The Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly for an accelerated withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, after more than a decade of fighting in a war the Obama administration insists must continue beyond the much vaunted 2014 withdrawal date. In a bipartisan vote, 62...
Despite more than a decade of war and at least four years of the current administration's strategies in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda militants continue to make in-roads in the war-torn country, according to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. "Although we clearly have had an...
Audit Describes Corrupt Kabul Bank as ‘Ponzi Scheme’ | Bank institutionalized large-scale theft to benefit few Afghan cronies
US to Keep 10K Troops in Afghanistan | The occupation will extend well beyond 2014
France Withdraws Last Afghan Combat Troops Early | 1,500 ‘non-combat’ forces to remain
Karzai Orders Afghan Takeover of Bagram Prison | Accuses US of violating transfer deal
Pakistan Pledges to Aid Taliban Peace Talks | Islamabad released Taliban prisoners interested in talks
17 Afghan Civilians Killed by Roadside Bomb En Route to Wedding | Minivan loaded with passengers ran into bomb
Lord Ashdown: Afghan War ‘Failure,’ Britain Should Withdraw Now | ‘The only rational policy now is to leave quickly’
Next US Gen. Supports Afghan War Beyond 2014 | Dunford falsely claims the surge worked
