President Barack Obama will wait until after Americans mark Thanksgiving on November 26 to announce whether or not he sends reinforcements to Afghanistan, ...
US Senator John McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if sufficient troops are sent, as the ...
Defense chief says US will examine its own contracts in hopes of reducing Afghan corruption The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an "unworthy partner" who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Pelosi, a skeptic on sending more troops to Afghanistan, ...
In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 photo, An Afghan policeman adjust his colleagues weapon at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan. Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday. Obama is considering whether to add thousands more U.S. troops to ...
Bomb attacks on Friday killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war. The attacks brought to 35 the number of people killed since Karzai was sworn ...
Bombers on Friday killed 18 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term in office that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war. The attacks brought to 30 the number of people killed since Karzai was ...
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck an Afghan town on Friday, killing 12 people in the deadliest attack since President Hamid Karzai got down to the business of a second term. The attack in the capital of southwestern province Farah came ...
A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in a town in southwestern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 12 people and wounding dozens more, local officials said. The attack in Farah occurred the day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in ...
A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in the heart of Afghanistan's southwestern town of Farah, killing six people and wounding 36 civilians, the provincial police chief said. The attack occurred the day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn ...
A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in the heart of Afghanistan's southwestern town of Farah, killing six people and wounding 36 civilians, the provincial police chief said. Copyright 2009 AFP Asian Edition
