Hamid Karzai

Afghan minister threatens to quit

The Afghan economy is a key concern for international donors Afghanistan's Finance Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady has submitted his resignation to President Hamid Karzai, the minister's office has said. Mr Karzai's office said it...

Get Out Now, or Get Out Later

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Tue Dec 2, 2008 7:46 AM EST Either way, we'll be leaving. Thanksgiving week was remarkable because it may have witnessed the last nails being driven into the coffin of America's ongoing colonial...

Get Out Now, or Get Out Later

Either way, we'll be leaving. Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated against a continued American presence, and there was virtually no interest in permitting either the open-ended U.S. military commitment or the immunity for American...

Pakistan faces calls to curb its pro-Islamist intelligence service

The ISI had links with the group blamed for carrying out the Mumbai attacks, reports Kim Sengupta Tuesday, 2 December 2008 As tension between Delhi and Islamabad mounts following the Mumbai massacre, the shadowy activities of...

World leaders contact Pakistani leadership to discuss Mumbai fallout

Amid rising tensions in Indo-Pak ties after the Mumbai attacks, a number of world leaders, including British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and German Chancellor Angela Markel, held consultations with the Pakistani leadership...

'Rogue elements may take us to war'

Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has cautioned India that rogue "non state actors" could push the nuclear armed countries down the war path. "Even if the militants [blamed for the Mumbai attacks] are linked to...

Dr. Tom Kraner: Giving holiday thanks amid chaos in Afghanistan

By Dr. Tom Kraner - Idaho Statesman A tale of two Thanksgivings On Thanksgiving, a suicide blast rocked Massoud Circle near the U.S. Embassy, killing four people and sending some of the wounded to our nearby hospital. A...

'Mumbai militants trained in Pakistan'

Tension is growing in the Indian sub-continent amid reports that the Mumbai militants had months of commando training in Pakistan. The sole surviving gunman is said to be of Pakistani origin and reports claim the other nine...

Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber apparently trying to target Afghan police detonated his explosives in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing eight civilians and two policemen, an official said....

U.S. Sees Dramatic Drop In Afghan Deaths

Only one American serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop from earlier months that the U.S. military attributed to a campaign targeting insurgent leaders, an improvement in Afghan security forces and the...