Afghanistan Politics News

Kabul - Ambush fighters killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, the army said on Wednesday, making 300 the number of soldiers were killed superpowers in the war torn country this year. The soldier served in the Foreign Security Assistance Force...

Little note has been taken of these records. No doubt the US and Britain will be happy if the media continue not to report on these events since they could very well weaken support for the Afghan war in Britain...

Former US Foreign Service official Matthew Hoh has described the Afghan situation as a civil war between the secular, urban, modern Afghans and the religious, rural, traditionalist Afghans. President Obama does not really have a dog in this fight. But...

This is a delicate subject and normally i'm not a delicate person, especially when it comes to wielding the pen, but how many of you out there living inside the garden walls are still crying about bringing our troops home...

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...

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...

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...

There are signs popping up all over that Obama is going to change gears in Afghanistan. This Spring and during the campaign he was gung ho for a surge and sounded very much like Bush on steroids. Now the Obama...

A Legend of Mujahidin, Gulbudin Hekmatyar, said that US has used wrong pretext for Afghanistan war. Hekmatyar is an US wanted Hizb-i-Islami leader who has been fighting United States troops. He and his warriors are suspected killed some United States...

Afghanistan sinks in new corruption ranking as US, World Leaders Fall Short in Corruption Fight, Group Says! Afghanistan's level of corruption earns it a ranking of 179 out of 180 Nations listed, worsened only by Somalia who is ranked as...