Afghanistan

Endgame Afghanistan: India's worries

Written by Anchal Vohra | Saturday May 18, 2013

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai will be on a two-day visit to India starting Monday. He will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on enhancing strategic ties, security and developmental work in the run-up to next year's withdrawal of we...

Counter-terrorism on Hamid Ansari's agenda for Uzbekistan visit

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2013

With the pull-out of US forces from Afghanistan in mind, India and Uzbekistan will discuss cooperation in counter-terrorism besides development projects in the region when Vice-President Hamid Ansari undertakes his first ever visit to Tashkent next w...

Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law

Reuters | Saturday May 18, 2013

Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a decade ago.

Afghan police chief shot dead outside home

Associated Press | Saturday May 18, 2013

Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday.

Twin blasts kill three in northwestern Pakistan, say officials

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013

Twin bomb blasts killed at least three people Friday in a remote area of northwest Pakistan, close to the restive tribal districts along the Afghan border, officials said.

Boston bombing suspect wrote message in boat: report

Reuters | Thursday May 16, 2013

Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a handwritten message describing the attack as retribution for U.S. wars in Muslim countries, CBS News reported on Thursday.

Hamid Karzai to visit India; Afghanistan looks for enhanced defence ties

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 16, 2013

The two sides will discuss a range of issues of mutual concern and interest and will discuss cooperation at a "critical time" for Afghanistan, from where NATO combat troops are withdrawing, the envoy said.

Need to work with India on post-2014 scene in Afghan: European Union

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 16, 2013

Asserting that India and the European Union share the same concern over Afghanistan, the 27-nation bloc today said both sides need to work together in the "post-2014" context in the war-torn country following the proposed exit of US-led international...

Kabul suicide bombing of NATO convoy kills 14

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 16, 2013

A suicide car bomb targeted a foreign military convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 14 people including six NATO personnel and two children in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for nearly a year.

For the US Military, a baffling rise in suicides

James Dao and Andrew W. Lehren, The New York Times | Thursday May 16, 2013

After Spc. Freddy Hook, a medic with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, killed himself in 2010, the trail of possible causes seemed long.

Suicide attack on NATO convoy in Kabul kills six civilians

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 16, 2013

A powerful suicide car bomb targeting a NATO military convoy in Kabul killed six Afghan civilians on Thursday in the first major attack in the capital for more than two months.

Barack Obama to announce Afghanistan troop plans shortly: John Kerry

Reuters | Tuesday May 14, 2013

US President Barack Obama will announce in the next few weeks how many combat troops the United States will leave in Afghanistan in 2014, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.

Motorcycle bomb at Afghan market kills three, says official

Associated Press | Tuesday May 14, 2013

An Afghan official says a bomb hidden in a parked motorcycle has ripped through a crowded bazaar in a remote region of the southern Helmand province, killing at least three people and wounding seven.

US Marine captain to face court martial over urination video

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 14, 2013

A US Marine officer will be court martialed for his alleged role in the scandal sparked by a 2011 video that showed American soldiers urinating on the corpse of Taliban fighter.

Blast in Afghanistan kills 10 people, say officials

Agence France-Presse | Monday May 13, 2013

A bomb killed 10 civilians including women and children in southern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, in the latest violence since the Taliban launched their annual "spring offensive".