Boston GlobeBAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — Depicting a grim future for Afghanistan without US help, the top US military officer said Wednesday that Afghanistan’s refusal to sign a security agreement with the United States may…
New York TimesBRUSSELS — Listening to the Western defense officials gathered at a NATO meeting here on Wednesday, it would be easy to think that the United States and the rest of the international military…
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON — Signaling his frustration with events in Afghanistan, President Obama ordered the Pentagon on Tuesday to step up plans to withdraw all U.S. troops by January if Afghan leaders don’t sign a…
BBC NewsPresident Barack Obama has warned his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai that the US may pull all of its troops out of his country by the year’s end. Mr Obama conveyed the message in a…
CNNWashington (CNN) — We’re not bluffing, the Obama administration told Afghanistan on Tuesday in announcing it has started planning for the possible withdrawal of all U.S. troops by the end of the year if no…
New York TimesKABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban confirmed publicly on Sunday that they had been in talks with the United States over the release of an American soldier, but said the talks had now been…
BBC NewsTaliban fighters have killed at least 20 Afghan soldiers in an attack on a checkpoint in Kunar province close to Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. At least one of the attackers was also killed and…
Soldier made famous in Super Bowl ad visits Fort McCoyOcalaNadd, the pilot of a Blackhawk helicopter on at least 240 hours of missions in Afghanistan, gained notoriety during the Super Bowl when Budweiser aired its…
USA TODAYCAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — It was a tactic that surprised the Americans almost as much as the Taliban. Afghan soldiers in two single-file columns picked their way through a minefield, got behind Taliban positions…
Business StandardThe Taliban has called on Afghans to drive American forces out of their country, just like the USSR was defeated 25 years ago. In a statement released on Saturday, the 25th anniversary of the…
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In Prison Release, Signs of Karzai’s Rift With USNew York TimesBAGRAM, Afghanistan — On Thursday at 9:10 a.m., the gates of the Bagram Prison swung open, and 65 men with long beards and new clothes…
Los Angeles TimesKABUL, Afghanistan — Over strong U.S. objections, Afghanistan on Thursday released 65 prisoners it has said it cannot prosecute despite American warnings that they could return to attacking coalition forces and civilians. The…
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New York TimesAdvocates for women in Afghanistan see proposed laws and violent attacks as signs of an effort to diminish the status of women. Mauricio Lima for The New York Times. KABUL, Afghanistan — Advocates…
BBC NewsThe number of civilians killed and wounded in the conflict in Afghanistan rose 14% last year, the UN says. Nearly 3,000 civilians were killed and more than 5,600 were injured in 2013. The report…
Fox NewsTaliban fighters in Afghanistan have released video purportedly showing a captured allied soldier — a dog soldier that is, believed by Pentagon officials to be a British military service pup captured during a raid…
The News InternationalKABUL: Candidates for Afghanistan’s April 5 presidential election officially launched their campaigns Sunday with a series of rallies held in Kabul, but it remains to be seen whether the next president will have…
BBC NewsThe campaign for Afghanistan’s presidential election has been formally launched, with rallies for key candidates in the capital, Kabul. The election is scheduled to take place on 5 April, with 11 candidates to replace…
BBC NewsThe campaign for Afghanistan’s presidential election has been formally launched, with rallies for key candidates in the capital, Kabul. The election is scheduled to take place on 5 April. There are 11 candidates to…
ABC NewsCampaigning is officially underway for Afghanistan’s presidential election, with 11 candidates vying to succeed President Hamid Karzai. The April 5 presidential vote will be a crucial test of whether Afghanistan can ensure a stable…
The Seattle TimesThe April 5 vote is expected to be a historic moment for Afghanistan, its outcome seen as make-or-break for the country’s future and key to the level of foreign involvement after nearly 13…
ReutersMUNICH (Reuters) – President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign a pact for U.S. and NATO forces to stay in Afghanistan after 2014 and will probably leave the choice for his successor, NATO chief Anders…
Fox NewsThe U.S. government is keeping tens of millions of dollars flowing to Afghanistan despite a pair of private audits that found Afghan ministries could not properly account for the funds, according to a pointed…
New York TimesWASHINGTON — American and NATO military planners, facing continued political uncertainty about whether foreign troops will remain in Afghanistan after December, have drawn up plans to deploy a force this summer that is…
Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the Union Address Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Washington, D.C. As Prepared for Delivery – Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my…
Herald ScotlandHamid Karzai has called on the US to restart peace talks with the Taliban or put at risk a new security agreement. Hamid Karzai has called on the US to restart peace talks with…
BBC NewsAfghan President Hamid Karzai has reiterated his refusal to sign a key US security pact until a peace process is under way with the Taliban. “Afghanistan will absolutely not accept or sign anything under…
USA TODAYFamily and friends a world away were mourning Sunday as word spread that American Lexie Kamerman was among the 21 people killed in a bombing Friday at a Kabul restaurant. Kamerman, 27, was working…
Philly.comCol. Jamila Bayaz, 50, talks to fellow police officers at a checkpoint as she makes the rounds of her district in Kabul. MASSOUD HOSSAINI / Associated Press. Travel Deals. $766* & up — 5-Star Airline…
Voice of AmericaISLAMABAD — The death toll from a Taliban attack on a restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital has risen to 21. A suicide bomber who blew himself up and Taliban gunmen who rushed in behind…
BBC NewsA number of Afghan officials have been suspended as an investigation is carried out into a suicide bomb and gun attack in Kabul that killed 21 people. The Taliban has admitted targeting a Lebanese…
USA TODAYKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The American University of Afghanistan says that two of its U.S. employees were among those killed in a Taliban attack on a popular Kabul restaurant that left 21 people dead,…
BBC NewsBritish nationals were among 21 people killed in a suicide attack at a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Foreign Office has confirmed. Two Britons died in the attack, which happened at a venue in…
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) – Up to 15 people, mostly foreigners, were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a popular Lebanese restaurant in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul, police said. Islamist Taliban…
Guardian Liberty VoiceThis is neither the website of, nor affiliated in any way with, Guardian News and Media. Lone Survivor has everything going for it to make it a Hollywood success. It is a gritty,…
CNNKabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has authorized the release of dozens of prisoners seen as a security threat by the United States. A judiciary meeting chaired by Karzai decided Thursday to free…
BBC NewsWashington has expressed concern about a plan by the Afghan government to release scores of prisoners considered by the US to be dangerous. Afghanistan said there was not enough evidence against 72 of 88…
USA TODAYRobert Gates’ new book is getting bad reviews from former colleagues in the Obama administration. Former White House chief of staff William Daley not only disputed Gates’ criticism of President Obama and aides, he…
ABC OnlineFormer US defence secretary Robert Gates has delivered a scathing critique of president Barack Obama’s handling of the war in Afghanistan in a revealing new memoir. In his book, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary…
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON — President Obama became progressively more pessimistic about prospects for a successful ending to the war in Afghanistan, goaded by inexperienced White House advisors and a dislike of Afghan President Hamid Karzai,…
CNN(CNN) — A 10-year-old girl was brought into a border police station in Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province on Monday when she told Afghan police she had been instructed by her brother to…
New York Daily NewsAn Afghan girl has been detained by police while wearing a suicide bomber’s vest in southern Afghanistan, according to reports. The child, identified as Spozhmai, believed to be the 8- to 10-year-old…
The IndependentA provincial official in Afghanistan say a suicide car bomber has attacked a security checkpoint in the country’s east, killing three police officers. Musa Khan Akbarzada, the governor of Ghazni province, says the attack…
USA TODAYKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of international troops in an eastern district of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, killing three service members and wounding six Afghans, officials…
New York TimesKABUL, Afghanistan — A pair of rockets fired by the Taliban struck the United States Embassy in Kabul shortly before dawn on Wednesday, sending hundreds of American diplomats and aid workers based at…
USA TODAYKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan says its compound was hit by indirect fire just before dawn on Christmas Day. It says no Americans were injured. An embassy official, speaking on…
BusinessweekU.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, steps off of a helicopter after arriving at the International Security Assistance Force Headquarters, on December 7, 2013 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photographer: Mark Wilson/Getty Images. U.S. Defense Secretary …Hagel…
Wall Street JournalPakistan’s army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif, right, meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Monday. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. ISLAMABAD—U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pressed …Hagel to…
USA TODAYISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has arrived in Pakistan for meetings with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and other officials. Pentagon spokesman Carl Woog says Hagel is looking forward to “candid and…
Department of DefenseKABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8, 2013 – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spent a full day today with two sets of people he seldom sees in Washington: deployed U.S. troops and Afghan military leaders.US Defense…
CNN(CNN) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says his Afghan counterpart assured him that an important security pact will be reached with Kabul in a “timely manner,” despite a failure so far to forge a…
The White House just issues a joint statement from the Kingdom of Denmark, Republic of Finland, Republic of Iceland, Kingdom of Norway, and the Kingdom of Sweden, joining the United States in a united front…
President Obama cancelled his planned visit to Moscow to meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, but still plans to attend the G-20 Summit. Why? Blame NSA Leaker Edward Snowden, and Vladimir Putin’s decision to grant…
Jane Wicker, a professional wing-walker, once told a reporter that she never expects to have an accident during her flights. Sadly, she had one on Saturday, and it was fatal. Coming in for a dive,…
question: was The 747 Afghanistan Crash a Terrorist Act? For whatever reason, the question has not been raised. Yet, we’re talking about a cargo plane carrying military equipment in an area of the World where…
The State Of The Union speech was epic. Here’s the video and transcript from Tuesday night’s incredible speech by President Obama. I don’t think it was better than the Inauguration Speech, but it was an…
Zennie62 outlined how House GOP leaders worked to diminish the President’s ability to use military action in Libya, where Benghazi is located. Now, comes a Washington Post report from 2011 reporting that Secretary of State…
George McGovern has died. This blogger just got the email alert from CNN, which stated: Former U.S. Sen. George McGovern has died, according to a family statement. He was 90. You just can’t distil a…
President Obama’s State Of The Union Speech was an address that, like the one last month in Kansas, was focused on restoring America’s Economy via not just government investment, but taxes on trade, too. In…
