The plot thickened in Afghanistan on Wednesday as a meeting with tribal elders ended in death for the mayor of the southern city of Kandahar. US citizen Ghulam Haidar Hamidi, an accountant in Virginia for 30 years before moving back to Afghanistan to take the...
Afghan Finance Ministry Slams US Aid Report | Warns US to be ‘more balanced’ in future audits
Karzai: Long-Term Deal With US Conditional | Reiterates demand for US to stop night raids
New US Envoy: No Rush to Leave Afghanistan | Denies plan for ‘permanent bases’
As part of a scheduled transition to hand over seven Afghan cities or provinces to Afghan security forces, NATO troops drew down from the relatively peaceful province of Bamiyan and the eastern town of Mehtar Lam in recent days. Yesterday, British troops in...
The billions of dollars of American aid flowing into Afghanistan every year may be inadvertently fueling the insurgency and the corruption rampant within the government and financial sectors, according to a new report. The audit by the Special Inspector General for...
Petraeus Credited With Ramping Up Afghan Killing | Legacy of escalated killings spun as success
Gen. John Allen Takes Over in Afghanistan | Fourth NATO commander in two and a half years
Gunmen killed a member of parliament and a top aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai today in a four-hour battle at the aide's home in Kabul. Former governor of Uruzgan province Jan Mohammad Khan -- who narrowly escaped assassination last year -- and MP Hashim...
UN: Record Civilian Toll in Afghanistan in 2011 | First half saw civilian deaths jump 15 percent
