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  • Expert US Foreign Policy in Retreat

    A former senior advisor to the late Richard Holbrooke, who served as U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, says when it comes to foreign policy, the U.S. is in "retreat." Vali Nasr, who is now dean of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), said the Obama administration has concluded that the best way forward for the United States is to do ...

  • Suicide bombers gunmen attack Kabul

    Suicide bombers and gunmen launched attacks on several targets, including a police station, in Afghanistan capital Kabul Friday evening, leaving casualties, a police source said. The serial bombings were not near the Indian embassy. The first blast took place at around 4.10 p.m. in Afghanistan's Shahrara area, reported Xinhua citing the source. The source said the obvious target of the attack ...

  • Will a Sandhurst suffice for keeping peace in Afghanistan

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  • مردم می خواهند خلافت اسلامی

    مردم می خواهند خلافت اسلامی برای شغل برای تولید انرژی برای ...

  • Afghanistans neighbours trying to split country Karzai

    In a meeting with Afghan Interior Ministry officials, President Hamid Karzai has reportedly warned that neighbouring countries are trying to split the country. He claimed that these countries have taken undue advantage of the situation in Afghanistan, and added that they always did things to meet their own goals. "Some countries don't want Afghanistan to have a proper system; many don't want ...

  • UN plans six-day mission to Afghanistan Pakistan

    Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): Humanitarian emergency directors from various UN agencies will travel on a six-day mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the United Nations said Thursday. During the visit from May 26 to June 1, the directors will see for themselves "the ongoing humanitarian operations in the countries and look into ways in which the humanitarian community can strengthen its ...


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  • Taliban influence in Afghanistan to grow Russian agency

    The Taliban influence in Afghanistan may grow after international coalition forces pull out, while rising radicalism in Syria could lead to the country's disintegration, Russian military intelligence agency GRU has said. GRU chief Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun said the situation in Afghanistan poses a "serious challenge to international stability" and that the withdrawal of the International Security ...

  • Taliban fighters kill two guards in aid group attack

    Authorities in Afghanistan said two guards were killed on Friday when a Taliban suicide car bomber and five heavily armed gunmen attacked a guest house of an international aid group in ...

  • Policeman five gunmen killed in Kabul Taliban attack

    KABUL (AFP) - Explosions rocked central Kabul for several hours on Friday after Taliban gunmen launched a major suicide and gun attack centred on a compound of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).One police officer was killed and five militants were shot dead as security forces hunted down the attackers, with prolonged bursts of gunfire and grenade blasts heard across the Afghan ...

  • Breedlove Encourages Big-Picture Focus on Afghanistan

    By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 24, 2013 – Media coverage focused on violence and other challenges in Afghanistan loses sight of the larger picture of progress and promising developments, Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove said after returning from his first trip there as supreme allied commander for Europe. Breedlove noted in his "From the Cockpit" blog ...

  • Taliban attack international compound in Kabul

    Source: Reuters Taliban militants have launched a large-scale attack involving the United Nations in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, sparking a five-hour battle with security forces. A plume of smoke hung over Kabul after the attack was launched, with the sound of .50 calibre heavy machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and sniper fire clearly audible throughout the city centre as ...

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