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Obama signs sweeping US defense spending bill President Barack Obama has signed into law a $633 billion US defense spending bill that funds the war in Afghanistan and boosts security at US missions worldwide.
03 January 2013
©REUTERS France to take in Afghans in danger for working with troops France will take in Afghans whose security is at risk after having worked with its troops in the war-ravaged country, joining other Western nations facing a similar quandary.
29 December 2012
Three Afghans killed in suicide attack on US base A suicide car bombing hit a US-run base in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday, killing at least three Afghans and wounding seven others.
27 December 2012
France to transit military property from Afghanistan via Shymkent Transit of French military property and personnel will go via Kazakhstan's Shymkent airport.
26 December 2012
©REUTERS Afghan policewoman shoots dead foreign adviser A female Afghan police officer on Monday shot dead a foreign civilian adviser in Kabul police headquarters, officials said, in the first "insider" attack to be carried out by a woman.
24 December 2012
Trial proceeding. ©REUTERS US to seek death penalty in Afghan massacre case Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for an American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in one of the most appalling atrocities of the war.
20 December 2012
US report faults Pakistan over Afghan war Despite an easing of tensions with the United States, Pakistan is persistently undermining security in Afghanistan by permitting safe havens for insurgents.
12 December 2012
Afghan woman official assassinated: police Gunmen assassinated an Afghan women's affairs official on Monday just months after her predecessor was blown up by a bomb.
11 December 2012
©REUTERS/Omar Sobhani While in Astana U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs discussed NATO troops in Afghanistan During the meeting we exchanged our opinions on regional security and stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan, in particular: Wendy Sherman said in Kazakhstan.
29 November 2012
©REUTERS US aims to keep 10,000 troops in Afghanistan: report The administration of President Barack Obama aims to keep around 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan after formal combat operations in that country end in 2014.
27 November 2012
Photo courtesy of hgi-fire.com Water tensions overflow in ex-Soviet Central Asia The ex-Soviet states of Central Asia are engaged in an increasingly bitter standoff over water resources, adding another element of instability to the volatile region neighbouring Afghanistan.
20 November 2012
Afghan women learn literacy through mobile phones Afghanistan has launched a new literacy programme that enables Afghan women deprived of a basic education during decades of war to learn to read and write using a mobile phone.
19 November 2012
Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown. ©REUTERS Britain should withdraw from Afghanistan 'quickly': Ashdown Britain should accept defeat and move all of its soldiers out of Afghanistan as quickly as possible, former Liberal Democrat party leader Paddy Ashdown wrote in Friday's The Times newspaper.
16 November 2012
Two rockets hit Kabul, no casualties: police Two rockets hit the Afghan capital Kabul early Tuesday not far from the presidential palace, but caused no casualties or damage.
13 November 2012
Photo courtesy of thenewstribe.com UN orders global sanctions against Haqqani network The UN Security Council on Monday ordered global sanctions against the Haqqani militant group in Afghanistan and its suicide attack mastermind.
06 November 2012
Kabul considers action against ICG over 'bias' Afghanistan is considering action against the International Crisis Group, with officials on Monday accusing the respected think-tank of bias in its reporting on the troubled nation.
06 November 2012
Afghan ghost village 'haunted by US soldier's rampage' Najeeban in southern Afghanistan is a ghost village, deserted by the surviving inhabitants after a murderous rampage allegedly carried out by a rogue American soldier earlier this year.
05 November 2012
Afghan president warns on immunity for foreign troops Afghan President Hamid Karzai has warned of possible problems ahead over the sensitive issue of immunity from prosecution for any American or NATO soldiers deployed in the country after 2014.
19 October 2012
US army contractor in hot water over Afghan video A private security company working for the US government in Afghanistan is in hot water after a video surfaced allegedly showing several of its employees drunk and on drugs.
19 October 2012
Australia PM makes surprise visit to Afghanistan Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan, seeking assurances from President Hamid Karzai that he is doing all he can to halt "insider attacks".
15 October 2012

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