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Many properties have 'safe' rooms in the basement where families can hide It is hard to imagine anyone wanting to live or invest in a city wracked with violence, but the capital of Afghanistan is experiencing a boom in real...
China's growing influence in the Afghan economy has been hailed by the country's mining minister who has revealed that projects acquired to feed Beijing's industrial base will triple government revenues within five years.
U.S. officials see hope in anti-Taliban militias The rise of these groups spurs optimism of a large-scale tribal rebellion Members of a Pakistani private tribal militia, known locally as a Lashkar, brandish their weapons vowing...
Afghan road builder’s dream now a dead end Kidnapped and nearly killed, he symbolizes the victims of reconstruction Once on the front lines of the international effort to rebuild Afghanistan, Khalid Khan now sits idle at his...
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai could invite militants to attend a "Loya Jirga," or grand council meeting, aiming to seek peace and reconciliation with the Taliban, a spokesman said on Sunday.
Updated on Sunday, November 22, 2009, 20:46 IST Tags: Kabul: A roadside bomb killed five Afghan border security guards on Sunday on a heavily used road in southern Afghanistan. Gen Abdul Raziq, a border security commander, said...
Globe and Mail Hamid Karzai ministers face Afghanistan corruption charges Times Online Warrants have been signed for the arrest of two Afghan cabinet ministers on charges of theft and fraud, highlighting the extent of alleged...
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Hundreds of people jammed into a Monrovia church to mourn a Liberian United Nations worker killed in an October attack by Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan's capital. Mourners wept late Saturday as a blue...
Source: Reuters By Hamid Shalizi KABUL, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Afghan children returned to school wearing medical face masks on Sunday after a three-week closure ordered by the government to prevent the spread of the ...
Nov 22, 2009 (Al-Bawaba via COMTEX) -- Five months since the inauguration of the Frankfurt-Kabul route, Safi Airways, the international airline from Afghanistan, will now operate this route with an Airbus 340-300 from early...
