HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - The United States must tighten control of Afghan aid contracts as a first step toward stemming rampant corruption, ...
Bomb attacks on Friday killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term that underscored spiralling insecurity nine ...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said it is too soon to set a timeline for shifting security duties from NATO-led troops to Afghan forces, as proposed by Britain. "I think I would rather have those on the ground in Afghanistan make ...
U.S. Army Pfc. Geoffrey Whitsitt, from Grainville, S.C., belonging to the 118th Airborne MP Company stands at a checkpoint near the town of Balisal Afghan, Logar province, Afghanistan Thursday Nov. 19, 2009. Security into the capital city of Kabul was heightened as ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proposed Thursday to Afghan President Hamid Karzai to bring technocrats rather than warlords into his new government. The chief US diplomat disclosed what she said during an interview with Afghanistan's Azadi radio while on a visit ...
Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second presidential term Thursday, winning Western praise with a promise to combat corruption and to put Afghan troops in charge of security within five years. Karzai took the oath of office after an election mired ...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday and vowed to combat corruption, bring security and reach out to political rivals, under Western pressure to restore legitimacy. Karzai took the oath of office as the US-led war ...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, swears in his first Vice President Qasim Fahim, left, and his second Vice President Karim Khalili during his inauguration as President of Afghanistan at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Afghanistan will control ...
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. embassy on November 19, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai begins his second term in office amid allegations of corruption ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday, saying his inauguration speech marked a "new starting point" for the war-torn country. Speaking to reporters after attending the ceremony in Kabul at which Karzai was sworn in for ...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, vowing to combat corruption, bring security and reach out to his political rivals under Western pressure to restore legitimacy. Karzai took the oath of office as the US-led war ...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, vowing to combat corruption and reaching out to his political rivals under Western pressure to restore legitimacy. Karzai took the oath of office as the US-led war stretches into ...
