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US Presses for Greater Pakistani Role in Afghan Peace Process Foreign ministers are meeting in Turkey this week to endorse Afghan efforts for a political solution to the decade-long conflict and to determine a plan for a sustainable Afghan economy. A
By Meredith Buel Washington 16 May 2007 A U.S. military commander used an appropriate level of force and demonstrated sound judgment during a battle last month in Afghanistan that Afghan officials say killed dozens of civilians. That is the conclusio
By David Gollust Washington 14 December 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday launched an effort to mobilize U.S. private-sector support for rebuilding Afghanistan's legal system. Under a new public-private partnership effort, U.S. l
The International Committee of the Red Cross is launching an emergency operation to provide urgent assistance to tens of thousands of victims of armed conflict in Bajaur Agency on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Lisa Schlein reports from Interna
For the last time as first lady, Laura Bush has presided over a meeting of an organization dedicated to promoting women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan. During the meeting at the White House, U.S.-Afghan Women's Council participants discussed achieveme
A young Afghan journalist, convicted of blasphemy, has had his death sentence overturned. But the appeals court ordered the reporter to spend 20 years in jail for distributing an Internet article criticizing the Prophet Mohammed's views on women. VO
Turkish President Abdullah Gul met with his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts at a Wednesday summit in Ankara aimed at improving relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which have been strained over the war against the Taliban insurgency. (from
Police Mistrust Threatens US-Afghan Alliance in Key Town The Marzak strategy hinged on setting up a new, tribe-based local police force capable of defending the town against Taliban fighters. After two weeks of training, the first 50 police began dut
Key Local Afghan Police Force Slow to Catch On Coalition planners say they need 100 police officers to secure Marzak. Village elders promised at least that many men would volunteer for a new Afghan Local Police force. But by late January, fewer than
Sectarian Terror Attack Fuels Afghan-Pakistan Tension This week's suicide bomb attack that killed dozens of Shi'ite Muslims at a Kabul shrine has significantly heightened tensions between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. The Afghan president has
By Michael Bowman Washington 25 October 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai (file photo) Afghanistan's president and his main electoral challenger say the country's political future should be decided at the ballot box, not through the formation of a
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday that his country is determined to carry on with its combat mission in Afghanistan despite a rise in casualties and skepticism in domestic opinion polls. Miliband discussed the Afghan situation
By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 October 2006 The British general who commands NATO forces in Afghanistan says he launched the country's first nationwide security plan on Tuesday, and that the international community must take advantage of gains made in fig
By Gary Thomas Washington 15 November 2006 The head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency says it will take many years and billions of dollars to stabilize Afghanistan. And another official, the top U.S. military intelligence officer, adds that wh
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 13 May 2007 Pakistan army soldiers are on alert in troubled Pakistani tribal area of Miran Shah (File) A shoot-out by Pakistani and Afghan troops along their common border has left five Afghan troops were killed and three P
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 05 July 2006 Several bomb explosions have hit Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing one person and wounding more than 40 others, most of them security personnel. The attacks come a day after two blasts injured at least seven peo
By Gary Thomas Washington 04 October 2006 Entire Negroponte Interview The top U.S. intelligence official says the government of Afghanistan must expand its authority over more of the country if the resurgence of the Taleban is to be checked. In a VO
By Benjamin Sand Kandahar, Afghanistan 10 January 2007 watch Afghan Police report Afghan police trainees With violence on the rise throughout Afghanistan, the Kabul government is recruiting thousands of auxiliary police to combat a growing insurgenc
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 19 June 2007 Iran is forcibly repatriating tens of thousands of Afghan nationals, calling the undocumented workers a drain on the Iranian economy. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand reports the United Nations s
By Tom Rivers London 04 November 2009 Video grab made 04 Nov 2009 of a casualty being taken to a base hospital after 5 British soldiers were shot dead in Helmand Province, Afghanistan While calling the deaths of five British soldiers gunned down in