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When the U. S. began to field the technology, officials described it as a "game changer" in the fight against Afghan IEDs.

Besides, Afghan officials now report that the Kuchis have begun to leave anyway, on the next leg of their annual migration.

Dr. Woo, who was engaged to be married, recently had an Afghan tailor make her a ball gown out of raw silk.

Paying for a program to encourage Taliban insurgents to give up their fight is expected to be one of the main Afghan demands.

We want to point out that this was an Afghan army operation. Coalition troops were in support of the Afghan operation.

Furthermore, the absence of a time frame for transition would deny us any sense of urgency in working with the Afghan government.

Most international troops are scheduled to leave by 2015, provided Afghan forces are ready to take over security.

General McChrystal was one of the relatively few American officials to develop a good relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Most of the victims appear to be Afghan civilians and security guards. NATO officials said the attacker did not breach the airport defenses.

A spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the escape was a "disaster" which should never have happened.

He said the Afghan government threatened him with expulsion.

Instead the Afghan government said it would give the bank whatever it needed from its own reserves.

Afghan demands are holding up the conclusion of a strategic-partnership deal in which the United States hopes to secure long-term bases.

The company will pay the Afghan government $400m a year to exploit what some geologists think could be the world's biggest copper deposit.

Yasui proudly points to an electric dishwasher, perhaps the only one of its kind in this battle-scarred Afghan province.

Born in an Afghan refugee camp in Iran 23 years ago, she began weaving carpets with her mother, brothers and sisters when she was 5.

But in nineteen ninety-two, she visited Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan. What she saw persuaded her to return to her homeland.

He said the plan, proposed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was endorsed by NATO partners.

David Fivecoat, calls it a necessary measure to stay a step ahead of the militants, and the Afghan news cycle.

The meeting of Afghan and Pakistan presidents was the fourth of its kind to be hosted by their Turkish counterpart.

Infiltration into the Afghan military has long been a major concern for authorities in the war zone.

Pakistani officials said the air attack hit a militant hideout near the Afghan border.

He noted a U. S. government audit released Monday that said the ability of Afghan troops to operate independently had been overstated.

Up to 12 people are reported to have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a minibus carrying foreigners near the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told donors his country needs $50 billion over the next five years to help turn around the shattered economy.

Haag went on to say that this was mostly "an Afghan-led operation and we just provided those couple of supporting roles. "

In one part of the country at least 11 Afghan children were killed as the result of a military operation on Saturday.

"Incidentally, the commentary ignores Iran altogether, as if it is not a factor of consequence on the Afghan chessboard" .

Tang said the formation of the Afghan Interim Administration has provided the two countries with an opportunity to develop friendship.

There have been a number attacks this week on Afghan forces, including Taliban suicide bombings that killed at least 16 people on Tuesday.

She said bin Laden was still involved in the construction business and with Afghan charities.

The original justification for the war was that the Afghan Taliban provided a shelter for al-Qaeda and its leader.

The man in front of me is Zabiullah Mujahid -- one of two spokesmen for the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.

It will become another "mess" . And if it does, the problem will be laid at the door of the Afghan government and its Western allies.

"Governance must visibly improve, so that the Afghan people have trust in their leaders, " he said at the beginning of the meeting.

But the magazine said it had not intended to break a press agreement to keep Prince Harry's Afghan service a secret.

History shows that any arrangement imposed upon the Afghan people will not win the trust of the Afghan people and will end up in failure.

The U. S. -based Asia Foundation survey indicates that, despite a year of intense political gridlock, the Afghan government remains popular.

I got up to take a look: a marine was barking orders at three Afghan Army soldiers attached to the unit.

His death will leave a vacuum at a time when NATO and Afghan government forces are trying to regain the initiative in the 10-year-old war.

Even before the escalation of insider killings by Afghan forces, the Afghan Local Police program had been a singular cause of concern.

Some Afghan and Western officials said the attack could be an early warning about the risks of ceding ground as the U.

Yet spending on the Afghan civil service is scattered across unconnected programmes and amounts to a very small percentage of that.

But NATO is far from winning the war, and the ragged Afghan insurgents seem to have more staying power than the Wests mighty alliance.

S. soldiers report to the higher officials, the Afghan police to leave the scene once, but "then returned and put a gun to U. S. soldiers. "

One of the top hotels in the Afghan capital Kabul, the Intercontinental, has come under attack. At least 10 people have been killed.

He said the fight, "needs to be an Afghan war, not an American war and not a NATO war. "

He said the Afghan government can not enter, because this compound, "a NATO coalition forces, " the police can not enter.

The Afghan army is being expanded rapidly, but desertion rates are high and the quality is often poor.

By Abid saying, behind the shooting may be "enemies of peace" , and this title is usually point to the Afghan Taliban.

Rasoul said the Afghan government and people appreciate the support and assistance China has offered so far.

Pakistan is using proxies, and that's a reference to these groups that have their roots back in the Afghan war against the Soviet Union.

Yet the group warned that "all Afghan people should bear in mind to keep away from gatherings, convoys and centers of the enemy. "

He said shifting security responsibility from ISAF to Afghan forces "will be conducted at a pace determined by conditions on the ground. "

He was seen as an effective leader at a time when Afghan forces are starting to take over the lead role in security from Nato.

An Afghan diplomat was at a shopping mall in Doha recently and heard a child call out in Pashto, the language used by most Taliban.

The Afghan conflict, it is often said, has been not an eight-year war, but eight one-year wars.

The 3, 000 British and Afghan troops involved in the five-week operation are now trying to hold the ground seized during the offensive.

It was on a bus trip through an Afghan desert that she first encountered the faith that would come to define her spiritualism.

Moving with head and tail high, the whole appearance of the Afghan Hound is one of great style and beauty.

Afghan security forces immediately surrounded the building and turned off power in an attempt to control the situation.

A spokesman for President Karzai later said the Afghan leader's remarks regarding the country's allies were misinterpreted by journalists.

im going to conclude with a little poem . the poem is written by an afghan.

The Afghan Islamic Press news agency said the Taliban insurgents were responsible for the abduction.

The Afghan war was the biggest failure of Soviet diplomacy, and a direct cause of its disintegration.

There was no immediate word on casualties, and heavy cloud cover was hindering a joint Afghan and NATO search effort.

One Afghan activist involved in the process said: "The main problem is that the marital rape article is still there. "

The Afghan foreign minister said he is confident that an agreement can be concluded despite recent setbacks.

But the secretary says in the long term the allies are more likely to provide civilian help to the Afghan government than additional troops.

We were curled up on my small bed, intertwined as much as it was possible, considering the thick afghan I was swathed in like a cocoon.

This picture was taken when hundreds of Afghan women came out on the street after the Taliban fled.

The Taliban, routed by U. S. -led and Afghan forces following the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, have been able to regroup.

the airdrops will assist the afghan people who are coping with a growing humanitarian crisis , he said.

The "enemy" in this case was the Afghan National Security Force.

There are more Afghan troops to train, he said. Others add that there are fewer Taliban rebels to fight in Kandahar.

He built gardens to remind him of Kabul, but flowers do not do as well in India as in the crisp Afghan air.

Afghan troops would take the lead on missions and local elders were to be consulted in advance "whenever possible" .

We agreed that this transition to Afghan lead for security would begin in 2011 and that it would conclude in 2014.

Now in his second and final term in the Arg, the fortress that was home to Afghan kings, Mr Karzai must choose his place in history.

The Taliban are not the only enemy along the fraught borderlands of the Afghan war.

But for those things to happen, the Taliban must see that the Afghan government and its foreign friends are winning, not losing.

Obama spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai overnight for the first time since he took office in Washington a month ago.

That seems unlikely: Returning to the Afghan war zone would have been foolhardy, and bin Laden has proved to be a cautious man.

Balochistan, located near the Afghan border, is the largest province in Pakistan but one of its least populated.

He puts out the message in such a way that it doesn't sound American, but Afghan-to-Afghan, with the positive spin it should have.

I ask them not to leave Afghan journalists and freedom of expression fighters alone.

Our report emphasizes that this is a very serious problem for aid management, aid effectiveness and achieving results for the Afghan people.

The offense of this Afghan monument is not idolatry. Its sin is to sit atop one of the world's largest copper deposits.

Top British, US and Afghan commanders expressed deep regret for the incident, and pledged that it would be fully investigated.

The Afghan president said it was a "transparent" process "to help the presidential office" .

Afghan intelligence sources said the bomber detonated his device after being stopped by police.

Expanding Afghan forces will cost donor countries several billion dollars a year indefinitely.

Their dashed journey underscores the insular nature of the Pakistan and Afghan militancy.

NATO said the helicopter 23 in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Kapisa province, northeast of the Arabian race (Alasay) zone crash.

It's therefore intriguing that Afghan's poorest provinces are not necessarily the bloodiest, at least as measured by foreign casualties.

Two US soldiers who died in eastern Afghanistan on Friday were shot dead by an Afghan interpreter, it has emerged.

The matchmaking conference is the opening event of the second annual Afghan business promotion "road show" across the U. S. and Canada.

US and Afghan officials say the insurgents enjoy at least some measure of protection from Pakistan -- although the army flatly denies this.

But only a few weeks ago, Rabbani voiced his frustration to the Afghan media that the Taliban would never soften their position.

But no one knew that Rock Avalanche would be one of the defining events in the Afghan war.

Mr Karzai said his government had repeatedly asked the United States not to carry out air raids that risk killing Afghan civilians.

The Rand authors found numerous shortcomings with the Afghan security force assistance program during the time of their field research.

The Afghan forces found a vehicle packed with explosives along with other weapons at the site.

The president and his advisers are also likely to discuss U. S. support for the Afghan government's negotiations with Taliban insurgents.

He angrily denied "hostile" questions by Afghan journalists that his staff had failed to go out on the ground.

But few expect the jirga to reach agreement on what compromises with the Taliban the Afghan government should be prepared to accept.

The bitter experiences of the Afghan and Iraq wars, however, shifted the debate on military intervention once more.

He said that all 34 Afghan provinces had been graded into different categories of security and stability.

In accordance with Afghan culture the men are required to be segregated from the women with the exception of the bride and groom.

Afghan officials say a group of suicide bombers has attacked a police base in the eastern city of Jalalabad, killing at least five officers.

Mr. Obama isn't expected to set a firm date for completion of the Afghan mission, as the U.

In a few years newly trained Afghan forces may be able to take over the job.

Afghan and international nonprofits consider the problem of child brides to be one of the foremost threats to women's rights here.

Afghan officials say the two Westerners were gunned down as they sat in a vehicle in front of the German-owned freight company DHL.

has agreed to mentor the Afghan security forces as they gear up to deal with the drawdown of foreign forces by 2014.

We learn how the war on drugs fostered ever more potent pot by forcing breeders to move indoors and cross Mexican and Afghan varieties.

Helmand is one of seven key areas to be handed over to the Afghan security forces.

Afghan settlements continued to be encouraged throughout the reign of Aurangzeb 1658-1707 and even after his death.

Mistrust has also been a significant feature in Pakistani-Afghan relations in recent years.

The question is, in terms of overall trend, is Afghan capacity increasing? , " Obama said. "

Five British soldiers in Helmand province were killed by an Afghan policeman, whom a British military spokesman said "went rogue" .

Afghan officials say five insurgents believed to have been planning attacks in central Kabul have been killed in a gun battle.

Defense Secretary Gates has said he sees an end in sight for the Afghan war, thanks to security gains made within the past 18 months.

NATO officials say up to 150 Taliban militants have been killed in Afghanistan during an overnight battle with NATO and Afghan forces.

The Obama administration has entered "a period of close strategic partnership" with the Afghan government, he said.

The Afghan government has prevented the Taliban from seizing control of any significant district centre or town.

After the meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai said just fighting the Taliban is no longer an option.

But the cost is a fraction of the $120 billion or so a year that America alone is spending on Afghan security today.

A suicide bomber has killed at least 21 people in an attack on a hotel near the Afghan city of Kandahar.

Asthey prepared to depart, the platoon made a crucial decision: to use adifferent return route, recommended by the Afghan police.

British military officials say one of their soldiers has been killed in Afghanistan by a suspected member of the Afghan National Army.

One of the few available approaches to creating jobs is to add value to Afghan agriculture, especially in the conflict-ridden south.

NATO commanders have warned of an increase in violence as Afghan and coalition forces go on the offensive against insurgents.

American Idol meet Afghan Star and to be this woman, one of the finalists, a first in the post-Taliban Afghanistan.

The Afghan War Diary is the most significant archive about the reality of war to have ever been released during the course of a war.

Afghan officials say a suicide bomb blast has rocked a shopping and hotel complex in Kabul, killing at least two people.

US again began to ship the counterfeit machines for the Afghan war, this time for the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

As a form of protest Afghan women began weaving these rugs featuring different aspects of the war.

So far, the president has avoided either fully embracing the Afghan war or calling for outright withdrawal.

The general wants much closer "partnering" of Western troops with Afghan forces, from common headquarters to joint platoons.

The UNODC says at least one million Afghan families are affected by addiction to opium-related drugs, and the number is growing.

We recognize the hardship that the Afghan people have been through during these many, many years of war.

It was very strange to see an Afghan National Police officer manning the completely destroyed and abandoned Darul Laman Palace in Kabul.

But the next moment, she says, they insist that the Afghan people are the greatest on earth.

A fleeing Afghan, shot after he ignored warnings, turned out to be a deaf mute.

The IMF's insistence has sharply slowed the flow of donor funds on which the Afghan government relies.

For all the compromises, NATO did originally represent a fair balance of interests, but that cannot be said of the Afghan war.

She called on Pakistan to take "decisive steps" to ensure that Afghan Taliban militants do not operate from Pakistan's border regions.

General McChrystal sees counter-insurgency as an "argument" between the Taliban and the Afghan government, backed by the West.

The website WikiLeaks on Sunday posted some 91, 000 documents online, which it says covers the last six years of the Afghan war.

Mr. Frans confirmed, however, that an Afghan man who survived the attack and later told his story to the police, was the group's driver.

He said that a military operation to eradicate bin Laden and Omar should not come at the sacrifice of Afghan civilians.

These days, the Pashtun form the core of the insurgency fighting against the Afghan government and its international supporters.

But whether in the name of Afghan democracy or of American national interest, it chose to send two large waves of reinforcements.

It has been about six months since the Obama Administration unveiled a new strategy boosting efforts to rebuild Afghan civil society.

Mr. Karzai said Daudzai had been accepting the money on the Afghan leader's instructions.

At least 166 people were killed in an avalanche in the Salang Pass, north of Kabul, the Afghan capital.

Gorbachev started by breaking the news of an imminent Soviet withdrawal to his Afghan allies.

The British government had sought a clear timeline for Afghan forces to take the lead, province by province, even district by district.

There is nothing wrong in training the forces perse or making officers out of the Afghan soldiers in our academies.

The defence minister, Ahmad Mukhtar, said Pakistani soldiers might be pulled from guarding the Afghan border.

The recent fielding of the controversial Afghan Local Police (ALP) force could be seen as a way for both sides to get what they want.

But the Afghan government remains weak, and this is as much of a problem as the strength of the Taliban.

Afghan farmers have another big harvest this year, but officials at the United Nations and around the world are not celebrating.

The Capability Milestone measure was used to advertise the growing number of competent Afghan soldiers.

A spokesman for the Afghan President Hamid Karzai has described the escape from prison of many Taliban militants as 'a disaster'.

Explosions and gunfire have left at least seventeen people dead in the Afghan capital - Kabul.

And almost all Afghan farmers grow wheat to feed their families or to sell.

The United States And Our Allies Will Help President Karzai Increase The Size And Capabilities Of The Afghan Security Forces.

Last summer, I was in Colorado with a bunch of my Afghan cousins, sitting on a lawn and lazing away the summer afternoon.

The team's mission was to provide support for the Afghan Border Police and Afghan Uniformed Police, who spearheaded the operation.

The U. S. was aware of Pakistan's nuclear program but turned a blind eye to it during the original Afghan jihad.

The suicide bombing took place in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman.

It seems unlikely that the Afghan government will grow strong enough to dictate terms to the Taliban.

There are three million Afghan refugees, one out of three of the total worldwide number.

She reiterated that her country is determined to support any Afghan-led effort aimed at establishing peace in the war-ravaged nation.

Security is essential for governance, so alliance leaders have understandably wagered heavily on building up the Afghan military and police.

Another Afghan activist in London for Women's Day was Asila Wardak Jamal, who co-founded the Afghan Women's Network.

The surge was part of a broader plan to eventually transition responsibility for the country's security to Afghan army and police forces.

It seems likely that in August, as scheduled, Afghan forces will take on responsibility for security around the capital.

The ambitious scholar jumped on a plane and was soon interviewing Afghan refugees and dining with soldiers at the Khyber Pass.

and Declan Walsh's fine account of the disastrous impact of the Afghan war on Pakistan's tribal areas.

Mobile infantry sweeps can never win the war if Afghan teenagers with no future prospects constantly replace killed insurgents.

Nato ministers meet to consider stepping up the Afghan campaign ahead of an expected Taleban offensive.

This was a very exciting time, developing this with my wonderful Afghan team.

Pakistan's Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas says he would welcome more NATO forces patrolling the Afghan side of the border.

A total of 38 people died when the CH-47 was shot down in the eastern province of Wardak, including seven Afghan troops and an interpreter.

The Afghan is alleged to have been part of a group who used stolen credit cards to buy components for bombs including nail varnish remover.

The administrations policy, unveiled in March, puts a high priority on protecting Afghan civilians as part of a counterinsurgency strategy.

4A muddied Gart Kamon, an Army specialist, is part of the coalition effort to help Afghan troops take control of restive Kunar province.

I cannot go into too many details about the issue, that's this much I can say: Afghan representatives were not in date that meeting.

Pakistan has already indicated that if tensions with India escalate, it may move troops from its Afghan border to the Indian border.

In spite of arrests and the destruction of musical instruments, Afghan musicians have continued to ply their trade into the present.

As for Afghan national security advisor's visit, I have not heard of it, but I will check it for you.

THE army is battling a Taliban insurgency in the tribal areas of the Afghan border, in which hundreds have been killed in recent weeks.

The leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened to create deeper doubts about the war in the U. S.

The violence has intensified since July, when Nato began the long process of handing power over to Afghan forces.

Afghan police initially cordoned off the area. An Afghan special commando unit arrived later, and NATO helicopters provided assistance.

and that among the burdens the Afghan people must bear is a corrupt and ineffective government.

NATO's involvement in Afghan War is a massive "out-of-area" operation for practicing it's function of "globalization" .

Witnesses say Afghan police have opened fire on people protesting against the governor of a northern province.

Instead he decided to reinvigorate the Afghan operation by choosing the military's one true rock star to take over command.

Afghan police say up to 30 people were killed in Helmand province when Taliban insurgents attacked a road construction gang.

Yet Pakistan has also done much to help the Afghan Taliban rebuild itself after crushing defeat in 2001.

Speaking after the press conference Major General Carter was asked how British troops will be able to trust the Afghan police in future.

Better still, it was all done by Afghan forces, with little fighting by NATO troops.

"Our strategy will be Afghan control of their own affairs, " he said on Friday.

"Open-ended war" , he said in August 2010, "serves neither our interests nor the Afghan people's. "

An explosion in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan has killed at least 39 people, Afghan officials say.

Afghan resistance fighters used similar weapons, provided by the U. S. , to great effect against the Soviet Army in the 1980s. The U.

The Afghan Hound is an aristocrat, his whole appearance one of dignity and aloofness with no trace of plainness or coarseness.

Afghan forces are increasingly active in Wardak. But most Pushtuns want nothing to do with them, especially the police.

In Uruzgan province, officials say, a suicide bomber attacked a polling station, killing four Afghan soldiers and two civilians. And the U.

August 19, 2011: A wounded Afghan policeman is carried away from the site of an attack on offices belonging to the British Council in Kabul.

Clinton spoke Wednesday at the State Department, in a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.

Khalid, a brother who worked in the company's Cairo office, obtained Afghan visas for Egyptian radicals.

The Afghan government has so far resisted American pressure for aerial spraying, preferring to rely on tractors.

The goal is to help Afghan women learn skills that will give them economic independence.

The defection of thousands of Afghan and foreign Taleban fighters seemed to assure the Northern Alliance of victory.

The dead were identified as a policeman, three ministry employees and a civilian, and 21 were wounded, Afghan officials said.

No wonder if the lives of the vast majority of Afghan women have not eased since the Taliban were bombed from power.

Just look at how US aid the Taliban in the fight against the Soviet union and fast forward to how thing have turned out in Afghan now.

This year, a number of experts will discuss Afghan women's issues at the observance at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

The Afghan middle-distance runner nonetheless trekked on and was on the verge of realizing her Olympic dream.

They say that most of the militants have retreated to mountains close to the Afghan border.

The military said he was snatched from outside the base perimeter along with three Afghan nationals.

In Afghanistan, a U. S. soldier has been detained after shooting Afghan civilians Sunday. Afghan officials report at least 16 dead.

eg. US troops moved into the Afghan mountains in an offensive to stop Taliban insurgence.

So far this year there have been 62 reported strikes against Afghan Taliban and affiliated insurgent groups in Pakistan.

Corrupt, unpopular, weak and seen as a stooge. The Afghan president should no longer be propped up by the west.

Under Afghan law, official results cannot be announced until serious complaints are adjudicated.

Suicide bombers in the Afghan capital Kabul have attacked a police station close to the presidential palace. Nine people were killed.

For him, the Afghan war was simply another case of good versus evil.

As the police and army's strength nears 350, 000, the Afghan civil service wobbles along with a few thousand to serve a population of 30m.

As the shooting went on, U. S. army convoys could be seen coming to the area accompanied by Afghan police in flak jackets.

This week five soldiers killed by an Afghan policeman added to the country's heavy casualties.

It is an imposing neoclassical building on a hilltop overlooking a flat, dusty valley in the western part of the Afghan capital.

Targets for expanding the number of trained Afghan security forces are also being met, the president said.

One suggestion is that a joint Afghan-Pakistani-American counter-terrorism agency might be set up to do it.

But he added that as the number of Afghan army recruits increased, the number of Nato forces required to train them also increased.

In 2001 he become Assistant Regional Director and was also appointed WHO Regional Coordinator for the Afghan Crisis.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says militants who use those bases to launch attacks across the border are his country's most serious threat.

Q: Afghan President Karzai reportedly said days ago that the Afghan Government had a smooth dialogue with the Taliban.

Rasmussen reiterated a NATO commitment to stay in Afghanistan beyond the planned transfer of security responsibility to Afghan forces.

Mr Eide said more Afghan prisoners should be released from jail in the American military base in Bagram as "confidence-building measures" .

Two American service personnel and several Afghan soldiers also are reported to have been killed.

The generation of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of bombs and gunfire was not yet born.

The reports paint a disheartening picture of the Afghan police and soldiers at the center of the American exit strategy.

Carpet bomb the Paki and Afghan militant areas. If it was done during 1991 Iraqi Operation Desert Storm, what is the big deal here?

Critics of the policy have noted that the Afghan "surge" has thus far failed to achieve significant gains in the country.