Karzai: US Surge ‘Too Late’ | Afghan President hopes Obama policy review means more emphasis on Afghan govt forces.
Karzai: US Surge ‘Seven Years Too Late’
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Top UN Envoy Warns Poll Rigging a Risk in Afghan Vote
Eide Warns of Afghan Poll Fraud | UN envoy urges Karzai govt to ensure fair polls.
Karzai Warns Against International Meddling in Elections
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that he will announce whether or not he intends to run for another term soon, though it is widely assumed that the incumbent will in fact run and the opposition has already pressured him to resign instead of facing a campaign against...
Allies Lower Sights in Afghanistan
Last week Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States Said T. Jawad lashed out at the "defeatist and reductionist" western governments. Today, those governments continued a series of statements suggesting that, as the situation in Afghanistan continues to worsen,...
Afghan Ambassador Lashes Out at Defeatist, Racist Allies
Said T. Jawad, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States, launched a tirade against the government's western backers today, condemning them for pointing to the failing effort to pacify the ever growing insurgency in the nation. Jawad lashed out at the "total...
Officials: Top Taliban Leader Was at Gitmo
Mullah Abdullah Zakir is the Taliban leader in charge of operations in southern Afghanistan, the central front in the growing nationwide insurgency. But anonymous officials told the Associated Press today that the Mullah has a very interesting backstory. He got his...
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran Conduct Joint Drug Crackdown
Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan have reportedly conducted their first joint anti-narcotics operation this week along the three nations' mutual borders. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said that the operation resulted in a seizure and the arrests of...
Coalition Deaths From IED Soar in Afghanistan
In January and February of 2009, 32 coalition troops were killed in IED attacks, more than a threefold increase over the same period in 2008. The number wounded also rose to 96 from 39, reflecting the enormous increase in violence over the last year (which was itself...
Karzai: Obama’s Call to Reach Out to Moderate Taliban ‘Good News’
At a speech for International Women's Day, Afghan President Hamid Karzai declared an interview in which President Barack Obama spoke of "opportunities" to reach out to moderate Taliban "good news," saying this had been the position of the Afghan government for quite...
US Forces Kill Two Afghan Police in ‘Friendly Fire’ Incident
Some time on Friday night, Afghan National Policemen opened fire on a joint Afghan-US patrol in the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan. The troops returned fire, killing two of the police in what has been described as a case of mistaken identity. The coalition says the...
