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U.S. and Afghan officials have begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias that have independently taken up arms against insurgents in several parts of Afghanistan, prompting hopes of a large-scale tribal rebellion against...
NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Nov. 13, 2009) – Four provincial governors and a 21-member executive committee from the eastern Afghanistan peace and development jirga – a group of elders -- met in the Nangarhar governor’s...
Published Date: 20 November 2009 HAJI AKHTAR Mohammed Shinwari can't wait for the Americans to leave. For him, the five-year handover signalled in President Hamid Karzai's inauguration speech yesterday can't come soon enough....
Click to view slide show of the Haqqani Network. Afghan troops killed 23 Haqqani Network and foreign fighters during a clash in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika. Today's clash followed a raid on Nov. 15, where six...
Woensdag 18 november 2009 | Oxfam International ] Seventy per cent of Afghans surveyed see poverty and unemployment as the major cause of the conflict in their country, according to new research by international aid agency...
Schools were ordered to close when Afghanistan declared a health emergency on 3 November KABUL, 17 November 2009 (IRIN) - The government has decided to reopen all schools from 23 November to 12 December to allow 7.5 million...
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2009 – Combined Afghan and international forces killed or detained numerous enemy fighters in Afghanistan in recent days, military officials reported. A combined force in...
By Reese Erlich in the November issue The road from Kabul to Jalalabad is perfectly safe today,” my colleague Najibullah told me. Conquering the opium/heroin trade in Afghanistan has proven to be just as difficult. I was...
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) With a wide variety of dry fruits, herbs, fruits, saffron and intricately woven colourful carpets, Afghan stalls are a major draw at the ongoing India International Trade Fair here that is on till Nov 27.
Vast majority of Britons back IoS call for UK forces to come home By Jane Merrick and Brian Brady in London and Kim Sengupta in Kabul Seven out of 10 Britons back The Independent on Sunday's call for a phased withdrawal of...
