Australia says Karzai 'wrong' on Afghan operation
Australia Monday flatly rejected comments from Afghan President Hamid Karzai that a recent night-time raid which left two men dead was carried out without the approval of local authorities.
US suspends Afghan police recruit training
US special forces in Afghanistan have suspended training for about 1,000 Afghan police recruits to vet existing members, the military said Sunday, after a surge in insider attacks on NATO.
17 beheaded in bloody day across Afghanistan
Seventeen civilians were beheaded, 10 Afghan soldiers killed and two NATO troops shot dead in a new insider attack in a bloody few hours across Afghanistan.
Insiders focus of US military chief's Afghan trip
The top US military officer Martin Dempsey flew Sunday to Afghanistan to hold talks with senior commanders amid a spate of attacks by Afghan soldiers on their NATO counterparts.
NATO troops watch Games with weapons at hand
After 30 years of war, the London Olympics are a distant dreamworld for most Afghans -- and even the 130,000 NATO-led troops from 50 countries watch the television broadcasts with weapons close at hand.
US designates Afghanistan as major ally: Clinton
The United States has designated Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally, giving the war-torn country special privileges as the US prepares to pull its troops out in 2014.
NATO and Central Asia agreed on military transit from Afghanistan
NATO has agreed with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan on the use of the territories of the Central Asian countries for withdrawal of vehicles and military armament from Afghanistan.
In absence of Cold War NATO’s role is obscure: President Nazarbayev
According to him, Western ideology was based on the idea of “the Western system [of values] being the most progressive, whereas the Soviet Union reportedly failing everywhere”.
NATO says Australia's Afghan pullout part of war plans
Australia's decision to bring troops home from Afghanistan earlier than expected was part of the war strategy and would not prompt other nations to rush out.
CSTO mulls to establish dialog with NATO
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CSTO member-countries have adopted a statement establishing cooperation with NATO.
U.S. forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan will flood Central Asia with weapons
Russian authorities are concerned over a possibility of a massive flow of weapons into Central Asia after NATO forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2014.
112 thousand Kazakhstan residents signed against sending officers to Afghanistan
112 thousand signatures were collected in Kazakhstan against sending Kazakh officers to Afghanistan.
Kazakhstan’s Parliament closes its 4th session today
In September Kazakhstan’s Parliament will detailedly consider the draft resolution to send military engineers to Afghanistan: Majilis Speaker Ural Mukhamdzhanov.
When dismissing agreement with NATO, the Senate took into account public opinion: Senate Speaker
However, Kazakhstan has been rendering and will be rendering humanitarian aid to the Afghan people, he said.
Kazakhstan will not ratify the agreement with NATO
June 9 the Kazakh Senate refused to ratify the agreement, saying that such issues should be considered at joint sessions. However, at a joint session June 20 the issue was not on the agenda.
Ordway does not consider Afghanistan a threat to Kazakhstan
US temporary Charge D'affaires in Kazakhstan John Ordway does not think that Taliban can be a big threat to Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan is cautious about adopting Afghanistan-related laws
An agreement with France on transit of military equipment and personnel was ratified on May 25 with several reservations.
Afghan war veterans demand resignation of Kazakhstan Parliament
The demand is related to the decision of the Majilis to send four officers to Afghanistan.
Taliban: Kazakhstan owes its liberation to Afghan jihad
Taliban released a statement in relation to Kazakhstan decision to send troops to Afghanistan.
Only four Kazakhstan officers will go to Afghanistan
The agreement between Kazakhstan and NATO provides for sending only four Kazakh officers to the International Security Assistant Forces in Kabul.