Afghanistan Business News

Taliban, gets a slice of the action when it comes to building roads in Afghanistan. High in the Hindu Kush, where bursts of lavender enliven a fading alpine carpet of summer's grasses, winks, nods and timely backhanders make the insurgents...

In his widely reported London speech earlier this month, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, described how people constantly offer him ideas for fixing that country's problems. One of the more unusual recommendations, he suggested, came from a...

Lockheed Martin Corp. 's Orlando operations took home a set of companywide honors in the defense giant's annual Nova Award program, the company said this week. Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support won a team honor for its information technology...

CIA assassination of president John Kennedy and the faked moon landings. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, have spawned a cottage industry devoted to questioning whether they were the work of al-Qaeda and hinting...

Electricity companies have for years raked in the profits while ignoring climate change science, lining their pockets rather than investing heavily in basic and improved infrastructure (solar, wind, geothermal)...It's a shame that ''long term'' with these providers extends only to...