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Hamid Karzai

WHERE THEY STAND 8 Each Monday through to election day, The Globe has tried to cut through the...

In Canada today, one foreign-policy issue towers above any other: Afghanistan. Canadian troops based in Kandahar find themselves in their biggest fight since the Korean War. Nearly 100 have been killed combatting an attempt by...

Top UN official in Afghanistan welcomes changes in Govt

New York (PTI): The top UN official in Afghanistan has welcomed the changes announced by President Hamid Karzai to his 26-member cabinet, saying that they reflect the priorities set up by the Government and its people. The...

Steve Israel in Afghanistan meeting with Karzai

WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) traveled to Afghanistan this weekend, where he met yesterday with President Hamid Karzai, Gen. David McKiernan and New York troops in what he called "sobering" insight into the...

Japan opposition wants bigger global security role (AFP)

AFP - Japan would play a more active role in global security if the opposition wins upcoming elections and would also seek better diplomacy to bring peace to Afghanistan, the shadow defence minister said.

Top general: Nato not losing Afghan war

The top Nato general in Afghanistan said he rejects the idea that Nato is losing the Afghanistan war to an increasingly bloody Taliban insurgency. But US Gen David McKiernan also said he needs more military forces to tackle the...

Max Hastings: Afghanistan's best hope is for controlled warlordism

The Taliban are losing the battles but winning the war. The prognosis is wretched, yet we must sustain military aid While most of the world spent the weekend trembling for its wealth, in Afghanistan the Taliban busied...

David Davis UK risks disaster in Afghanistan without change in strategy

Britain and its allies are facing disaster in Afghanistan unless there is a major change in strategy, a senior Tory has claimed. Former shadow home secretary David Davis said British troops were defending a corrupt Afghan...

Despite the defeatism our campaign in Afghanistan is going well

The Taliban must be laughing. Armed with battered old Kalashnikov assault rifles primitive rocketpropelled grenades and homemade bombs put together in the Afghan equivalent of the kitchen sink this ragtag bunch of Pashtun...

Afghan president reshuffles cabinet posts

Afghan president reshuffles cabinet posts : Under pressure from the United States and its coalition partners to shake up his government and curb high-level corruption, President Hamid Karzai named as his interior minister a...

Top general: NATO not losing Afghan war

KABUL, Afghanistan - The top NATO general in Afghanistan on Sunday rejected the idea that NATO is losing the Afghanistan war to an increasingly bloody Taliban insurgency. But U.S. Gen. David McKiernan also said he needs more...

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