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Afghan defense Ministry claimed its soldiers would be strong enough in four years time to secure its geographical boundaries and sovereignty. This means that the Afghan security forces will be able to maintain law and order alone in the coming four...
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Yesterday saw the closing of a three-day national conference to identify “best practices and effective measures” in the fight against corruption. The...
made popular Dec 18 2009
A foreign reporter along with his two afghan colleagues who were kidnapped six days ago were freed in the eastern province of Kunar along the border with...
made popular Dec 18 2009
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has delivered his last ditch play to the Copenhagen climate change conference in an address to the main session as an estimated 140 world...
made popular Dec 18 2009
The night his 11-year-old son escaped from kidnappers, Abdul Aziz bundled a few belongings into a car and drove his family 18 miles north across the Afghan border into...
made popular Dec 17 2009
For the first time in eight years of his rule has he dared speak the truth and explain his powerlessness to a public that is least interested in his words and more in...
made popular Dec 17 2009
By 10 a.m. this morning, the day looked bright. The sun was shining on Kabul, taking the chill out of the bones. I’d had my breakfast of cereal and tea and read...
made popular Dec 16 2009
Even near military bases, female veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan aren’t often offered a drink on the house as a welcome home.
More than 230,000...
made popular Dec 16 2009
David Headley case is getting murkier day by day, confirming the worst fears. Perhaps like Pakistan, USA is also paying for its sins which go back to cold war era. As...
made popular Dec 16 2009
At least eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, officials say.
The blast happened near a hotel in Wazir Akbar Khan...
made popular Dec 15 2009
Meet the measuring stick of America’s Pentagon:
In other words, the Pentagon determined that 30 casualties, even if they were civilian, were too few to matter...
made popular Dec 15 2009
Taliban fighters attacked checkpoints in northern and southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 16 members of the Afghan National police.
Eight policemen were killed...
made popular Dec 14 2009
Attorney General of Afghanistan reported the arrest of Wahab-ud-Din Sadaat, Secretary to the Mayor of Kabul on charges of corruption.
Sources revealed that Mr. Sadaat...
made popular Dec 14 2009
Welcoming 30,000 troops coupled with at least 7000 NATO forces, Afghanistan doesn’t appear at all ready for taking up the security responsibilities nor is the...
made popular Dec 11 2009
The phenomenon of Global Warming has brought the world together in Copenhagen to face its common enemy that it has created itself. This phenomenon takes me directly to...
made popular Dec 11 2009
During yesterday’s hearings before the House and Senate Armed Service Committees, General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry presented a unified...
made popular Dec 10 2009
Two of the biggest goals for U.S. forces in Afghanistan are building up Afghan security forces and convincing Taliban fighters to lay down their arms — and cash...
made popular Dec 9 2009
President Obama has delivered the most important war speech of his presidency. But the surge of 30,000 of American troops along with 5000 of other allies; will it make...
made popular Dec 7 2009
Calling it important to talk to the armed opposition, a number of political parties and civil societies in a gathering in Kabul called upon the US President to...
made popular Dec 7 2009
The man in whose name the first outraged war of the 21st century was launched under the title of ‘war on terror’ has been hiding in one of the most rigorous...
made popular Dec 4 2009
Obama’s announcement surge of 30,000 more US troops in Afghanistan may turn out to be the turning point in the history of American war in Afghanistan. Launched in...
made popular Dec 4 2009
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A number of Members of Afghan Parliament (Wolasi Jirga) have accused foreign troops, stationed in Afghanistan for fighting Al-Qaeda and Taliban rebels, of committing...
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