Afghanistan Travel News

Washington's hint of an Afghanistan endgame in saying U.S. troops won't still be there in 2017 might help win over a war-weary public, but there is no guarantee a notoriously patient Taliban won't just wait the Americans out.

The governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province survived a bomb strike on his motorcade while heading to prayers for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday on Friday, a spokesman said.

Canada's former top official on Afghanistan is challenging claims that the military handed over Afghan prisoners to face torture despite warnings.

In early October, Army Spc. Brian Meindl was lying beside a dirt road in the Afghanistan desert wondering whether he was still alive or getting his first glimpse of the afterlife.

Top general dismisses diplomat's testimony on Afghan detainee abuse Former chief of defence staff General Rick Hillier is followed by retired lieutenant-general Michel Gauthier and Major-General David Fraser as he arrives to testify before the House special committee on Afghanistan on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.

Students at the Teacher Training Centre in Kandahar city write exams on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

THE top US general and the US ambassador in Afghanistan have been told to prepare to testify before Congress as early as next week, in an indication of how and when President Barack Obama plans to announce his war strategy.

A senior Canadian diplomat said he was on orders from his Ottawa superiors to leave no paper trail about his allegations that Canada was handing detainees over to Afghan custody where they were allegedly tortured and abused.

The U.S. on Monday agreed to hand out millions of dollars in development aid to provinces in Afghanistan that have eliminated or reduced the production of opium poppies, the raw ingredient in making heroin.

A former Taliban fighter hands over his arms to join government troops in Herat.

By Air Force Capt. John T. Stamm Special to American Forces Press Service Nov. 19, 2009 - I felt like a bean-bag being tossed about in the cab of our pickup truck as our convoy traveled several bumpy miles off the main road, deep into the Hindu Kush Mountains of the Panjshir Valley, Nov.

Is there any way to get around Afghan President Hamid Karzai? This question dominates the U.S. debate as President Obama prepares to announce his long-delayed Afghan strategy.

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai greets the guards of honor as he arrives at the presidential palace for his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov.

They arrive at the meeting by U.S. military helicopter, politely accept a cup of tea and haggle over a U.S.-funded water project gone awry.

Richard Colvin says he first warned Canadian officials of Afghanistan prisoner abuse almost a year before the government admitted it knew.

The NDP is calling for a public inquiry to probe allegations Canadian officials were complicit in the torture of innocent prisoners in Afghanistan.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai accompanies visiting Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari at the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday, Nov.

Page 1 of 2 Afghanistan runs on well-oiled wheels By Pratap Chatterjee KABUL - Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.

All detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons were likely tortured by Afghan officials, says a former senior diplomat with Canada's mission in Afghanistan.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her first trip to Afghanistan as U.S. secretary of state, said Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai's inauguration provides an opportunity for him to improve government accountability and make a difference in the lives of Afghans.