US ‘holding talks with Taliban’: Karzai
Karzai says talks between US and Taliban are “going on well” © AFP Aamir Qureshi AFP KABUL (AFP) – The United States is holding talks…
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Pentagon wants to ‘extend’ Afghanistan surge
© AFP/Getty Images/File John Moore AFP WASHINGTON – The US military is asking President Barack Obama to maintain its troop surge in Afghanistan until the…
US senators press Obama on Afghan withdrawal
A group of 25 US senators have urged President Barack Obama to reduce US forces in Afghanistan in July © AFP/File Patrick Baz AFP WASHINGTON…
Obama says sorry to Karzai for civilian deaths
Afghan Abdu Rahman, 7 © AFP/File Mauricio Lima AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed his “sorrow” in a video conference…
The Bravery of Targeting Unarmed Civilians
Dees Illustration Ahmad Barqawi Activist Post How easily the value of a human life diminishes when the victims are “merely” Afghan civilians? And how impetuously…
Dempsey urges response to Arab Spring
© AFP Carl Court AFP LONDON (AFP) – The man named by President Barack Obama to be the top US military officer said Wednesday that…
US taking Afghan concerns ‘very seriously’: White House
Afghan President Hamid Karzai © AFP/File Shah Marai AFP ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AFP) – A White House spokesman said Sunday that Washington was taking…
Gates: ‘Premature’ to eye faster Afghan pullout
© AFP/File Bay Ismoyo AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has said accelerating troop withdrawals from Afghanistan because of Osama bin…
Obama speech on Arab world in coming days: report
© AFP/File Mandel Ngan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s long-expected speech on turmoil in the Arab world could take place as soon as…
Allies to ‘stay the course’ in Afghanistan: NATO chief
An Afghan boy plays on a swing in Kabul © AFP Manan Vatsyayana AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Osama bin Laden may be dead but NATO…
Kerry to visit Afghanistan after bin Laden raid
US Senator John Kerry © AFP/File Jewel Samad AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Senior US Senator John Kerry said Tuesday he would travel to Afghanistan in…
Clinton warns Taliban ‘you cannot wait us out’
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton © AFP Paul J. Richards AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday warned the Taliban…
Obama remakes Afghan war braintrust
US Marines on patrol in Helmand Province © AFP/File Adek Berry AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama will Thursday unveil new military and diplomatic…
US listed Pakistan spies as terrorists: document
Pakistani army soldiers secure the site of a suicide bomb blast. © AFP/File A Majeed AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US investigators who screened prisoners considered…