Kandahar

Kandahar, Afghanistan's Second Largest City, Will Be Key Focus For Troops

AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 11.25.2009 | World


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A wedding was called off because international troops killed the groom. A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a p...

5 British Troops Killed By Afghan Cop, Says UK Military

AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 11.04.2009 | World


KABUL — The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and po...

Afghanistan: An Election Without Results

Abdulhadi Hairan | Posted 10.19.2009 | World


Abdulhadi Hairan

Everyone here is impatient to know the outcome of the much-discussed, controversial Afghan elections, but two months have passed and still no one has a clue about the real situation.

Karzai Camp Hardens Its Line On Afghan Election Recount

Wall Street Journal | ANAND GOPAL | Posted 10.18.2009 | World


KABUL -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai may not accept the results of a vote recount from the summer's general election, officials from his campaign hi...

Dozens Of Afghan Civilians Killed In Roadside Bomb Blast

AP | LORI HINNANT | Posted 11.29.2009 | World


KABUL — Taliban militants are sowing fear along Afghanistan's highways with stepped-up checkpoints, hijackings and bombs – including one T...

No Escape From Guantanamo: The Latest Habeas Rulings

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Andy Worthington

Rulings made by District Court judges in the habeas corpus appeals of prisoners held at Guantánamo seemed to confirm that the courts were uniquely placed to deliver justice to the prisoners.

Who Are the Two Syrians Released From Guantanamo to Portugal?

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


Andy Worthington

Their stories, as revealed in publicly available documents from Guantánamo, reveal that neither man had any connection whatsoever to international terrorism.

Afghan Bomb Strikes At Foreign Entities

The New York Times | TAIMOOR SHAH | Posted 09.25.2009 | World


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A huge bomb detonated on Tuesday night in a part of Kandahar where international aid agencies and United Nations offices are ...

Car bomb blasts in Afghanistan kill at least 41

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 09.25.2009 | World


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A cluster of vehicle bombs detonated simultaneously Tuesday in the Taliban's spiritual homeland near a foreign-owned con...

Obama and the Afghan Election: What It Means, What It Doesn't

William Bradley | Posted 09.20.2009 | World


William Bradley

The Obama administration should sigh with a sense of relief after the election in Afghanistan -- the Taliban failed in their threat to halt the election, and were unable to pull off any of the promised attacks.

Karzai's Next Feat

Christopher Mailander | Posted 09.20.2009 | World


Christopher Mailander

The Afghanistan election has made one thing clear: President Karzai is a master. He is a master in the art of the deal.

5 Thoughts on the Afghan Elections

Patrick Barry | Posted 09.20.2009 | World


Patrick Barry

With the Afghan elections having taken place today amidst extraordinarily difficult circumstances, I thought I would offer up a few things to keep in mind when reading the coverage.

HuffPost Review: Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

Katya Wachtel | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


Katya Wachtel

This is the story of one of the thousands of silhouettes who roam war-zones every day so that we, thousands of miles away, can grasp what is happening on the front-line of wars that affect life on this continent too.

Has Kandahar Already Fallen?

Erica Gaston | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


Erica Gaston

With Taliban control present in large swaths of Afghanistan, the question is less where is this situation going, but where has it already gone? And the critical follow-up: Is there a way to turn it around?

4 US Marines, 15 Afghans Killed By Attacks

AP | MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and NOOR KHAN | Posted 09.06.2009 | World


KABUL — Four U.S. Marines were killed Thursday when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in western Afghanistan, driving up Western military dea...

Afghanistan: The Deadliest Month and It's Time to Get Out

Malou Innocent | Posted 08.20.2009 | World


Malou Innocent

Afghanistan is not a winnable war by any stretch of the imagination.

4 Americans Killed In Afghanistan, Making July Deadliest Month For US Troops

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 08.20.2009 | World


KABUL — A roadside bomb killed four American troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, driving the July death toll for U.S. forces to the highest...

Karzai: Afghan Guards Employed By US Killed Police

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai accused Afghan guards working for U.S. coalition forces of killing a provincial police chief and ...

Unemployed Afghan Youth Turn To Taliban For Jobs

Quqnoos.com | Posted 03.30.2009 | World


Residents of Kandahar province say that lack of job opportunities is the main reason that some youths in the province join the Taliban. ...

US Coalition Says It Killed 11 Taliban Militants In Kandahar Operation

AP | Posted 01.26.2009 | World


KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. coalition said Friday its forces killed 11 Taliban militants, including the leader of a bomb-making cell, during a...

Explain to Me Why Sending Private Security Contractors to Afghanistan Makes Sense

Patrick Barry | Posted 01.08.2009 | World


Patrick Barry

Introducing private security contractors -- lightening rods for controversy in the Muslim world -- into an already volatile situation just seems nonsensical.

Why Guantanamo Must Be Closed: Advice for Barack Obama

Andy Worthington | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Andy Worthington

In an attempt to separate fact from fiction, I'd like to offer my advice, based on the three years I have spent studying Guantanamo in unprecedented detail.

Taliban Gain New Foothold In Afghan City

New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics


The Taliban bomber calmly parked a white fuel tanker near the prison gates of this city one evening in June, then jumped down from the cab and let out...

Taliban Fighters Take Over Several Afghan Villages Outside Kandahar

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents during a hunt for inmates who fled prison after a sophi...

American Woman Kidnapped in Afghanistan

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Gunmen kidnapped a burqa-clad American aid worker and her driver in southern Afghanistan's largest city early Saturday, ...