Afghanistan News

Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.

Afghan police say Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a parliamentarian and powerful former warlord, has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt near Kabul.

Houston News.Net Friday 20th November, 2009 Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar has shifted his base from Quetta to Karachi with the help of Pakistana s Inter Services Intelligence, the Washington Times reports.

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, AP reported.

Eight years after a U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the war-ravaged state is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the United Nations said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Germany, the third largest contributor to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, on Thursday held out the possibility of sending more troops to the stalled, eight-year-old war after a review early next year, Reuters reported.

President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip.

Faced with an escalating insurgency, Pakistan increasingly views U.S. efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan as critical to its own security - but is worried enough about the chances of American failure that it continues to hedge its bets.

November 19, 2009 Visionmp.com news service Foreign Minister SM Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi attended a luncheon hosted by Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul on Thursday.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, battling to rebuild a tarnished reputation, was sworn into office for a second term on Thursday as he faces renewed criticism from Washington over corruption.

Canadian troops in Afghanistan are reporting to a new general today. Brig. Gen. Daniel Menard took over command of Task Force Kandahar from Brig.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will attend the inauguration ceremony of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the Turkish ANADOLU news agency reported.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been sworn in for a second five-year term during a ceremony in the Afghan capital of Kabul, AP reported.

NATO has delayed a meeting on boosting forces for Afghanistan to take all developments into account, including U.S. President Barack Obama's decision on his new strategy, Xinhua reported.

Richard Colvin, a former senior diplomat with Canada's mission in Afghanistan, appears before a House of Commons committee Wednesday in Ottawa.

A British soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Nov 18 - Over a thousand women from the Jamaat-e-Islami party march through the streets of Islamabad to condemn American policies in Pakistan.

The soldier son of Britain's biggest lottery winner is preparing to fight in Afghanistan, it has been reported.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's government will extend Germany's mission to Afghanistan for another year, but not increase the number of troops, a source close to the government said Wednesday, AP reported.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his ally, the United States, are hopelessly at odds, and yet they are condemned to the mutual pursuit of success in Afghanistan, Spiegel reported.