Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the United States and other foreign powers are holding talks with the Taliban aimed at ending the nearly decade-long war. Mr. Karzai’s announcement Saturday to reporters in Kabul is thought to be the first official comment on U.S. involvement in such negotiations. However, the U.S. Embassy declined to comment. The […]
Karzai Announces Peace Talks with Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the United States and other foreign powers are holding talks with the Taliban aimed at ending the nearly decade-long war. Mr. Karzai’s announcement Saturday to reporters in Kabul is thought to be the first official comment on U.S. involvement in such negotiations. However, the U.S. Embassy declined to comment. The […]
Suicide Bombers Attack Kabul Police Station
Afghanistan officials say three militants armed with suicide vests and guns stormed a police station near the presidential palace in Kabul, killing four security force members and five civilians. Authorities say the attack triggered a shootout between the militants and the police Saturday in the Afghan capital. At least one of the attackers wore an […]
Suicide Bombers Attack Kabul Police Station
Afghanistan officials say suicide bombers have stormed a police station near the presidential palace in the capital, killing at least two people. Authorities say the attack triggered a shootout between the militants and the police Saturday in Kabul. They say at least one of the two people killed in the attack was a police officer. […]
Karzai: US is Talking to Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the United States and other foreign powers are holding talks with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the near decade-long war in Afghanistan. President Karzai said “foreign forces, and especially the United States” are carrying out the talks. Mr. Karzai’s announcement is thought to be the first official comments […]
IMF Rejects Afghan Plans to Resolve Bank Crisis
Afghan and Western officials say the International Monetary Fund has rejected the Afghan government’s plans to resolve the Kabul Bank crisis and that a $70 million reconstruction payment will be withheld. Kabul Bank nearly collapsed last year when allegations of mismanagement, cronyism and questionable lending first surfaced. The bank’s executives and shareholders are accused of […]
Roadside Bomb Kills 4 in Southern Afghanistan
Afghan officials said Thursday a roadside bomb killed four civilians and wounded three others in southern Kandahar province. Provincial officials said a tractor drove over the bomb in the Maruf district late Wednesday. Elsewhere in southern Afghanistan Thursday, NATO said two of its service members were killed. No details were given. The United Nations mission […]
Obama Discusses Troop Drawdown with his Afghan Commander
U.S. President Barack Obama has met with his top Afghanistan commander to discuss plans for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. troops. White House spokesman Jay Carney said General David Petraeus met with the president Wednesday. Carney said they discussed a “broad array” of options for the drawdown of troops. He did not provide any new […]
Britiain Warns Against Early Afghan Withdrawal
British Defense Secretary Liam Fox is cautioning against taking too many troops out of Afghanistan too early, weeks ahead of the expected start of the U.S. withdrawal from the country. Fox made his comments Thursday while visiting British troops stationed in Afghanistan. He echoed the view of U.S. officials by saying the coalition’s military gains […]
Roadside Bomb Kills 4 in Southern Afghanistan
A roadside bomb has killed three women and one man in southern Afghanistan. Provincial officials say a tractor carrying the civilians drove over the bomb in the Maruf district of Kandahar province late Wednesday. The blast wounded three other people. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said last week that May was the deadliest month […]