Afghanistan

Afghan security concerns to ease after 2014, Karzai says

Afghan security after the departure of foreign combat troops in 2014 will become easier because of the ill-advised, misdirected and often corrupt ways NATO and its contractors have pursued the “war on terror,” Afghan President Hamid Karzai told reporters in India on Wednesday.
16:32 May 22, 2013

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Afghanistan warns Kabul police: Start following traffic rules
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Report: Kabul airport still a sieve for disappearing money
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Government blocking of YouTube leaves Afghans frustrated

Pakistan routes open, but gear moves slowly into Afghanistan

It is the least expensive way to get food and fuel to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. But eight months after Pakistan reopened its ground supply routes for the NATO war effort, hardly any new cargo has taken that path into the country.

Contractor killed in attack in eastern Afghanistan

U.S. officials say three men wearing Afghan army uniforms and driving an Afghan army vehicle forced their way onto a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan and opened fire, killing one civilian contractor.

Mattis sought larger US force in Afghanistan

The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East told senators for the first time Tuesday that he had envisioned keeping about 20,000 troops in Afghanistan after combat operations end in 2014, far more than the number the Obama administration and NATO are considering.

Dam and other Afghanistan projects being scaled back

When Marines surged into southern Afghanistan in 2010, one of their priorities was to secure a dam so the U.S. Agency for International Development could begin reconstruction. Dozens of troops were killed in combat to evict the Taliban. Now USAID has opted not to finish the $266 million project.

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