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Dr. Abdullah Abdullah

Chairman of National Coalition of Afghanistan

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Taliban open a door

What was unthinkable a decade ago is about to become a reality. The Taliban, whom the United States dislodged from power as the harbourers of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network

Report of the Afghan Political Opposition's visit to Bonn, 2-6 December 2011

A high-level delegation of the National Coalition of Afghanistan (NCA), the main Afghan political opposition, visited Germany during the International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn, 5 December 2011.

Five years in Afghanistan: fighting a war within a larger war

It seemed the Canadians could turn a corner in their frustrating hit-and-run war. The United States had more than doubled its troops on the ground, with most of the newly deployed soldiers in the restive south

Know Your Enemy: Meet the Haqqani Network

In Vietnam, the United States grasped defeat from the jaws of victory. As documented in Mark Woodruff's "Unheralded Victory: The Defeat of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army, 1961-1973,"

In Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers' courage and adaptability are on display

America's wars over the past decade have been hard and often frustrating. But this Fourth of July is a good time to salute the U.S. military's remarkable ability to adapt and persevere against these adversities.

Deadly Shelling by Pakistan Into Afghanistan Is Stoking Tensions

KABUL, Afghanistan - Rocket and artillery shells fired from Pakistan have killed 42 Afghans and wounded 48 in three provinces of eastern Afghanistan over the last five weeks

Bad day for Taliban in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan, July 3 (UPI) -- Joint Afghan and NATO security forces killed or arrested Taliban suspects in Afghanistan in at least 10 operations, the alliance said in a release Sunday.

Afghanistan detains eight people over Kabulbank scandal

(Reuters) - Afghan authorities detained eight people in a relation to Afghanistan's Kabulbank scandal, a top Afghan prosecutor said on Sunday, including three Indian nationals who their embassy said were released hours after being taken in.

Terry Glavin on post-pullout Afghanistan: 'First, a massacre campaign will start'

I told you so' is an unbecoming political posture, but NDP leader Jack Layton could certainly be forgiven such thoughts when the subject turns to negotiating with the Taliban.

Afghans fear "transition" buzzword just excuse to quit

KABUL (Reuters) - There are gun battles in the heart of Kabul, dithering about how to engage hardline Islamists, the looming withdrawal of a powerful foreign army, an unpopular president

Nuristan - province in terror as Taliban return

The Al-Qaeda instructor spent an hour schooling his prot�g�, a 12-year-old Afghan boy, in the art of suicide bombing. Flanked by retired officers from

Afghan court orders 'fraud MPs' sacked

A POLITICAL crisis has erupted in Afghanistan after a special investigative court found that 62 MPs had won their seats by fraud last year and ordered them removed from Parliament.

A decade on, no clear answers in Afghanistan war

For 10 years, ever since the towers fell, the United States has fought a war in a distant land - in hopes, it says, of protecting American interests and making the world safer from terrorism.

10 years of war, few answers Commanders given leeway on drawdown

KABUL � For almost 10 years, ever since the twin towers fell in New York, the United States has fought a war in a distant land. Now, as President Barack Obama plans to end U.S.

Afghan Central Banker, Fearing Reprisals, Quits Post Amid Inquiry Into Scandal

The banker, Abdul Qadeer Fitrat, made his resignation public in telephone interviews with Afghan radio stations and in a pointed resignation letter, which was e-mailed to reporters. He has been under near constant

Afghan central bank chief flees to US: reports

KABUL � Afghanistan's central bank governor has reportedly resigned and fled to the United States, arguing his life is in danger over a corruption probe targeting well-connected figures.

The Road Home from Kabul

This week, President Barack Obama fulfilled a promise he made to the American people in 2009 to begin responsibly ending the war in Afghanistan. His decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from

Afghan officials at loggerheads as U.S. withdrawal looms

KABUL - A political crisis erupted in the Afghan capital over the weekend after a special investigative court found that 62 legislators had won their seats by fraud last year and ordered them removed from parliament

Iran Woos U.S. Allies as Troops Withdraw

TEHRAN-Iran is moving to cement ties with the leaders of three key American allies�Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq�highlighting Tehran's efforts to take a greater role in the region as the U.S. military pulls out troops

Military leaders resigned to Afghan plan

WASHINGTON - The nation's top military commander told Congress yesterday that President Barack Obama's proposal to return 33,000 troops from Afghanistan is riskier and more aggressive than he had wanted.

Afghans welcome, and worry about, drawdown plan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry spent yesterday visiting a province in eastern Afghanistan, hoping to reassure local officials, tribal elders, and shopkeepers that President Obama�s

Afghans fear U.S. drawdown will allow Taliban to regroup

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan� President Obama's planned drawdown of 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan has generated ripples of anxiety for Afghans who worry that the Taliban will overwhelm the country's

Afghan Court Ruling Seeks to Alter Election Results

KABUL, Afghanistan - A special court set up at the behest of President Hamid Karzai ordered on Thursday the reinstatement of 62 candidates who had lost their seats or had been disqualified from last year's

What the Afghan war is missing: A sense of desperation

Two wars, two surges of U.S. forces � and two vastly different outcomes. Why the difference between Iraq and Afghanistan? The troop surge in Iraq

U.K. Considers Further Afghan Troop Cuts

The U.K. is considering bringing home about 500 additional troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, a person familiar with the matter said, following U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement of pullout plans.

US finally talking to the enemy

ISLAMABAD - Almost 10 years down the road since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 by US-led forces

Afghanistan facing insolvency within a month, say officials

The Afghan government will struggle to pay its bills "within a month" after the International Monetary Fund rejected proposals for resolving the Kabul Bank scandal, western officials have warned.

U.S. and Afghanistan to weather diplomatic storm: official

(Reuters) - The Obama administration's ties with Afghan President Hamid Karzai remain solid despite an unusual public rebuke from the U.S. envoy to Kabul this weekend, Karzai's ambassador to Washington said on Monday.

Obama to Specify Afghanistan Troop Cutsn

WASHINGTON�President Barack Obama will announce on Wednesday how fast he plans to pull 33,000 surge troops out of Afghanistan, rolling back a troop build-up that was intended to halt the Taliban's momentum, administration officials said.

Ambassador Eikenberry's pushback against
Karzai: Will it make a difference?

US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry responded sharply to criticism of the US by Afghan President Karzai. His unusually tart remarks come amid growing pressure in the US to bring troops home.

Talking to the Taliban: 'It takes two to tango'

Washington (CNN) -- A day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States is in preliminary talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan to quell the violence, experts say don't expect miracle results.

Next Afghanistan battle: Opium

Badakhshan province, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Far away from the war, in the remote hills of Badakhshan, there is another battle raging. Trundling into the valleys on dusty roads ripped up by large SUVs

With troop cuts, Obama also will juggle war team

WASHINGTON (AP) � President Barack Obama's long-awaited decision on how many troops to bring home from Afghanistan this summer is overshadowing an impending change of arguably equal importance to the course of the war

Afghan tribes in Kandahar work to bury hatchet - but not in each other

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan � There are signs one of the major political sores that has inflamed the Afghan war in Kandahar is finally starting to crust over.

Gates Discusses Way Forward in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, June 19, 2011 - The Taliban must know they are beaten before they reconcile in any meaningful way, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on CNN�s "State of the Union" program today

Afghanistan says will deal with IMF crisis after summer holiday

(Reuters) - Afghanistan said on Sunday it won't be able to address a key International Monetary Fund concern over a looming cash crisis, sparked by a corruption scandal at a failed bank

Afghanistan�s Last Locavores

MANY urban Americans idealize "green living" and "slow food." But few realize that one of the most promising models for sustainable living is not to be found on organic

President Karzai speaks; world, own press office try to deciphe

WASHINGTON � Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, as he prepared to depart the government for the second time, said in an interview on Friday that the human costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had made

Reading Karzai in Kabul

What to make of Afghan President Hamid Karzai - our putative ally in the mission to stabilize and strengthen the country over which he rules?

Ex-British envoy sees war as wrong focus in Afghanistan

Onetime diplomat Sherard Cowper-Coles says instead of pursuing a futile obsession with military supremacy, the U.S. and its allies should lay down arms and concentrate on achieving

Qaeda Woes Fuel Talk of Speeding Afghan Pullback

WWASHINGTON - As the Obama administration nears a crucial decision on how rapidly to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan, high-ranking officials say that Al Qaeda's original network in

Looking Back, Gates Says He�s Grown Wary of 'Wars of Choice'

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