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Taliban launch attack on Kabul airportSeven Taliban insurgents including suicide bombers attacked the main airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, early on Monday, with explosions and gunfire heard near an area that also houses major foreign military b More… |
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Taliban, US revive talks in Qatar says KarzaiThe Afghan Taliban and the US have been holding talks in Qatar, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday, but the militant group and Washington denied they had resumed dialogue. The Taliban More… |
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Star on battlefield, felled by affairDavid Petraeus was a star on the battlefield, commanding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but was undone by "poor judgment" in engaging in an extramarital affair that led to his downfall as CIA director. Just two days afte More… |
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US army officer faces Afghan murder chargesArmy Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, accused of killing Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage in Kandahar province last week, will be charged with 17 counts of murder, a US official said on Thursday. Earlier accounts of the incident, which h More… |
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Afghan group in Bahrain for arbitration forumSenior members of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry completed a three-day workshop on arbitration and mediation at the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR-AAA). The event was organised in association with the Americ More… |
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KBR wins Iraq, Afghan defence contractsKBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, said that it has been selected by the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to provide life support, vehicle maintenance and healthcare services in Iraq and Afghanistan. More… |
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No big shift now in Afghan war strategy: ObamaUS President Barack Obama has told congressional leaders he has no plans for any major changes in his Afghanistan war strategy for now, a letter released by the White House showed on Monday. Obama asserted his intention to stick with his a More… |
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Afghan plane with 43 on board crashesA local Pamir Airways plane with 38 passengers and five crew on board, including some foreigners, crashed in Afghanistan on Monday, the interior ministry said. The airplane was en route from the northern city of Kunduz to the capital Kabul More… |
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Draft sees 2011 start to Afghan handoverAfghan forces should begin to take "security primacy" in some provinces by early 2011, according to a draft communique on the future of Afghanistan due to be unveiled at an international conference in London this week. The draft, a copy of More… |
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Karzai unveils new cabinet, technocrats stayAfghan President Hamid Karzai plans to keep most of his top technocrat ministers favoured by the West in a new cabinet presented to parliament on Saturday. Western diplomats have generally welcomed the list of 23 cabinet nominees, which ke More… |
