New Afghan spy chief accused of corruption and torture
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has nominated a cabinet minister to head the country’s spy agency who has been accused of involvement in torture, drug-trafficking and corruption. Asadullah Khalid, the...
View ArticleBillions in Afghan aid could be wasted: U.S. inspector
Billions of dollars in American assistance to Afghanistan could ultimately go to waste without better planning and security in the war-torn nation, a US investigator said Thursday. John Sopko, the...
View ArticleAfghan president: U.S. special forces creating ‘insecurity and instability’
Afghan President Hamid Karzai demanded Sunday the withdrawal of US special forces from Wardak within two weeks, accusing them of fuelling “insecurity and instability” in the volatile province...
View ArticleU.S. surprised by Afghanistan’s demand to withdraw special forces
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s demand that US special forces leave a flashpoint province came as a surprise to American commanders, who had no advance warning of the order, officials said Monday. It...
View ArticleAfghan president: U.S. and Taliban ‘in talks on a daily basis’
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday criticised the Taliban for holding daily talks with the United States as they also launch suicide attacks that kill civilians and children. The Islamist...
View ArticleWhite House denies claims of collusion with the Taliban
The White House on Monday strongly rejected allegations from Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the United States was colluding with the Taliban to justify the presence of US troops in the country....
View ArticleNATO air strike kills Afghan police and civilians
A NATO air strike killed four Afghan police and two civilians on Thursday, Afghan officials said. A spokesman for the US-led NATO force in Kabul told AFP that the military was checking the information....
View ArticleObama speaks to Afghan president three days after NATO strike kills children
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular consultations, three days after a NATO air strike killed 11 Afghan children. The White...
View ArticleCIA ‘gave millions in cash’ to Karzai over the years
The CIA has delivered tens of millions of dollars in cash packed in suitcases and backpacks to the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, the New York Times reported Monday....
View ArticleKarzai orders Britain to hand over detainees
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded that all detainees being held by British forces in the restive south be handed over within two weeks, saying that holding prisoners any longer would be a...
View ArticleU.S. envoy heads to Afghanistan to restart peace efforts
US envoy James Dobbins was set for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul later Monday, officials said, as Washington works to put peace efforts back on track after a dispute over the...
View ArticleU.S., Afghans near deal on post-2014 mission: Panetta
WASHINGTON — US and Afghan officials are weeks away from clinching a security pact allowing an American military mission to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday....
View ArticleKarzai invites Taliban leaders for direct talks
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday invited the Taliban for direct talks with his government, while urging Pakistan to facilitate negotiation efforts towards ending Afghanistan’s...
View ArticleAfghan president calls for calm over Koran-burning
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai went on television Sunday to appeal for calm after five days of violent anti-US protests across his country over the burning of Korans at a US military base....
View ArticleCongressman Rohrabacher wants Afghanistan’s Karzai investigated
The head of a US congressional subcommittee is asking a federal agency to investigate whether Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is misappropriating foreign aid funding to benefit himself and his...
View ArticleU.S. soldier kills 16 Afghan civilians
Anti-American sentiment in Afghanistan could continue to grow after a U.S. solider killed 16 civilians and wounded others in their Kandahar province homes Sunday morning. The soldier left his military...
View ArticleU.S. soldier could get death for Afghan shootings
The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghans could be executed if convicted, the Pentagon chief said, as President Barack Obama warned a war-weary public against a rushed exit from Afghanistan. Defense...
View ArticleRepublicans heap blame on Obama for Afghan crisis
WASHINGTON — A crisis in Washington’s relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai sparked attacks Sunday on President Barack Obama, as Republican presidential candidates heaped blame on him for the...
View ArticleSgt. Robert Bales charged with 17 counts of murder in Afghan massacre
The sergeant who is alleged to have engaged in a masscre of Afghan civilians during a nighttime attack on March 11 has been charged with seventeen counts of premeditated murder, as well as counts of...
View ArticleU.S., Afghans nearing deal on night raids
WASHINGTON — The United States and Afghanistan are close to clinching an agreement that will give Kabul more authority over night-time raids, resolving an issue that threatened to derail negotiations...
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