US coalition forces admit Afghan civilian deaths
KABUL – NATO and US forces in Afghanistan admitted Friday that a number of civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes, days after President Hamid Karzai warned that such deaths threatened relations with the US.
A joint statement [...]
Flash flood kills 28 in Afghan north
KABUL – Flash floods swept through four villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 28 people and leaving 20 others missing, officials said Friday.
“Heavy rains overnight triggered flood waters that broke through four mountainous [...]
Afghan soldier kills US colleague
KABUL – An Afghan soldier opened fire on NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing an American and leaving two others wounded, officials said.
The death brings to 20 the number of NATO soldiers killed by Afghan colleagues [...]
Karzai ‘respects’ Hollande’s Afghan strategy
KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai “respects the decisions” of France’s president-elect Francois Hollande regarding troop withdrawal in Afghanistan, a government statement said on Thursday.
Hollande, who ousted [...]
Afghan ambushes kill nine
KABUL – Five Afghan policemen and four bodyguards assigned to protect an education chief have been killed in two ambushes blamed on Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.
The police were killed late Tuesday when [...]
Afghan-US pact strains ties with Tehran
KABUL – Relations between Afghanistan and Iran have been strained by Kabul’s strategic pact with the United States, officials said Tuesday, charging that Tehran has harassed Afghan diplomats in recent weeks.
And in parliament, [...]
Three coalition troops killed in Afghanistan: ISAF
KABUL – Three soldiers serving with international coalition forces in Afghanistan were killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the military said.
“Three International Security Assistance Force service members died [...]
Civilian deaths threaten US pact: Afghan president
KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai summoned the NATO commander and the US ambassador on Monday to warn that civilian casualties in military operations threatened a strategic pact he has signed with the US.
Tens of civilians — [...]
Afghans ‘can take over if French troops pull out’
KABUL – The Afghan government said Monday its forces are ready to take responsibility for security in 2013, downplaying the risks if French president-elect Francois Hollande recalls 3,400 troops early.
Paris is the fifth largest contributor [...]
Afghan woman sets sights on presidency in a man’s land
KABUL – Leading Afghan women’s rights champion, author, lawmaker and presidential hopeful, Fawzia Koofi, has a revealing anecdote about life as a woman in a man’s land.
As she walked out of the Presidential Palace in Kabul [...]
