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This Nov. 3, 2009 photo shows Afghan contractor Khalid Khan, 30, during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan. "Multiply him by 1,000, and you'll understand why the entire reconstruction effort in Afghanistan is getting so bogged...
KABUL - NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops. U.S. General Stanley...
AfPak countercurrents beyond the Oxus to AfPakAzUzbKazTurkKyr-istan. Several recent incidents on the Amu darya (Oxus River) which ...
President Hamid Karzai began his second term Thursday under international pressure to select a Cabinet that can regain the trust of disillusioned Afghans, quash widespread government corruption and build a reliable military...
U.S. troops attend a ceremony in Kabul November 21, 2009. The U.S. training mission for the Afghan army and police was merged with the new NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) under a single NATO command. The new training...
Sunday, November 22, 2009 KABUL: A rocket hit the outside wall of the luxury Serena hotel in Kabul on Saturday, wounding four people, including two boys, a health ministry official said. Ministry spokesman Ahmad Raaid said an...
Updated on Saturday, November 21, 2009, 14:28 IST Tags: Kabul: 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...
AFP A rocket attack near the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul has wounded four people, including at least one member of the Afghan security forces. One rocket hit the wall of the five-star hotel in downtown Kabul at 6.15pm on...
The Chosun Ilbo Afghan official escapes attack, 4 guards killed Xinhua KABUL, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Afghan parliament member Abdul Rasoul Sayaf on Friday escaped a roadside bomb attack in capital city Kabul, but his four...
AFP/File – In this picture taken on November 10, an Afghan man (R) wearing a mask rides his bicycle in a street … KABUL (AFP) – Afghan schools and most tertiary institutions will reopen on Sunday after being shut for three...
