Hazara leader skeptical of Taliban peace
By Rob Taylor and Mirwais Harooni KABUL | Mon Jan 30, 2012 (Reuters) – Skepticism is growing inside Afghanistan’s ethnic communities that a peace deal can be struck with the Taliban, under whose rule More...
Afghanistan sets ground rules for Taliban
By Sanjeev Miglani and Hamid Shalizi | Reuters KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan will accept a Taliban liaison office in Qatar to start peace talks but no foreign power can get involved in the process without More...
Panetta optimistic about Afghanistan
By the CNN Wire Staff | December 13, 2011 U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta speaks to military personnel during his visit to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti on December 13, 2011. (CNN) — This year More...
19 killed in Helmand roadside bomb
By Ben Farmer | 07 Dec 2011 Photo: AP Photo/Bela SzandelszkyA mine tore through a minibus in Helmand province and killed 19, bringing the death toll in the country from a string of bomb attacks to nearly 80 in 24 More...
Twin Brother and Great Friend
By Muhammad Younas Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (r.) and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai pose before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday. Karzai is on a two-day official visit to India. Gurinder Osan/AP“Pakistan More...
Hazaras Hustle to Head of Class in Afghanistan
Afghan girls studied for a test at Marefat High School in Dasht-i-Barchi, a poor Hazara enclave in western Kabul. Adam Ferguson for The New York Times By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and ABDUL WAHEED WAFA Published: More...
