Another secret was exposed of the inefficiency of the Afghan Government. Karzai's government has been talking to an imposter as the Taleban second in command. For months rumors had it that the Afghan gover menu_book
The blame game, hypocrisy and false claims for credit have become the law of the land in Afghanistan. Power, on the other hand, has corrupted the already corrupt system of government. All the powerful, or the so-called leaders menu_book
There is a need for mature politics and mature politicians to work hard to find a realistic solution to the complex Afghan dilemma. Has any one done any serious work on removing many of the problems Afghanistan is facing? And what would be menu_book
By Walter Mayr The NGO community in Afghanistan has grown into an industry where a large part of aid budgets is spent on security, and money gets frittered away on pointless projects. Afghans are becoming increasingly skeptical about the foreign menu_book
The recent changing of the commander at the helm of the military operations of the United States showed the world that there are problems with our war on terror in Afghanistan. Could it be that we have consistently only seen our own side of menu_book
By JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON � The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan wa menu_book
The Consultative Peace Jirga in Kabul was a daring undertaking by the government of Afghanistan. Its resolution was praised by the United Nations as well as the US government. As is the case in similar situations, some have shown pe menu_book
At this time that a flurry of activity is undertaken by the Afghan president Karzai, mending, confirming and expanding his relations with the West, a true economic development project namely extension of railway service from Central Asia to menu_book
By MIRWAIS KHAN, Associated Press Writer KANDAHAR, Afghanistan � A suicide bomber detonated his cache of explosives late Sunday near the gate of an Afghan Border Police residence in Kandahar where insurgents are waging a campaign of targeted menu_book
By Aram Roston This article appeared in the May 10, 2010 edition of The Nation. April 21, 2010 Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. In Napoleon Bonaparte's day an army may have marc menu_book
The war in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of 120 people and injured over 100 more over the past week. On Sunday, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said dozens of civilians were killed in another week of carnage. He menu_book
The commander of NATO-led operations in Afghanistan says he has doubts about Afghan forces ability to secure the war-weary country by 2015. German General Egon Ramms believes that the timetable set for Afghans to take over security will not menu_book
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has appointed a new election commission chief, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary vote in the war-weary country. Karzai appointed Fazel Ahmad Manavi as the chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC). menu_book
As Afghanistan continues to struggle with militancy, NATO says a roadside bomb has killed two more US-led soldiers in the country's volatile south. The nationalities of the soldiers have not been disclosed yet. The deaths bring the number of menu_book
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale has struck an area in central Afghanistan about 67 miles (107 km) southeast of Mazar-i-Sharif. The quake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km) at 12:58 local time (2028 GMT) on Sunday, 124 menu_book
President Karzai of Afghanistan plays a complex game of politics in deciding to talk peace with the insurgency. He should consider the many faces of the die before tossing them in this delicate and complex game. Politics is menu_book
A Taliban-Kabul deal must protect women's rights - U.N. Fri Feb 5, 2010 11:32pm IST GENEVA (Reuters) - Any future peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban should include a clear commitment to respecting women's rights, a United menu_book
The New York Times February 5, 2010 Op-Ed Contributor Afghanistan is in turmoil, with tensions rising and people dying every day. Many of them � including women, children and the elderly � have nothing in common with terrorists or militants menu_book
The London Conference came and went. It gave President Karzai of Afghanistan green light to go on with some of his proposals. But there are many questions as to the practicality of those plans that still depend on regional powers, nei menu_book
Washington Post on August 28, 2008 carried an article titled: " Only a Two-Page �Note' Governs U.S. Military in Afghanistan." The title alone points to the complications that can arise when you carry out military operations anywhere without a c menu_book
Taxpayer's Money Going To Insurgents? By Aram Roston December 22, 2009 As President Obama prepares a massive military buildup in Afghanistan, a House subcommittee has launched an investigation into whether Defense Department contractors are pa menu_book
By: Aram Roston November 12, 2009 "The Nation" On October 29, 2001, while the Taliban's rule over Afghanistan was under assault, the regime's ambassador in Islamabad gave a chaotic press conference in front of several dozen reporters sittin menu_book
By Press TV Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:47:38 GMT The British army has been relocating Taliban insurgents from southern Afghanistan to the north by providing transportation means, diplomats say. The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymi menu_book
Part You Must, With the Earth You Love, As You Plan Descending, From the Above. Promised in Books, Sacred to All, Shaping the Land, As You Do Fall. Awesome Canyons, Majestic Valleys, Carve You Do, Those Mountain Bellies. Crystal Clea menu_book
The country is at the threshold of a new era of either or both despair and hope. This is because Afghanistan has fast become a land of controversies. Everything that happens there is controversial. Think of its government, its president, its war, i menu_book
As if under a spell, wherever you look, whichever you focus on in Afghanistan is drowned in confusion. Confusion prevails in government, in its all three branches, in its relationship with regional powers even its allies. The politician is confused menu_book