The U.S. policy of arming and supporting violent, criminal Afghan militias to fight Taliban insurgents in villages across Afghanistan is in the process of being expanded, according to a senior officer in NATO-led war. The Afghan Local Police (ALP) was created in July...
US Admiral Defends Night Raids in Afghanistan | Only about one percent of raids led to civilian casualties, McRaven claims
Pakistan: Fully Functional Air Defense Installed Along Afghan Border | Military warns it will shoot down NATO planes
Is the US Trying to Provoke the Taliban?
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday that the suicide bombing in Kabul that killed over 50 people was plotted in Pakistan. The accusation is likely to heighten tensions in an already unstable diplomacy with Pakistan, and Karzai vowed to seek answers. “We are...
A roadside bomb killed 19 civilians and injured five on Wednesday in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. The casualties come just one day after a set of attacks on Shi’ite worshipers commemorating the Ashura holiday left almost 60 people dead. The sectarian...
Afghanistan opened bids on Tuesday to foreign investors to mine the country's copper and gold deposits in four different areas as part of a new initiative to raise government revenue. Geologists have known about Afghanistan's "vast deposits of iron, copper, cobalt,...
Twin Attacks on Afghan Shi’ites Kill 60 | Bomber targeted key shrine in Kabul
German FM Urges Commitment to Support Afghan Govt Through 2025 | Calls on Karzai to fight corruption
Bonn Conference: Western Leaders Again Aim to ‘Solve Afghanistan’ | Little expected out of conference with Pakistani boycott
