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U.S. officials see hope in anti-Taliban militias The rise of these groups spurs optimism of a large-scale tribal rebellion Members of a Pakistani private tribal militia, known locally as a Lashkar, brandish their weapons vowing...
Melissa Dribben is an Inquirer staff writer No matter how messed up your family may be, there's always hope on Thanksgiving. Of all the Rockwellian holidays that set the bar way too high for normal people, this one is the least...
NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Nov. 13, 2009) – Four provincial governors and a 21-member executive committee from the eastern Afghanistan peace and development jirga – a group of elders -- met in the Nangarhar governor’s...
Published Date: 20 November 2009 HAJI AKHTAR Mohammed Shinwari can't wait for the Americans to leave. For him, the five-year handover signalled in President Hamid Karzai's inauguration speech yesterday can't come soon enough....
Click to view slide show of the Haqqani Network. Afghan troops killed 23 Haqqani Network and foreign fighters during a clash in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika. Today's clash followed a raid on Nov. 15, where six...
Many Afghans surveyed felt that foreign aid was not reaching them Poverty and unemployment are overwhelmingly seen as the main reasons behind conflict in Afghanistan, according to a survey in that country. British aid agency...
Schools were ordered to close when Afghanistan declared a health emergency on 3 November KABUL, 17 November 2009 (IRIN) - The government has decided to reopen all schools from 23 November to 12 December to allow 7.5 million...
By Reese Erlich in the November issue The road from Kabul to Jalalabad is perfectly safe today,” my colleague Najibullah told me. Conquering the opium/heroin trade in Afghanistan has proven to be just as difficult. I was...
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2009 – Combined Afghan and international forces killed or detained numerous enemy fighters in Afghanistan in recent days, military officials reported. A combined force in...
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) With a wide variety of dry fruits, herbs, fruits, saffron and intricately woven colourful carpets, Afghan stalls are a major draw at the ongoing India International Trade Fair here that is on till Nov 27.
