Seven suicide bombers attack Afghan police base: Police The Siasat Daily March 26: | A group of seven suicide bombers attacked a police base in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad today, killing five officers, police said. | One bomber set off a large explosion at the entrance of the quick reaction police headquarters before two bombers blew themselves up inside the fac...
Excavating a future in Afghanistan The News & Observer TAGHAR, Afghanistan — In a rugged valley outside Kabul, where mud-walled villages blend into bare scrubland, a team of international mining experts and Afghan trainees set up camp over the winter to probe the region's mineral resources. | Protected by armed guards, they spent three months dril...
Kerry Hears Afghan Fears From Women in Business The New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — After meeting again with the leader who is at the top of the Afghan pyramid, Secretary of State John Kerry paid a visit on Tuesday to a group of women who have managed to make their way in male-dominated Afghan society. | R...
Pacifying Karzai Khaleej Times The past few weeks have marked a conspicuous ebb in US-Afghan relations. | With Afghan President Hamid Karzai accusing the US of collaborating with the Taleban, it became clear that the Afghan government and its Western allies are not on the same pag...
Good day at last as Bagram prison handed back to Afghanistan The Australian AFTER weeks of rising tensions and intemperate outbursts over alleged US sovereignty breaches, Afghan President Hamid Karzai finally had a "good day" in office this week. | The two allies appeared to put weeks of rancour behind them late on Monday wh...
US cedes full control of Bagram prison to Afghanistan Deutsche Welle Afghanistan has taken over full control of Bagram military prison from the United States, drawing a line under one of the most contentious issues between the two countries. | The U...
Kerry arrives in Afghanistan on unannounced visit The Guardian MATTHEW LEE | Associated Press= KABUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has flown into Afghanistan on an unannounced visit to see President Hamid Karzai amid concerns the...
Myanmar sets new curfews, other controls after religious violence edges toward Yangon The Washington Post YANGON, Myanmar — Authorities in Myanmar imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in three townships after anti-Muslim religious violence touched new parts of the country, edging closer to the main city of Yangon. | State television Tuesday reported incid...
Pakistan passionate about collecting world records The Washington Post ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — One young contender created the world’s largest sequin mosaic using 325,000 of the sparkly disks. | Two other youths achieved 123 consecutive badminton passes in one minute. And 1,450 participants broke the record fo...
End of Iraq, Afghan wars offers opportunities San Francisco Chronicle WIESBADEN, Germany (AP) — The end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will give America's ground forces in Europe a chance to review and refocus training at a time of financial cutbacks throughout the military, the top U.S. soldier in Europe said Monday. | Nearly one-third of the U.S. Army units based in Europe fought in the Iraq and Afghan confl...
McManus: Inching toward Syria The Los Angeles Times Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. | Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding rebels who are fighting to overthrow the brutal regime of Bashar Assad. And it should: The longer thi...
