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WASHINGTON, (Oct. 29, 2009) IPS/GIN - The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is...
AFP/File – File photo shows a Dutch soldier, part of the International Security Assistance Force, standing guard … LONDON (AFP) – The governor of an Afghan province pleaded Tuesday with the Netherlands not to withdraw troops...
This is single sourced for now. Here's the MEMRI Blog source, which is calling out this original reporting from al-Watan.com. A source in Kabul for the Afghan secret talks between the elements in the Taliban led by Mullah...
Military efforts must show progress by 2011, say Rick Hillier and John McCain Gen. Rick Hillier says change must occur in the next 18 months. Canada's former chief of defence staff says U.S. President Barack Obama, that wizard...
One year to turn Afghanistan around, Hillier says Toronto Star HALIFAX–Western forces have just over a year to turn around the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, or the decade-long military effort could be lost, Canada's...
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...
Sniffer dog that went missing in action after Afgan battle is discovered safe and sound after 14 MONTHS lost in the desert By Mail Foreign Service November 14th, 2009 MAILONSUNDAY.CO.UK A sniffer dog that went missing in action...
President Hamid Karzai said Afghan forces would take responsibility for security from international troops within five years in an inauguration speech seeking to placate his impatient Western allies. By Ben Farmer and Mary...
Updated on Thursday, November 19, 2009, 21:51 IST Tags:Afghanistan, Afghanistan blast Kandahar (Afghanistan): A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the second attack on the same day that...
Kandahar/Kabul - Two suicide bombers targeted a NATO-led military base and a police station in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing two US soldiers and ten Afghan civilians, officials said. The attacks came as President...
