Afghanistan could again become a haven for terrorists like al Qaida after international forces have pulled out in three years’ time, the head of the British armed forces has acknowledged.[Read more...]
Reuters - Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, a former right hand man to the reclusive, one-eyed leader of the Taliban, believes there is only one way to end a decade of fighting in Afghanistan. Return the hardline Islamists to power.[Read more...]
Image 1 of 2 Isaf has conducted more than 500 operations so far in 2011 in an effort to disrupt the Haqqani network leadership Photo: EPA Image 1 of 2 Mujahideen leader Jalaluddin Haqqani Photo: AP [...]
Reuters - Federal agents arrested dozens of current and former Boeing workers on Thursday on charges of illegally dealing in painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs at a plant that makes military aircraft models used in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.[Read more...]
AP - International forces in Afghanistan released new data Thursday showing violence trending downward in their favor, only a day after the U.N. reported considerably more clashes and other attacks per month than last year.[Read more...]
AP - A man accused of running an illegal contractor spy ring in Afghanistan has resigned from the Air Force, still maintaining his innocence, and still facing possible criminal charges.[Read more...]
Admiral Mullen accused Pakistan of ‘exporting’ violent extremism to Afghanistan by allowing militants to act as an ‘arm’ of the intelligence service Photo: REUTERS Rob Crilly in Islamabad 11:36PM BST 22 Sep 2011 Comments [...]
The Islamic world was but one item on the nation’s foreign-policy agenda in early 2001. China had dominated the first days of the George W. Bush administration, particularly after a showdown over a downed U.S. jet. In a flash, the 9/11 attacks put the Islamic world at the center of that agenda, where it [...]
Sensitive Government information about Afghanistan was accidentally revealed by Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell when he left Downing Street with the documents on show.[Read more...]
The Taliban attack on the British Council offices in Kabul has underlined the failure of the western strategy in Afghanistan, the UK’s former special envoy to the country has warned.[Read more...]
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