From media reports, it is clear that America’s hold on Afghanistan is unraveling and our military faces defeat. The recent rampage of a U.S. soldier was the last straw for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the people of his country and war-weary American citizens. The Obama administration has begun sea...
In formal negotiations set to begin Thursday, Afghan officials are expected to press their U.S. counterparts for veto power over controversial night raids on Afghan homes as well as warrants signed by a judge before the operations are carried out. Despite substantive differences, officials on both...
John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. A series of tragic events in Afghanistan has increased the desire of a war-weary public to end our mission there. As heart-wrenching as these events have been,...
WASHINGTON: The top commander in Afghanistan said Thursday he prefers a robust U.S. combat force of 68,000 in 2013, signaling a potential halt in the drawdown and complicating any effort by President Barack Obama to accelerate the timetable after more than a decade of war. "My opinion is that we wi...
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday his government was pressing to end divisive NATO night raids in negotiations with the United States on a long-term strategic pact, saying some past operations had violated Afghan sovereignty. The increasingly assertive Afghan leader's admonition...
Festivals, whether religious or cultural, have always fascinated me and being a devout advocate of coexistence I enjoy celebrating Christmas, Eid, Navroz and Diwali with my friends — an act which is unfortunately officially ‘extinct’ now.The festival of Holi, which remains one of my favorites, took ...
The argument begins with this question: why should science and religion be kept separate? The answer depends on what you believe; however, let me present my case in favor of the separation of science and religion.Science is the study of nature and how it functions. The beauty of science is that when...
Focus on Pakistan’s non-compliance of UN Conventions in Human Rights Council’s Debate on Durban Declaration in GenevaUN Human Rights Council, Nineteenth session, March 2012Agenda item 9: General Debate on Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up and imple...
KABUL: The United States and its allied nations would not leave Afghanistan at lurch as expected or predicted by some people, an Afghan analyst said. "It is a naive opinion to say that U.S. would withdraw all its forces from Afghanistan," Kabul University professor and political analyst Syed Masou...
As international forces leave Afghanistan, neighboring countries stand to gain enormous sums of money. How much? The United States today pays $500 million a year in transit fees to send military materiel through Central Asian states to Afghanistan. Now, that amount will rise as Washington and ot...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: None of the Afghans who witnessed the March 11 massacre of 16 villagers has reported personally seeing more than one shooter, despite claims that many U.S. soldiers took part in the killing, two Afghan officials said Wednesday. Afghan villagers disputed U.S. statements that ...
In presence of western officials, Afghan president's chief of staff and senior diplomat accused each other of spying. Kabul, Afghanistan: The increasing influence of a conservative circle within President Hamid Karzai's palace has impeded progress in signing a crucial strategic agreement with the U...
KABUL : In a quiet corner of the Afghan capital, dining tables are covered with traditional fabrics, a man on the piano plays Frank Sinatra, and expatriates munch on food that can usually only be found back home. Unlike other restaurants catering to Afghanistan's large expatriate community, the Afg...
Former princess and life-long humanitarian Hindia d'Afghanistan has been named Radio Azadi’s “Person of the Year” in Afghanistan. The 83-year old daughter of Afghanistan’s King Amanullah has devoted the last ten years of her life -- and most of her family’s wealth -- to rebuilding her country after ...
The Caribou airlifter flies so low through the mountains and valleys of eastern Afghanistan that it’s invisible from the ground … until it’s right on top of you. The Vietnam-era, twin-engine cargo plane with the cranked wings and bulbous nose appears suddenly, racing just a couple hundred feet over ...
The shooting apparently took place in Panjawaii (as it is spelled on my Afghan map), 15 miles southwest of Kandahar. The city itself (once a quiet, romantic oasis of canals, palm trees and fruit stands piled high, but no longer), is small. But the whole area for miles around is a vast warren of bake...
KABUL: When Gen. John R. Allen testifies Tuesday on Capitol Hill, he faces a daunting task: trying to convince lawmakers that they should resist the urge to sharply cut funding for the war in Afghanistan over the next two years. After stumbles and setbacks that have kept U.S. diplomats and command...
The way forward in Afghanistan became considerably less opaque last week when the Taliban suspended Qatar-based talks with the United States, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in a separate statement, requested that NATO troops pull back from rural outposts to main military bases. This marked the f...
On paper, the Afghan National Army (ANA) looks strong enough to secure the country almost immediately. The force had a listed strength of 173,000 personnel in October and should reach 195,000 soldiers by the end of 2013. That means that by the end of next year it will be 1 1/2 times the size of ...
Marc Thiessen of the Washington Post's op-ed page is promising doom when US troops pull out of Afghanistan. There is no reason to believe he's close to correct. The murder of 16 Afghans last week, allegedly by a US soldier who wandered off his base in Afghanistan, has renewed a basic question: Why ...
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US, Germany, Italy vow key Afghan roles post-2014
BRUSSELS: Germany and Italy will join the United States as "lead nati...
Soldier pleads guilty in massacre of 16 Afghans
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash: The American soldier accused of killin...
Coalition Deliberates Afghan Presence
Brussels: The top commander of the U.S.-led military coalition in Afg...
In Afghanistan, grief for a husband who shouldn't have died
Khosh Gombat, Afghanistan: Whenever Bibi Laila heard the all-too-fami...
