not change New Zealand's commitment to rebuilding the war-torn country, Prime Minister John Key says.
High military court refuses to halt Afghan murder case
ReutersBy Laura L. Myers SEATTLE (Reuters) - The highest U.S. military court has denied a last-ditch bid to halt prosecution of one of the five U.S. soldiers in Washington state facing court-martial on char
Afghan plan poses threat to women's shelters
Los Angeles TimesOne is a barely pubescent girl, forced to wed a much older man to pay a family debt. Another is a scarred and bruised mother of four, so traumatized by her husband's beatings that she trembles wheneve
Pak, US cancel Afghan meet over arrested American official
Times of IndiaLahore has resulted in the cancellation of a crucial trilateral meeting that was to be held later this month in Washington to discuss the emerging situation in Afghanistan. The meeting of the foreign
A Rare Voice Against Plan to Leave Afghanistan
International Herald TribuneBERLIN - Just as the European Union's police training mission in Afghanistan has carved out a role, its chief, Brig. Gen Jukka Savolainen, is one of the few to question the decision by NATO to pull ou
Petraeus to leave post as head of forces in Afghanistan: reports
National PostCommander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan General David Petraeus walks on Forward Base Wilson October 7, 2010 west of Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
One child a day killed in Afghan war
The NationONE child a day is being killed in the Afghan war as both the Taliban and government forces recruit and exploit them according to a United Nations report, reported Telegraph on Tuesday. Militants are
No decision on Petraeus exit from Afghanistan: US
Yahoo! NewsWASHINGTON (AFP) – The Pentagon said no decision has been made on when General David Petraeus will leave his post as US commander in Afghanistan, after a British paper reported he would step dow
Veteran US diplomat to replace Holbrooke as Pakistan-Afghan envoy
The IndependentThe long and fractious search for a replacement for the late Richard Holbrooke as a special US envoy to both Pakistan and Afghanistan is over, but the job of filling his shoes is looking more impossib
Cash crisis looming as IMF pushes Karzai to clean up corrupt bank
The ScotsmanPresident Hamid Karzai's failure to clean up a corrupt bank part-owned by his brother could force international donors to stop bank-rolling the Afghanistan government within weeks.
Finnish peacekeeper killed in bomb attack in Afghanistan
People's DailyA Finnish peacekeeper was killed by a roadside bomb in Samangan province in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the Finnish Defense Forces said in a statement.According to the statement, several Finnish
Report: Petraeus May Leave Afghan Campaign by End of Year
Politics DailyThe Times of London reports that "General David Petraeus, the most celebrated American soldier of his generation, is to leave his post as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan."
Afghan Army Gets Training In Reading And Writing
NPRFebruary 15, 2011 NATO officials say they're hitting their recruiting goals for the Afghan army and police. This is great news for the Obama administration, which plans this year to begin trans
NZ soldier killed in Afghan crash
West AustralianA New Zealand soldier has been killed in a road crash in Afghanistan.He was patrolling in the northeast Bamiyan province when the accident happened, injuring three other soldiers, the New Zealand Defe
UK loses three soldiers in southern Afghanistan
The Frontier PostKABUL (AIP): Three British troops were killed during two separate incidents Monday in the troubled southern Afghanistan, defence ministry said. The British defence ministry announced that two British
IEC information, ballot boxes sections sealed
The Frontier PostKABUL (NNI): A senior Afghan judicial official, with the help of police forces and Attorney General's Office, sealed information and ballot boxes sections in the Independent Election Commission (
Blast damages vehicle of foreign forces in Samangan
The Frontier PostKABUL: (AIP): The Taliban claimed to have killed three foreign soldiers by blasting their vehicle in Samangan, however, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said only the vehicle suffere
Taliban, officials at odds about Sar-i-Pul clash
The Frontier PostSHEBERGHAN: (AIP): The Taliban claimed to have killed three police in a clash in Sayyad district of Sar-i-Pul province yesterday , however, the authorities said three Taliban were gunned down in the g
Minister opposes permanent bases
The Frontier PostHERAT (AIP): Offering tough resistance to the establishment of permanent military bases in Afghanistan, an Afghan minister onTuesday flayed the statement of the Defence Minister Gereral Abdul Rahim Wa
US Envoy, Afghan officials visit Laghman
The Frontier PostUS to certify immunity of Davis in court Kerry arrives to seek release: trilateral meeting put off due to Pak cabinet reshuffle
Smuggling of drugs to Iran fuel insurgents
The Frontier PostKABUL (NNI): Most insurgents in southern Afghanistan are financially supported by drug trafficking to Iran, Isaf said at a news conference. In a joint press conference with Nato's senior civilia
5 suspect bombers held
The Frontier PostKABUL (AIP): Police detained five would-be suicide bombers today in troubled Kandahar province, interior ministry said Monday. A press release issued by the interior ministry said that the five suspec
What is the real problem in Afghan Parliament?
The Frontier PostKABUL (AIP): Parliamentary elections were held in September last year to elect 249 members of the Afghan parliament but large scale allegations of frauds and rigging by civil society organisations and
NZ soldier killed in Afghanistan
Newstalk ZBUpdated at 10:08am A New Zealand soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. The New Zealand Defence Force says soldiers patrolling in north east Bamyan Province in Ferosak village have been involved in
Australian in US court on Afghan bribery charges
ABC AustraliaA Queensland construction manager is due to appear in a US court today charged with accepting bribes for a building project in Afghanistan. Neil Campbell, 61, from the Sunshine Coast, was arrested in
200 Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers Head To Afghanistan
WBZREADING (CBS) — More than 200 members of the Massachusetts National Guard were the guests of honor at a send-off ceremony in Reading Tuesday morning. The soldiers from the 26th Yankee Brigade w
Russia, Italy to sign agreement on military transit to Afghanistan
RIA NovostiRussia and Italy will sign on Wednesday an intergovernmental agreement on the air transit of military equipment via Russia to Afghanistan, Russian presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said. The deal wi
VIDEO: Afghan women's lives 'in danger'
BBCThe Afghanistan government is to take control of women's shelters. Human rights organisations say that this move could put the lives of Afghan women in greater danger. Quentin Somerville report
Afghan women's 'lives at risk'
Al JazeeraThe Afghan government has announced it is to take over the running of women's shelters despite concerns from human-rights groups that such a move could put lives at risk. The safe houses are run
US picks new Afghan, Pak envoy
Daily StarRetired diplomat Marc Grossman will replace the late Richard Holbrooke as US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, The Washington Post reported Monday.The Post said Secretary of State Hillary Cli
Grossman Expected To Be Named New U.S. Envoy For Afghanistan, Pakistan
Spero NewsU.S. officials say Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to name retired diplomat Marc Grossman to replace the late Richard Holbrooke as the special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. "The Wa
Forces in Afghanistan Detain Taliban Attack Leader
Defense LinkCompiled from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2011 � Afghan and coalition forces detained a Taliban attack leader along with several other su
Taliban warns Pakistan against releasing U.S. prisoner
ReutersBy Zeeshan Haider and Rebecca Conway ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's al Qaeda-linked Taliban warned the government on Tuesday it would punish any move to release a U.S. consulate employee accus
Blast at shopping mall in Afghan capital kills 2
Deseret NewsKABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber struck Kabul's first Western-style shopping mall, killing two security guards at the entrance in the second attack in less than a month targeting a sit
Pakistan delays trade accord with Afghanistan
People's DailyPakistan said Tuesday it has delayed for four months implementation of a key transit trade agreement with neighboring Afghanistan over some technical problems. The Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade A
Afghan gov't to take over women protection centers
People's DailyThe Afghan government is going to take charge of women protection centers which are currently administered by Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Acting- Minister for Women Affairs Husn Banu Ghazanfa
Kyrgyz Veterans Remember Soviet-Afghan War Dead
Radio Free EuropeBISHKEK -- Kyrgyz veterans of the Soviet-Afghan war today commemorated the victims of the 1979-1989 conflict, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.Twenty-two years ago today, the last Soviet troops we
Greater Likelihood Of Medical Evacuation For Nonmilitary Personnel In Iraq And Afghanistan
Medical News TodayNonmilitary personnel serving in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan were more likely to be evacuated with non-war-related injuries and more likely to return to duty after such injuries compar
EXCLUSIVE - Afghan govt faces fallout from grim IMF assessment
The StarKABUL (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund assessment of how the Afghan government handled mismanagement and fraud at the country's largest private bank is so bleak it could jeopardise crit
Afghanistan defends takeover of women's shelters
ReutersBy Matt Robinson KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan Tuesday defended a government plan to take over running of shelters for abused women, saying many women were tricked into leaving home without good reas
Afghan Official Accuses Women’s Shelters of Corruption
Afghanistan’s top female official launched a sustained verbal assault on women’s shelters on Tuesday.
February 15, 2011A Rare Voice Against Plan to Leave Afghanistan
Brig. Gen. Jukka Savolainen, head of the European Union’s police training mission in Afghanistan, said it might be too early to set a pullout date.
February 15, 2011Kabul Bank’s Prospect’s Bleak, I.M.F. Says
The findings on problems at the bank jeopardize at least $1 billion in foreign donations to Afghanistan.
February 15, 2011
Afghan Security Guards Die Thwarting Suicide Attack
The guards, Gul Agha and Lal Mohammed, were being called heroes after they were killed in stopping a bomber from entering a shopping area.
February 14, 2011Richard Holbrooke to Be Replaced by Marc Grossman
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chose Marc Grossman, a retired senior diplomat and former ambassador to Turkey, as the Obama administration’s new special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
February 14, 2011
A Chicken War in New York, Where Afghans Rule the Roost
Abdul Haye, armed with an unwritten secret recipe and the trademark for the Kennedy Fried Chicken brand, has declared a fried chicken war.
February 13, 2011U.S. Postpones Meeting With Pakistan and Afghanistan
Pakistan’s treatment of an American being held in the shooting of two motorcyclists has angered Washington.
February 13, 2011
Police Headquarters in Kandahar Attacked
The fighting continued for nearly five hours before the police succeeded in killing three of the bombers and wounding and detaining the fourth, officials said.
February 12, 2011British Photographer Giles Duley Hurt in Afghanistan
The photographer, Giles Duley, was working beside soldiers near the village of Sangsar in rural Kandahar Province when he stepped on a pressure-plate that detonated a hidden explosive charge.
February 11, 2011
In Afghan Killings Case, an Accused Soldier Is Ready to Testify
Specialist Jeremy N. Morlock has signed a detailed confession and is prepared to testify against four other soldiers to avoid a life sentence, one of his lawyers said.
February 11, 2011A Year at War: Letters and Photos From Soldiers and Their Loved Ones
Letters and photos sent to The Times from soldiers deployed in Afghanistan and their loved ones tell a story about war that often escapes daily reporting.
February 11, 2011U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan
The Department of Defense recently confirmed the deaths of the following Americans.
February 10, 2011Merkel Gives Testimony on 2009 Airstrike in Afghanistan
The chancellor appeared Thursday before a parliamentary committee seeking to clarify the circumstances behind a German-ordered strike that killed at least 91 people.
February 10, 2011
Taliban Directed Suicide Bombings From Inside Afghan Prison
A cell of suicide bombers operating in Kabul was run by a Taliban member operating from inside the city’s main prison, Afghan officials said.
February 10, 2011
Law and Custom Press Afghan Women’s Shelters
The rules, which would require women at shelters to appear before a government panel, point to the suspicion that shelters generate in Afghan society.
February 10, 2011Karzai Calls for Release of Taliban Official From Guantánamo
The Afghan president wants the detainee, held since 2002, to join in reconciliation talks with the Taliban.
February 9, 2011U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan
The Department of Defense recently confirmed the deaths of the following Americans.
February 9, 2011Report: C.I.A. Agents Tied to Abuse Escape Punishment
The Associated Press reports that in the years since the Sept. 11 attacks, C.I.A. officers involved in detainee abuse and botched rendition cases have repeatedly escaped internal punishment by the spy agency, and some have even been promoted.
February 09, 2011Afghan Bombing Kills 2 and Wounds 5, Including 2 U.S. Soldiers
A suicide bomber evaded security checks at the Customs office compound, killing an American and an Afghan civilian and wounded five others, including two American soldiers.
February 8, 2011Joao Silva's First Steps to Recovery
Joao Silva, who lost his legs in Afghanistan while on assignment for The Times, took his first steps Monday at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
February 08, 2011Joint Chiefs Chairman Says Military Must Focus Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan
In the first rewrite of national military strategy in seven years, Adm. Mike Mullen asserts that "the nation's strategic priorities and interests will increasingly emanate from the Asia-Pacific region."
February 08, 2011
Afghanistan’s Hidden Taliban Government
A picture is emerging of an underground government in Ghazni Province by Taliban fighters who have established the rudiments of a civilian administration to complement their shadowy combat force.
February 7, 2011Report Casts Doubt on Taliban’s Ties With Al Qaeda
In a report to be released by N.Y.U. on Monday, two researchers who have spent years in Afghanistan say the Taliban could be persuaded to denounce the terrorist group.
February 7, 2011A Blood-Stained Rifle, and Questions of the Taliban
Was Muhammad Sharif's sudden appearance in the field a sign of Taliban weakness, or is it a sign of Taliban strength?
February 07, 2011
Blame, Not Shame
“Certainty with power can be dangerous,” writes Donald Rumsfeld. He should know.
February 6, 2011
Afghanistan: A Look Back at 2010
Alissa J. Rubin, Kabul bureau chief, looks back at the major military campaigns -- and forward at the prospects for progress in the coming year.
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