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WikiLeaks Cables Reveal Rampant Corruption in Afghanistan

(Dec. 3) -- Hundreds of diplomatic cables exposed by WikiLeaks have laid bare the rampant corruption that can found at almost every level of Afghan government and society, and highlight America's powerlessness to tackle this epidemic of extortion and embezzlement. Most of the dispatches were sent from the U.S. Embassy in...

Rogue Afghan Soldier Kills 3 British Troops

LONDON (July 13) -- A rogue Afghan soldier fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a NATO patrol today, killing three British troops in an incident likely to renew doubts about the reliability of the Afghan army. Four soldiers were wounded, according to a military spokesman. It is not known whether the renegade soldier was...

Taliban Execute 7-Year-Old Boy Accused of Spying

(June 10) -- Taliban militants have executed a 7-year-old boy after accusing him of being a spy for the Kabul government, an official in southern Afghanistan said today. The boy was reportedly kidnapped from his home, taken to a neighboring village in Helmand province and hanged in public from a tree after he was...

Afghan Peace Conference Begins With Taliban Attacks

(June 2) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's opening remarks at a peace conference today in Kabul were nearly drowned out by the din of violence outside -- Taliban suicide bombers, rockets and gunfire aimed at discouraging any of the 1,600 delegates from taking part. Minutes into his speech, Karzai -- who has survived at...

At Loggerheads: Karzai and the White House

(April 6) -- White House spokesman Robert Gibbs today pointedly avoided calling Hamid Karzai an ally of the United States and suggested that his invitation to Washington on May 12 will depend on "whatever continued or further remarks President Karzai makes." That warning is the latest evidence of a deepening rift between...

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05/29/12 Afghan poppy blight may not harm heroin supply, says... Source: DNA (Daily News & Analysis) An Afghan poppy blight that is helping drive up heroin prices may not dent the global opiate supply, the United Nations' anti-drug tsar said on Tuesday, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at foreigners for their part in his country's drug trade.
05/29/12 Civilian deaths in Afghanistan continue unchecked Source: Voice of Russia In Eastern Afghanistan on Saturday night NATO was involved in another "incident", as NATO calls them, involving the deaths of large numbers of civilians.
05/28/12 NATO: No evidence attack killed Afghan civilians Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA The U.S.-led coalition on Sunday disputed reports that eight civilians, including children, were killed in a NATO air strike in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan.
05/26/12 National News: Miliband warning on Afghan pullout Source: Birmingham Mail - Birmingham - West Midlands - UK The international community must "up its game" on political progress in Afghanistan or risk wasting a decade of sacrifice by British soldiers, Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned.
05/26/12 World & UK News: Miliband warning on Afghan pullout Source: Uxbridge Gazette The international community must "up its game" on political progress in Afghanistan or risk wasting a decade of sacrifice by British soldiers, Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned.