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U.S. Resetting Its Relationship With Karzai

washingtonpost.com | Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


When a team of senior U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday for a dinn...

Stop U.S. Meddling; Support Afghan Women at the Table

Jodie Evans | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Jodie Evans

Women's rights (which are, in fact, human rights) will never rise from a corrupt, fundamentalist government. We need to be supporting the voices of women to nurture change in Afghanistan.

Mikhail Gorbachev Supports US Withdrawal From Afghanistan (Video)

Posted 11.08.2009 | World


Mikhail Gorbachev supports a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. The former president of the Soviet Union spoke to CNN's John King Sunday on State Of ...

As U.S. Debates Afghanistan Policy, Taliban Beefs Up

McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay and Hal Bernton | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 10.15.2009 | World


WASHINGTON -- A recent U.S. intelligence assessment has raised the estimated number of full-time Taliban-led insurgents fighting in Afghanistan to at ...

Afghan Elections Intended To Pacify The West: Commentary

nytimes.com | JEAN MacKENZIE | Posted 09.26.2009 | World


The haste with which U.N. Special Representative Kai Eide held a press conference to say that Aug. 20 was "a good day for Afghanistan" merely served t...

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...

Afghan Elections 2009: HuffPost's Guide (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Ryan | Posted 09.20.2009 | World


As Afghanistan holds national elections for the presidency and provincial council, the HuffPost has put together this resource guide to voting day and...

Afghan Strategy: Child Rapist Police Return Behind Shield Of US, UK Troops

Inter Press Service | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


By Gareth Porter | Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Jul 29 (IPS) - The strategy of the major U.S. and British military offensive in Afghanista...

Obama: US Involvement In Afghanistan Could Enter New Phase Post-Elections

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 08.14.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — Raising expectations for scaling back military operations in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he hopes U.S. involve...

World In Photos, July 6, 2009

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

Afghan Taliban Suspected Of Using White Phosphorous Illegally

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


KABUL — The U.S. accused Afghan militants Monday of using white phosphorus as a weapon in "reprehensible" attacks on U.S. forces and in civilian...

Pakistani Taliban Scoffs At US Strategy But Admits Drones' Effectiveness

New York Times | Posted 06.05.2009 | World


President Obama is pouring more than 20,000 new troops into Afghanistan this year for a fighting season that the United States military has called a ...

New Report Reveals Why We'll Be Paying for the Iraq Occupation for Years to Come, Withdrawal or Not

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


Jeremy Scahill

With last week's announced escalation of the war in Afghanistan, Obama blew the lid off of any lingering perceptions that he represents a significant change in how the U.S. conducts its foreign policy.

Welcome to "Obama's War"

Tom Andrews | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Tom Andrews

As someone who was growing up as LBJ's war was tearing his administration down, I had a pit in my stomach as I watched President Obama announce his "Af-Pak" policy.

Obama Got Afghanistan/Pakistan Right

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Jon Soltz

We've finally left fantasy-land, where America can simply go somewhere, topple a government, and western-style democracies will pop up and thrive. Afghanistan is a very different beast.

US Eyes Iran As Possible Afghan Supply Route

Middle East Times | RICHARD SALE | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is mulling a plan that would use Iranian territory to rescue the deteriorating logistics network cur...

I Wanted to Stop Bush's Surge, but I Support Obama's Stabilization

Jonathan Powers | Posted 03.21.2009 | World


Jonathan Powers

I hope you will join me in supporting our President Obama and our troops who work to stabilize this "deteriorating situation."

Obama Approves Troop Increase To Afghanistan: Global Responses (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.21.2009 | World


Yesterday President Barack Obama approved the deployment of 17,000 United States troops to Afghanistan, AFP reports. The move led to responses from ac...

Pakistan: 10 trucks torched along US supply line

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 03.07.2009 | World


PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Assailants torched 10 trucks stranded in Pakistan by the bombing of a key bridge on the main supply route for U.S. forces i...

Taliban Planning "Hot Winter" In Afghanistan

Washington Independent | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Since Afghans took up arms against the Soviet occupation in 1979, insurgency in war-torn Afghanistan has followed a cyclical pattern. The spring and t...

Afghans Ask: Why Doesn't U.S. Go To Pakistan?

Washington Independent | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


The tribal elder was direct with the U.S. team. "People are tired of the Taliban because they beat them," he said, speaking in Kushamond, a district o...

Petraeus And Odierno Confirmed By Senate

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate on Thursday handily confirmed Gen. David Pet...