Police are weak link in Afghanistan's goal for its forces take lead on security in 5 years Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member ...
Afghan president Karzai's brother is lightning rod for critics abroad He calls himself a wheeler dealer — an old-style power broker who maneuvers ...
A Canadian soldier was killed after setting off an improvised explosive device (IED) that injured two others soldiers in southern Afghanistan, the Canadian military said Wednesday. Lieutenant Justin Garrett Boyes, 26, had arrived in Afghanistan just 10 days earlier for his second ...
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 22: An Afghan National Police fighter who had just been shot in the leg by militants is carried by a comrade back toward an American platoon on joint patrol with them October 22, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A ...
U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, signals to a helicopter crewman that he can hear him on his headset intercom, shortly before departing Kandahar Airbase, during a visit to southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) Copyright 2009 AP News
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 11: Rozi Mohammed,12, is held by his brother Yar Mohammed at the Handicapped International clinic inside the Mirwais hospital compound on October 11, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Rozi was injured, losing both of his legs after an I.E.D ...
Angered and disillusioned by Afghanistan's election chaos, many tribal leaders who supported President Hamid Karzai say they would not risk their lives again by taking part in a new vote. Fraud, the time taken to declare a winner and the government's inability ...
On a Russian-built helicopter above the fertile Helmand valley in southern Afghanistan, a US Air Force adviser tests the knowledge of an Afghan pilot. "Do you remember how to change to manual frequency?" asked Captain Tyler Rennell. An interpreter translated the conversation ...
Angered and disillusioned by Afghanistan's election chaos, many tribal leaders who supported President Hamid Karzai say they would not risk their lives again by taking part in a new vote. Fraud, the time taken to declare a winner and the government's inability ...
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 11: Shamsullah,12, is carried back to his bed at Mirwais hospital October 11, 2009 Kandahar, Afghanistan. Shamsullah was injured 2 months ago from an aerial bombardment while he was inside his home in the village of Tarenkot, killing ...
It could be any Saturday night anywhere in the world as an enthusiastic crowd throws shapes and waves glowsticks to broken rhythms on the dance floor. But instead of party clothes, everyone is in military fatigues, the beer is non-alcoholic and there's ...
The US Army faces a major challenge to win back the Taliban's historic stronghold of Kandahar -- a key battleground in the increasingly bloody fight to control Afghanistan. "Kandahar city is nationally critical," said Steve Biddle, from the Centre of Foreign Relations ...
