Iraq tries to woo UK tourists Nov 13, 2009
Explosion at Nato base in Kabul. Editor's Choice. (BBC News -- Business)
Hottest ticket Nov 13, 2009
Explosion at Nato base in Kabul. Is 3DTV the next big thing. (BBC News -- Africa)
Click to read:Afghanistan Losing Fight Against H1N1 Flu Nov 11, 2009
KABUL, Nov. 10, 2009 ... Mandy Clark reports from Kabul ... In this image from the "CBS Evening News," doctors struggle in Kabul, the center of Afghanistan's H1N1 outbreak, with over 450 confirmed cases. (CBS News)
Hunkering Down For The Duration? Nov 11, 2009
In the near future, notes Pincus, the military is planning to build a $30 million passenger terminal and adjacent cargo facility to handle the flow of troops, many of whom arrive at the base north of Kabul before moving on to other sites ... All of this has been happening without a clear plan laid out in Washington for the future of U.S. military operations in that country, without a legitimate national government in Kabul, and of course with no shortage of needed at home. (CBS News)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Nov 11, 2009
Memorial plaques at the British cemetery in Kabul dedicated to those killed fighting the Taliban. Earth has developed stores to absorb excessive CO2, according to study that challenges conventional climate change thinking. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
The geek in charge at the Department of Energy Nov 6, 2009
2 and was centered in the mountains about 167 miles (268 kilometers) northeast of Kabul and 140 miles (230 kilometers) west of Mingaora, Pakistan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Buildings shook in the Pakistani cities of Peshawar and the capital Islamabad, and the quake was felt as far east as Lahore near the Indian border, Pakistani television stations reported. (Salon)
Expert: U.S. set to leave Iraq, continue war efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan | Feature Nov 6, 2009
KABUL, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Dressed in black school uniform and on way to school together with a dozen classmates, Farida voiced her hope to serve her war-torn motherland. "Afghanistan has suffered tremendously from war over the past three decades. Her wounds need the attention of her children for recovering," the 14-year-old girl said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Afghan insurgents learn to destroy key U.S. armored vehicle Nov 6, 2009
off road in Afghanistan," said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell. "And clearly we have to do a lot of work off-road. And these new vehicles will provide our forces the ability to travel more safely off road certainly off paved roads than they would have been able to do with other vehicles. (Anchorage Daily News)
Vote 'failed to learn from past' Nov 3, 2009
By Andrew North BBC News, Kabul ... Broadcasting from a Kabul polling station, we had people coming up to us in disgust showing how they could rub off the purple ink and vote again ... Things are a little better in Kabul and other cities and a few roads have been built between them. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Best from Sunday Nov 2, 2009
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai's challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in an attempt to force the vote's postponement until spring, his campaign manager said - a move that would dim U.S. hopes for a stable Afghan government for months. VATICAN CITY - The Vatican said Saturday that married Anglican priests will be admitted to the Catholic priesthood on a case-by-case basis as Rome makes it easier for disillusioned conservative Anglicans to convert. (Athens Banner-Herald)
In NYs 23rd, conservatives bag a GOP heretic in Scozzafava Nov 1, 2009
The Taliban attacked the Kabul UN station, killed eleven yesterday, Mark Steyn, and still the President dithers. What do you think hes waiting for. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
DEA agents had Quantico ties Two of the three Drug Enforcement Agency agents killed this week in Afghanistan were working alongside special-operations forces in one of the lesser-known aspects of the war. Oct 29, 2009
Michael E. Weston, another special agent who lived in Washington, worked in DEA's office in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital. They were killed Monday in a helicopter crash along with seven members of the U.S. military while on a mission to disrupt arms smuggling and narcotics trafficking in the Badghis province. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
How should aid workers and the military interact, asks IRIN Oct 29, 2009
KABUL, 28 October 2009 () - More than a year after a modus operandi was approved by humanitarian and military actors in Afghanistan, aid agencies have differing views on its success, but almost all agree it could be more strongly implemented and more widely disseminated ... "Sadly, little progress has been made since the Guidelines were endorsed over a year ago. It is unclear whether the Guidelines are actually being followed - or even the extent to which they have even been disseminated,"... (AlertNet)
Airline profits take off on boat people surge Oct 29, 2009
Violence erupts in Kabul as US marks the deadliest month for American troops in Afghanistan. Latest Blogs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
India lets Kashmir leader travel Oct 28, 2009
UN staff killed in Kabul attack. Lebanon stops fresh rocket attack. (Yahoo News -- Kashmir Dispute)
14 Americans killed in 2 Afghan crashes Oct 27, 2009
Staff and wire reports KABUL Fourteen Americans were killed in helicopter crashes Monday, 10 of them after a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers. It was the deadliest day for the U.S. in Afghanistan in more than four years. (Florida Today)
Afghan Ambassador Open to UN-Run Election, Declines to Endorse Holbrooke Oct 25, 2009
Asked about Holbrooke, who was widely reported to have argued with Karzai following the flawed August election and who was perceived by some in Washington and Kabul as supporting a change in Afghanistans administration, Jawad refused to say if the U.S. envoy had lost the confidence of Karzai or his effectiveness in working with the Afghan government. Individuals are coming and going. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
With much to lose and little to win, let's get out of Afghanistan now Oct 24, 2009
Afghanistan is now so dangerous that many aid workers cannot travel outside Kabul to advise farmers on crops, another key part of Obama's March announcement. The 13 billion spent on civilian aid since the invasion began in 2001 produced nothing. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Karzai needed convincing twice on new vote Oct 21, 2009
John Kerry, as Kai Eide head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan is seen in the background, during a press conference, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Oct. 20 ... World Blog: Kabul, Afghanistan ... Kerry opened up to KarzaiBack in Kabul, the official, who spoke anonymously to provide details of the private talks, said Karzai had become "shaky" and was suffering "buyer's remorse" by noon Tuesday. (MSNBC -- International)
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John Kerry, left, shares a light moment with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday ... Back in Kabul, the official, who spoke anonymously to provide details of the private talks, said Karzai had become "shaky" and was suffering "buyer's remorse" by noon Tuesday ... Kerry was at dinner in Kabul with Massachusetts troops. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Election Monitor Claims 1M Tainted Karzai Votes Oct 20, 2009
chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were in Kabul over the weekend urging the Afghans to resolve the standoff quickly. But many Afghans increasingly blame the political uncertainty on the United States, which is seen by some as meddling in the country's electoral process. (ABC News)
Gates seeking allies help on Afghanistan war Oct 19, 2009
World Blog: Kabul, Afghanistan. Most popular. (MSNBC -- International)
U.S. holding off on more troops in Afghanistan Oct 19, 2009
told the CNN program during a visit to Kabul. It's unclear, however, whether Karzai will agree to a runoff election. (USA Today -- News)
Blast kills 4 U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan Oct 17, 2009
World Blog: Kabul, Afghanistan ... KABUL - Four more American troops died in a bombing in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Friday, as a U.N.-backed panel completed most of its investigation into whether the level of fraud in the August presidential election would require a runoff. (MSNBC -- International)
Afghan fraud panel finishes bulk of work Oct 16, 2009
Abdullah Abdullah a presidential candidate, top rival of President Hamid Karzai and former Afghan foreign minister, speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Abdullah, the runner-up in Afghanistan's unsettled presidential election, said Thursday he had faith in a U.N.-backed panel that is trying to determine whether there there are enough fraudulent votes to force a runoff. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
4 Americans die in Afghan bombing Oct 16, 2009
KABUL - The U.S. military says four American service members have been killed in a bombing in southern Afghanistan ... KABUL (AP) - The U.N.-backed panel investigating fraud in Afghanistan's contested election has completed the bulk of its work, but commissioners are still analyzing complaints and calculating figures that will determine if there will be a runoff, a spokeswoman said Friday. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Afghan presidential runoff would face challenges Oct 15, 2009
Once the first snows fall across the rest of the country, it will be difficult to transport ballots to and from Kabul over Afghanistan's primitive road system, especially through mountain passes that rise as high as 10,000 feet ... "Security is not good and it is just getting worse," said Ajmal Karimi, a 21-year-old economics student at Kabul University. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Afghan Vote Fraud Probe Marred By Setbacks Oct 13, 2009
KABUL, Oct. 12, 2009 ... Maulavi Mustafa Barakzai, a member of the the U.N.-backed Electoral Complaints Commission, listens to a question during a press conference in which he announced his resignation in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday. (CBS News -- World)
U.S. goals fall short Oct 13, 2009
Afghanistan is now so dangerous, administration officials said, that many aid workers cannot travel outside the capital, Kabul, to advise farmers on crops, a key part of Obama's announcement in March that he was deploying hundreds of additional civilians to work in the country. The judiciary is so weak that Afghans increasingly turn to a shadow Taliban court because, a senior military official said, "a lot of the rural people see the Taliban justice as at least something.". (Albany Times Union)
Official: Taliban better financed than al-Qaida Oct 13, 2009
After that point it may be difficult to stem the advance of the Taliban and save the government in Kabul. The decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was one reason for the neglect of Afghanistan. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
'New Delhi not in biz of exporting terror' Oct 12, 2009
Three days after the second round of attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, the prime minister talked tough, asserting that Pakistans continued support to terror groups was causing great harm to South Asia ... The prime ministers remarks made it clear that the needle of suspicion for the second assault on the Kabul embassy within a year-and-a-half pointed towards elements in Pakistan. (India Times)
NYT: Civilian goals unmet in Afghanistan Oct 12, 2009
Afghanistan is now so dangerous, administration officials said, that many aid workers cannot travel outside the capital, Kabul, to advise farmers on crops, a key part of Mr. Obamas announcement in March that he was deploying hundreds of additional civilians to work in the country. The judiciary is so weak that Afghans increasingly turn to a shadow Taliban court system because, a senior military official said, a lot of the rural people see the Taliban justice as at least something. (MSNBC -- International)
Japan's FM makes surprise visit to Afghanistan Oct 11, 2009
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Afghans tricked into U.S. trip, detained Oct 11, 2009
Authorities say they want Ziaulhaq's testimony in their prosecution of a bribery scheme at Bagram, an Air Force base 27 miles north of Kabul, in which servicemen accepted kickbacks from Afghan contractors. The servicemen, according to prosecutors, packed the cash in boxes that they sent home by way of the U.S. Postal Service. (MSNBC -- International)
Read Bret's Political Grapevine Oct 10, 2009
The Christian Science Monitor reports that during a recent trip to Kabul, local Afghan women told Code Pinkers the situation is a lot more complicated than they think. Afghan member of Parliament and women s activist Shinkai Karokhail told the group's founders: "In the current situation of terrorism, we cannot say troops should be withdrawn.". (Fox News)
Nobel Peace Prize for Obama met with cheers and jeers around the world Oct 10, 2009
"I don't think Obama deserves this. I don't know who's making all these decisions. The prize should go to someone who has done something for peace and humanity," said Ahmad Shabir, 18-year-old student in Kabul ... "I don't think Obama deserves this. I don't know who's making all these decisions. The prize should go to someone who has done something for peace and humanity," said Ahmad Shabir, 18-year-old student in Kabul. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Pakistan warns India to 'back off' Oct 10, 2009
The Indian embassy in Kabul has been targeted for bomb attack for a second time in the past 15 months ... Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi publicly warned on Monday while on a visit to the United States that Indians "have to justify their interest" in Kabul ... He told Los Angeles Times that India's "level of engagement [in Kabul] has to be commensurate with [the fact that] they do not share a border with Afghanistan, whereas we do ... If there is no massive reconstruction [in Afghanistan],... (Asia Times Online)
Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize Oct 10, 2009
"I don't think Obama deserves this. I don't know who's making all these decisions. The prize should go to someone who has done something for peace and humanity," said Ahmad Shabir, 18-year-old student in Kabul. "Since he is the president, I don't see any change in U.S. strategy in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.". (MSNBC -- Politics)
Nirupama Rao arrives in Kabul Oct 9, 2009
KABUL: A day after the Taliban suicide attack near Indian Embassy in Kabul, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday arrived here to take stock of the situation and discuss the issue with the Afghan leadership ... Foreign Sec Nirupama Rao arrived in Kabul a day after the suicide attack. (India Times)
UN seeks to explain Afghanistan vote fraud concerns Oct 9, 2009
That is one of the objectives of the NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan, instilling confidence, and, most certainly, the amount of confidence Kabul has from the Afghan people is a consideration for U.S. President Barack Obama in his review of the level in which the United States supports NATO.. Editor: Xiong Tong. (Xinhuanet, China)
AP News in Brief Oct 9, 2009
The suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Thursday lays bare the reality that this conflict is a single war with multiple fronts that extend from Afghan battlefields to Pakistan's fractured political scene and include the vital interests of India and the United States ... Taliban suicide car bomber kills at least 17 near Indian Embassy in Kabul ... KABUL (AP) - A suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside the Indian Embassy in the bustling center of the Afghan capital Thursday,... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Is Taliban trying to screen ISI? Oct 9, 2009
Is Taliban trying to screen ISI by owning up Kabul blast ... Is Taliban trying to screen ISI by owning up Kabul blast ... NEW DELHI: In promptly claiming responsibility for the suicide attack outside the Indian embassy in Kabul on Thursday, Taliban may have given the game away. (India Times)
U.S. says al Qaeda now weak in Afghanistan Oct 8, 2009
(10-07) 04:00 PDT Kabul. Al Qaeda's role in Afghanistan has faded after eight years of war. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Stuck in Kabul, with Saigon blues again Oct 8, 2009
Stuck inside of Kabul with the Saigon blues again, the "overseas contingency operations" of the Barack Obama administration continue to perpetrate a myth; never shall the words "Afghanistan" and "oil" be mentioned in the same sentence ... Some others fear the government in Kabul will fall to the Taliban - it won't, as Karzai is too wily, when push comes to shove, to play the Taliban against the warlords ... National Security Adviser Jones had to hit the talk show circuit to state that Kabul is... (Asia Times Online)
Indian embassy was target: Diplomat Oct 8, 2009
Indian embassy was target of Kabul bomb: Indian diplomat- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times ... Indian embassy was target of Kabul bomb: Indian diplomat8 Oct 2009, 1124 hrs IST, AGENCIES ... KABUL: The Indian embassy was the target of a massive bomb blast in central Kabul on Thursday, a senior Indian diplomat said. (India Times)
Musical genius? Oct 8, 2009
Page last updated at 07:45 GMT, Thursday, 8 October 2009 08:45 UK. Do you drum it, strum it or stroke it. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Al-Qaida showing smaller Afghanistan presence Oct 7, 2009
World Blog: Kabul, Afghanistan ... KABUL - Al-Qaida's role in Afghanistan has faded after eight years of war ... Those critics believe the Taliban a radical Islamist movement that emerged among the ethnic Pashtun community and ruled in Kabul from 1996 until 2001 pose no threat to the United States. (MSNBC -- International)
Brown saves mayor's classic desk Oct 2, 2009
"And Tango Makes Three," the kids book about a pair of same-sex penguins, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; "His Dark Materials," a fantasy trilogy by Philip Pullman; the "Gossip Girl" book series, by Cecily von Ziegesar; and "The Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini, which is about a young boy from Kabul. - Marisa Lagos. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Gratuities 101 Oct 2, 2009
Girardet refuses to pay bribe-type tips in corrupt international destinations like Kabul, Afghanistan, where, he says, policemen will agree to exempt your bags from a security check if you pay them "baksheesh." He says he tips airport handlers only when they encase his bags in plastic or straps to protect them from probing hands, and he always gives 20 Afghanis, or about 40 cents, to the "baba" who cleans the toilets in the airport bathroom. Though shakedowns are most common in especially... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Bus hits roadside bomb in Afghanistan; 30 dead Oct 1, 2009
(09-30) 04:00 PDT Kabul. A crowded Afghan passenger bus struck a roadside bomb Tuesday in the violent southern province of Kandahar, killing 30 people and injuring more than three dozen others, Afghan officials said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Afghan bus hits roadside bomb; 30 killed Sep 30, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - A crowded Afghan passenger bus struck a roadside bomb yesterday in the violent southern province of Kandahar, killing 30 people and injuring more than three dozen others, Afghan officials said. As many as 10 children were reported to be among the dead. (Boston Globe)
A Hidden Paradise in War-Torn Afghanistan Sep 22, 2009
Vacation in Kabul: A Hidden Paradise - ABC News ... Kabul: A Hidden Paradise ... Behind its War-Torn Facade, Kabul Offers Many Luxuries. (ABC News)
Letters to the editor Sep 20, 2009
New threat: atmosphere of corruption in Kabul. Tamim Ansary's conclusion that U.S. aid has failed to reach the grass roots and instead is going into the pockets of foreign contractors is a sad truth ("Finding a way out of the quagmire," Insight, Sept. 13), but reaching the grass roots is easier said than done as the atmosphere of corruption in Kabul has become a greater threat than the Taliban ... The embezzler, who had a relative who was a bodyguard to the vice president, remains uncharged in... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Standoff over Karzai win threatens Afghan power vacuum Sep 18, 2009
In Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghans hang portraits of Hamid Karzai during a rally in support of preliminary election results showing Karzai with 54 ... The IEC appears to be trying to play out the clock, taking advantage of an election process that has no clear arbiter, says Candace Rondeaux, a Kabul-based analyst with the International Crisis Group ... The explosion turned out to be a massive blast in the heart of Kabul that killed six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Hearts and minds Sep 18, 2009
The rest of the American patrol take up positions along the stream meandering through the picturesque village of Tesha in Wardak province, just west of Kabul ... "The war is about the people. If you think of decisive terrain, it's not a hill, it's not a town, it's not a road. It's the people themselves," Nato commander Gen Stanley McChrystal explained in a recent interview in Kabul ... About 1,500 more US troops were sent there earlier this year amid mounting concern that districts close to... (BBC News -- Americas)
Blast Kills at Least 16 in Kabul Sep 18, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2009 ... Soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) cover a body with plastic sheet after a suicide car bomber attacked an Italian military convoy on a road in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 ... The fourth major attack in the capital in five weeks, it was the latest reminder that even heavily guarded Kabul is vulnerable in a guerrilla war that has grown far beyond Taliban strongholds in the south. (CBS News -- World)
Afghanistan's war zone offers many diverse opportunities Sep 15, 2009
Despite her unwavering work to shelter, feed and raise hundreds of Afghan children displaced by war, famine and political unrest, Andeisha Farid cannot the walk the streets of Kabul without security guards ... After moving back to Kabul in 2007, she started the ... Like most Afghan natives, Khosti has lived in and out the country since he was a child in Kabul. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Foreign Secretary criticizes journalist for ignoring 'very strong advice' against travel in Afghanistan... Sep 12, 2009
He was flown out of Kabul to an undisclosed location. The paper would not confirm reports suggesting he returned to Britain but a spokesman said: 'He is with his family at the moment and we are trying to give them some privacy. (The Drudge Report)
Afghans sent back to war zone Sep 12, 2009
Indonesia's director for immigration law enforcement, Muchdor, said 376 asylum seekers - almost all of them Afghans - had been repatriated recently, flown to Dubai and then Kabul under a program managed by the Jakarta office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The surge in repatriations has prompted criticism from refugee advocates that the policy is endangering lives, and represents a recasting of the Howard government's abandoned Pacific Solution with a similarly inhumane... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The Endless Aftermath of 9/11 Sep 12, 2009
In the aftermath of 9/11, I spent a month in Afghanistan, covering life in Kabul shortly after the fall of the Taliban ... By the time we started waving flags and beating up men in turbans and bombing Kabuland later, Baghdadthose vengeful feelings had long subsided ... It was a stark contrast to what Id encountered in Afghanistan, where Id been shocked to find Afghanis who told me they were thrilled when the U.S. started bombing Kabul. (Slate)
Afghan journalist's body 'left behind under heavy fire' Sep 12, 2009
Farrell is a correspondent for the New York Times, and Munadi, formerly a journalist in Kabul, was home on holiday from studies in Germany. In a statement, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), under NATO, said during the operation in the early hours of Wednesday "an extensive firefight occurred between the insurgents and the military forces". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
U.N. Lawyers Target U.S. Troops Sep 11, 2009
Justice: As if fighting a war in Afghanistan isn't hard enough, ambitious global prosecutors have rolled into Kabul looking to charge U.S. troops. Intentional or not, such legalism will sap U.S. morale as it did in Vietnam. (Investors Business Daily)
Danger zones Sep 10, 2009
" Local clothesLast month two Associated Press journalists embedded with the United States military were wounded in a roadside bombing. One of the men - photographer Emilio Morenatti - was so badly wounded his foot was amputated. Freelance photojournalist Guy Smallman says such stories expose the myth that journalists reporting from conflict areas can find a safe haven from which to tell the story. Many reports from colleagues who are embedded are "absolutely superb", he says, adding that he has... (BBC News -- UK)
Sole informant in Afghan strike decision Sep 6, 2009
World Blog: Kabul, Afghanistan ... In Kabul, the Afghan capital, relatives of two severely burned survivors being treated at an intensive-care unit said Taliban fighters forced dozens of villagers to assist in moving the bogged-down tankers. (MSNBC -- Race)
Target Germany: A Second Front in Afghanistan? Sep 6, 2009
More ominously, police in the area say that among the militant ranks are groups of foreign fighters mostly from Uzbekistan seeking to open another front against the coalition and the Kabul government, drawing forces away from fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. Now permitted to initiate the fight, German forces in July launched their biggest operation since World War II to clear Chahar Dara district, a Pashtun insurgent stronghold west of Kunduz city where hundreds of fighters travel... (Time.com)
