Afghanistan
Nato 'kills cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai'
March 11, 2011A relative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been mistakenly killed by Nato troops in southern Afghanistan, officials say. Yar Muhammad Khan was at his home in Dand district near Kandahar city when he was shot dead in an overnight raid. Nato says...
Afghan suicide bomber in Kunduz 'kills dozens'
February 21, 2011At least 30 people have died after a suicide bomber targeted a government building in northern Afghanistan. The attacker struck as people lined up to collect identity cards in the Imam Saheb district of Kunduz province, a local official said. The...
US to deploy new intelligence drone to Afghanistan
January 03, 2011A leading U.S. newspaper says the U.S. military is set to deploy a new intelligence drone to Afghanistan with the capacity to transmit live video images of movement across an entire town. The Washington Post reported Sunday the "revolutionary...
NATO denies plan to expand special operations into Pakistan
December 23, 2010The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan has denied a New York Times newspaper report that U.S. forces are planning to expand special operations raids into Pakistan's tribal areas, where Afghan Taliban have their hideouts. South Asia experts here in Washington...
UN says Afghanistan faces tense security situation
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December 23, 2010The top United Nations diplomat in Afghanistan says the country faces a tense security environment in the next few months. Staffan de Mistura, the senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, told the U.N. Security Council that increased activities...
Obama to speak on accomplishments, challenges in Afghanistan, Pakistan
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December 16, 2010President Obama will speak on Thursday about the status of U.S. and NATO efforts in Afghanistan. Remarks by Mr. Obama and U.S. officials will mark the completion of a government-wide assessment of accomplishments and challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan...
Intelligence reports cast doubts on Afghan strategy
December 16, 2010Two new intelligence reports are raising questions about the U.S. Afghan war policy, just as President Barack Obama plans to release a review of American strategy in Afghanistan on Thursday. The reports, leaked to the New York Times newspaper, say...
Veteran US diplomat Richard Holbrooke dies
December 14, 2010U.S special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke died Monday night after undergoing surgery over the weekend to repair a tear in his aorta. Holbrooke's death comes as President Barack Obama is finalizing a strategy review of U.S. military...
Afghan AG calls for annulment of election results
December 13, 2010Afghanistan's attorney general has asked the country's Supreme Court to annul results from the recent parliamentary elections, because of extensive fraud and corruption. A spokesman for Attorney General Mohammad Ishaq Alako, Deputy Attorney General...
6 US, 2 Afghan soldiers killed in Afghanistan
December 13, 2010Six American and two Afghan soldiers were killed Sunday when a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden van into a new jointly operated outpost in southern Kandahar province. U.S. and Afghan officials said a number of American and Afghan troops were...