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Jailed Afghan woman offered Release if she Marries her attacker
Locked up: Gulnaz is in Kabul's Badam Bagh jail, serving out her sentence with her rapist's child An Afghan woman raped by her cousin’s husband has revealed how she is faced with a horrific dilemma –...
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Pentagon pushes to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible
Barely a month after the last US combat troops walked out of Iraq, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday that they would be altering already established plans in Afghanistan and doing the same there in...
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US consulate stormed and 20 NATO trucks torched in Afghanistan
At least seven people have been killed as protesters, outraged by a Koran-burning incident at a NATO base, stormed a US consulate in western Afghanistan. Meanwhile, in the eastern province of Khost...
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France, Germany withdraw staff from Afghan ministries
Afghan demonstrators burn a US flag during a protest against Koran desecration in Helmand province on February 23, 2012. Germany and France have withdrawn their staff from Afghan ministries after two...
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US soldier opens fire on Afghan civilians killing 17
A US soldier has killed at least 17 civilians after opening fire on them near a US military base in Kandahar. There are nine children among the victims, Afghan authorities say. Afghan President Hamid...
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Leon Panetta threatens Pakistan
Only days after US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta admitted that American troops are engaged in a war in rural northwest Pakistan, the Pentagon’s top-dog says that the United States is losing patience...
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12 NATO oil tankers torched in eastern Afghanistan
Firefighters extinguish burning NATO supply oil tankers and goods trucks at a terminal following an overnight attack by gunmen in Quetta on December 9, 2011. Taliban militants have attacked 12 NATO...
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Bomb explosion destroys 22 NATO trucks in Afghanistan
Firefighters try to extinguish a burning NATO supply oil tanker following an attack by gunmen on the outskirts of Quetta, June 19, 2011. A bomb explosion has destroyed 22 US-led NATO trucks carrying...
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17 Afghan civilians beheaded ‘for dance party’
Afghan citizens Taliban radicals have reportedly beheaded 17 civilians, including 2 women, in Southern Afghanistan. Local authorities say the dead were executed for attending a party where unrelated...
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Airships to finish war in Afghanistan
When a huge airship emerged over the beaches of New Jersey, it could be mistaken for filming of a historical movie about the events of 1930s. However, this was in fact the first flight of the new...
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Obama to announce US withdrawal from Afghan war
US President Barack Obama is expected to announce in his upcoming State of the Union Address that 34,000 US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan within a year, according to a White House...
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Afghan president admits to being on secret US payroll
Top Afghan officials have been on the CIA’s payroll for over a decade, receiving tens of millions of US dollars in cash. Afghan President Hamid Karzai admitted to receiving the clandestine financial...
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US Boeing 747 crash and burn caught on dashcam in Afghanistan
Harrowing footage of a US cargo plane in Afghanistan plummeting to the ground immediately after takeoff and erupting in a massive ball of flames has emerged online. All seven passengers onboard were...
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British military presence in Afghanistan costs UK taxpayer £15m per day
British military vehicles are parked in a compound in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. An independent study has found that the UK military’s presence in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, where most British...
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Australian forces holding several Afghan nationals ‘illegally’
Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard meets members of the Australian Army 1st Mentoring Task Force during her visit to Multinational Base Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan October 2, 2010. The...
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US embassies to remain closed over most serious Al-Qaeda threat in years
The US extends its embassy closures through August 10, State Department has announced. The Al-Qaeda threat that forced US and European embassies in the Middle East and North Africa to shut down is the...
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US arrest of Taliban leader ‘enrages’ Afghan president Karzai
US forces detained Taliban commander Latif Mehsud, the US State Department said Friday, an announcement that has reportedly infuriated Afghan president Hamid Karzai, who hoped to use Mehsud as...
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Putin prepares bitter and hysterical missile surprise to ‘American partners’
Russia’s new sea-based cruise missiles reduce the military power of the United States on a vast geopolitical region from Warsaw to Kabul and from Rome to Baghdad. US President Barack Obama, speaking...
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German Woman Among Two Killed, Finnish Woman Kidnapped In Kabul
Two people were reportedly killed in Afghanistan and another abducted from a Kabul guesthouse late Saturday, the BBC reported citing a spokesman for the interior ministry. Among the two people dead,...
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Afghanistan is world’s biggest drug dealer
American counternarcotics policy in Afghanistan has been senseless, as growing opium poppies remains the only source of income that keeps rural areas alive. Meanwhile millions of US dollars pumped...
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