Afghanistan Politics News

While Karzai may be agreeable to talks with the Taliban the Taliban leadership has been consistent all along that negotiations are possible only with the withdrawal of foreign troops. Now that Obama has set a date to begin withdrawal talks...

members agree that the United States is a less important world leader...In a reversal of opinion from the beginning of last year, 44% of the public now says China is the world's leading economic power, while just 27% name the...

The FBI responded Thursday in a written statement to a judge's decision to open court records that are purported to show that the FBI intervened on behalf of a convicted felon in exchange for his cooperation with the agency. In...

Earlier reports also indicate that the US is going to press for the appointment of an official who will oversee the day to day operation of the Afghan government also bypassing Karzai. Turning over control to preferred local officials is...

India and US are in talks to convert its bilateral Malabar series of naval exercises into a joint services war game involving their navies, air forces and marine commandos. US Pacific Command chief Admiral Robert F Willard, who is on...

Over the course of a 34-minute speech to cadets at West Point Tuesday night, President Barack Obama laid out the reasons why 71,000 U.S. troops are currently fighting in the mountains of Afghanistan -- and why we're not there, and...

I could never be President. Not because people wouldn't vote for me - I could probably be the Sarah Palin of the Democratic party if you gave me twenty years. No, I don't want to be President. Last night, President...

Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan says the United States is making some of the same mistakes the Soviet Union did during its military campaign. Andrey Avetisyan said Washington should not pressure Hamid Karzai 's government into adopting western political institutions too...

The U.N. refugee agency says it is pre-positioning winter supplies throughout Afghanistan before the weather gets too bad and road conditions make it impossible to move to certain areas...Andrej Mahecic says supplies were strategically moved to the areas with harsh...