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Jacob Heilbrunn: Precious: Giving Thanks To Those Who Count
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 7 hours ago
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It's time to spread some good holiday cheer and offer thanks to five precious, leading public figures who've really made a difference. First, God bless Sen. John McCain for picking Sarah Palin to be his running mate in 2008. Her continued visibility testifies...
Tags: American, Sarah Palin, Roger Goodell, Afghanistan, Kabul, John McCain, Karzai, Politics, Barack Obama, United States presidential election, Joe Lieberman, Presidency of George W. Bush, Hamid Karzai
AFGHANISTAN: Corruption Fight Begins, Again
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 23 hours ago
Credibility When the Independent Election Commission announced that Hamid Karzai would be president for another five years, local and international powers began to demand that the newly re-elected president clamp down on the corruption that had spread like a virus...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Mullah Omar, World › Taliban, Afghanistan, taliban leader, Mohammed Omar, leader rules, U.S, president hamid, reclusive leader, Kabul, War in Afghanistan, Politics, War Conflict, Taliban, Taliban insurgency, Karzai, Government of Afghanistan, Logar Province, Islamic terrorism, Mohammed Omar, Pashtun people, Poultry, Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, Islamic Emirate of Waziristan, 10th Mountain Division, Kandahar, Year of birth uncertain, Baraki, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
US to GIVE TALIBANS JOBS in AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan has launched an initiative to convert Taliban foot soldiers with the promise of jobs and protection. Backed by the US military, the plan is modeled on its “Sons of Iraq” program; Stanley McChrystal even lured a key architect...
Tags: Sons of Iraq, afghans, recruit, talibans, al qaeda, terrorist, terror, war on terror, afghanistan, kabul, US, us marines, us corps, us army, homeland, stanley mcchrystal, US military, retirement, prolonged occupation, acknowledge, assuage fears, militants, Hamid Karzai, western diplomat, international terrorism, karzai, allnews, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict, taliban
Corruption investigation targets Afghan ministers
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 days ago
Credibility Three Afghan cabinet ministers and 12 former ministers are under investigation for alleged corruption, the attorney-general's office said yesterday, announcing cases that could signal whether the government is serious about fighting graft in its ranks....
Tags: Hamid Karzai, president hamid, attorney general, Afghanistan, cabinet ministers, afghans ministers, Kabul, Pashtun people, Politics, Karzai, War in Afghanistan, Government of Afghanistan, War Conflict, Taliban, Afghan presidential election, Medicinal plants, Mohammad Siddiq Chakari, Afghan Cabinet of Ministers, Economy of Afghanistan, Opium, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic mujahid movement, Politics of Afghanistan, Minister of Borders & Tribal Affairs, Tajiks, Afghan National Army, Opioids, Military of Afghanistan, Illegal drug trade in Afghanistan
Karzai might call a Grand Assembly with the Taliban participating.
This "Grand Jirga"as it is called can actually amend the constitution so if a deal were struck to share power with the Taliban the constitution could be amended to make this legal. However the Taliban have always insisted on foreign troop withdrawal...
Tags: Karzai, Grand Jirga, Taliban, Afghan war, Hamid Karzai, Loya jirga, Civil war in Afghanistan
Pentagon will examine US role in Afghan graft.
An excellent idea to look at the US role in Afghan graft. As was the case in Iraq many private contractors have very lucrative contracts that become even more lucrative through corrupt practices. Both Afghan and foreign contractors are no...
Tags: Corruption in Afghanistan, Karzai, Private contractors in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan
US Afghan decision 'within days'
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 days ago
Credibility Mr Obama met top advisors on Monday night in what could be one of his last major meetings on the topic. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president "has the information he wants and needs to make his decision". Mr Obama is weighing a request...
Tags: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, U.S, Pakistan, Mr Obama, Richard Holbrooke, special envoy, Kabul, War in Afghanistan, Khost, Taliban, War Conflict, Punahou School alumni, Robert Gibbs, Robert Gates, Joe the Plumber, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Presidency of Barack Obama, Barack Obama, United States presidential election, Politics, Karzai, Afghan presidential election, Pashtun people, Manmohan Singh, Al-Qaeda, Inter-Services Intelligence, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Religion Belief, Afghan National Army, NATO, International Security Assistance Force, Operation Mountain Fury
Afghan ministers accused of graft
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 days ago
Credibility Deputy attorney general Fazel Ahmad Faqiryar told the BBC he could not name names but said a further 15 former ministers were also being investigated. The Afghan government has been under intense Western pressure in recent weeks to do more to tackle corruption.
Tags: Afghanistan, Mr Karzai, Hamid Karzai, Kabul, Karzai, Iranian Plateau, War in Afghanistan, Kandahar, Cities along the Silk Road, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Politics, Afghan presidential election, Pashtun people, Politics of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ishaq Aloko, Afghan Cabinet of Ministers, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Law Crime, Opium, Taliban, Heroin, Poppy, Medicinal plants, Opioids, Illegal drug trade in Afghanistan, War Conflict, Helmand Province, Nuclear program of Iran, Hillary Rodham Clinton, CNN-YouTube presidential debates, Foreign relations of Iran, Government of Iran, Politics of Iran
In Afghanistan, A Plan To Woo The Taliban
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 days ago
Credibility If you can't beat them, get them to join you. That's the idea behind a new effort by the Afghan government and the U.S. military to win over low-level insurgents and split them from their Taliban leaders. Eight years have elapsed since the U.S. and other...
Tags: U.S, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, president hamid, United States of America, Kabul, Afghan National Army, War in Afghanistan, Taliban, War Conflict, Politics, Pashtun people, Al-Qaeda, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Malalai Joya, Wolesi Jirga, Human rights abuses, Human rights in Afghanistan, Politics of Iraq, Iraq, Iraq ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Occupation of Iraq, Law Crime, Asif Ali Zardari, International Security Assistance Force, Stanley A. McChrystal, Inter-Services Intelligence, Minister of Borders & Tribal Affairs, Karzai, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Ahmed Wali Karzai
Pakistan gives Obama the excuse he needed to keep smaller footprint!
They do not want a large increase in troops and I have to agree with their reasoning. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the United States must fully share its plans for Afghanistan with Pakistan so that it can...
Tags: Pakistan, Peshawar, North Waziristan, Afghanistan, US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, Hamid Karzai, corruption, troop withdrawal, Afghanistan’s graveyard of Nations, Max Cleland, Joe Biden, Karzai&, allnews, Islamabad, Hamid Raza Gilani, War in Afghanistan, Taliban, Saigon, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Eikenberry, Afghanistan Pakistan
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