Latest Afghanistan Government & Politics News
- Complete strike of buses, minibuses, coaches in Karachi 24 Jul 2008 03:30 GMT
... behind the strike was to pressurize the government to withdraw rise in petroleum prices. Taking ... best interest of people. Banglori said that political leaders should voice against the current rise ... from Karachi on inter-provincial routes and to Afghanistan and Central Asian states. They said that ...
- Ambassador: Al-Qaida leaving Iraq for... 24 Jul 2008 03:30 GMT
... years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to ... physical control and setting up a shadow government in large swaths of Iraqi territory. "There ... large tracts that were run by al-Qaida, administered by al-Qaida they had ministers, administrators, ...
- - NBC/WSJ poll: Obama keeps lead 24 Jul 2008 03:17 GMT
... slightly more than 100 days until the election, the survey provides a glimpse of the ... For McCain, it comes amid a toxic political climate for Republicans. Just three in 10 ... on his overseas tour taking him to Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Germany, France and England — ...
- Iraq's Ambassador says Al-Qaida recruits increasingly going to Afghanistan, Pakistan 24 Jul 2008 02:50 GMT
... Ambassador says Al-Qaida recruits increasingly going to Afghanistan, Pakistan The Associated Press - Thursday, July ... physical control and setting up a shadow government in large swaths of Iraqi territory. "There ... large tracts that were run by al-Qaida, administered by al-Qaida - they had ministers, administrators, ...
- Obama warns nuclear Iran would pose grave threat 24 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT
... the country was one of the most politically sensitive legs of his tour to the ... are "limits" on Germany's military engagement in Afghanistan, reports Hugh Williamson from Berlin . The ... alongside military interventions, and that the Afghan government must take on more responsibilities. Jurek Martin: ...
- Close up: Omar Khadr 24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT
... but was not enough to convince Prime Minister Stephen Harper to bring him home. Omar ... Khadr, who was captured at 15 in Afghanistan in 2002 after allegedly killing a US ... weeping 16-year-old, millions were wondering "why Canada's Government has acquiesced -- and as the video ...
- Plan Would Use Antiterror Aid on Pakistani Jets 24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT
... India than for fighting insurgents along its Afghan border. Some members of Congress have greeted the ... curry favor with the new Pakistani prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, who will meet with ... the risks of civilian casualties would inflame anti-government sentiments in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. ...
- Bin Laden's driver was aware of terrorist attacks--witness 24 Jul 2008 01:55 GMT
... in the guest house in Kandahar (in Afghanistan) and describing tactical mistakes" made in the ... last at least two weeks. The Bush administration has been blasted by human rights groups ... been charged with a crime and the government says it plans to put only 60 ...
- Obama takes hawkish stance on Iran 24 Jul 2008 01:37 GMT
... become a symbolic destination for visiting pro-Israel politicians. Mr. Obama's Republican rival for the U.S. ... Palestinian president and Fatah leader, and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. Mr. Obama's electioneering tactics have ... tour, which has also seen him visit Afghanistan and Iraq, as the substance of what ...
- McCain has Berlin moment too - in little Berlins 24 Jul 2008 01:36 GMT
... it for troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama had voted for a similar bill ... similar bill weeks earlier that required the administration to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq by ... ad says. "If Obama can't rise above politics to support our soldiers in a time ...
- Who's got the better campaign pictures? Hard to compete with Obama this week 24 Jul 2008 01:24 GMT
... to a Holocaust memorial; a meeting at Afghan President Hamid Karzai's palace. He even found ... of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "This week at least, it looks like incumbent ... rockets. He met with both Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, ...
- In JFK's footsteps 24 Jul 2008 01:24 GMT
... Sunday in its online edition, some German politicians are concerned about the location of Obama's ... about the location of Obama's speech. The deputy leader of the Free Democrats worries "whether ... have fought and sacrificed, along with countless Afghans and Iraqis, against those who would kill ...
- Tough Sell: Vacation In Amicable Afghanistan 24 Jul 2008 01:18 GMT
... (07-23) 17:30 PDT Bamiyan, Afghanistan -- Sanjeev Gupta thinks it's about time ... the height of its power, the Taliban government used rockets and tanks to destroy the ... blue lagoons. "It's truly beautiful here." Afghanistan's political instability has taken a toll on a ...
- Ambassador: Al-Qaida heading to Afghanistan 24 Jul 2008 01:17 GMT
... years bedeviled Iraq, are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to ... physical control and setting up a shadow government in large swaths of Iraqi territory. “There ... large tracts that were run by al-Qaida, administered by al-Qaida — they had ministers, administrators, ...
- Refighting the surge gets McCain nowhere against Obama 24 Jul 2008 01:17 GMT
... violence in Iraq and crucially has created political space where Iraq's politicians can maneuver toward ... now rightly sees the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan as the urgent security threat Iraq never ... into the bargain also menaces the wobbly government in next-door Pakistan. The Iraq misadventure has ...
- Berlin Awaits the 'Next JFK' 24 Jul 2008 00:56 GMT
... with TIME's Karen Tumulty, the candidate says Afghanistan will be a "tougher job than Iraq" ... sides in the U.S. presidential race. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, for his part, welcomed the ... some commentators only half-jokingly remarked, for a political rock star. While politicians bickered, however, the German ...
- McCain: "It's My Surge, Dammit! I Was Right. Why Won't Anyone Show Me Some Respect?" 24 Jul 2008 00:56 GMT
... Middle East visit which included stops in Afghanistan, Iraq and a meeting with Gen. David ... to stabilize the country so that real political change could take place. While the violence is ... based on the fact that Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his top military commanders ...
- McCain: 'Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign' 24 Jul 2008 00:56 GMT
... to say I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. It seems ... strategic vision remains eccentric. He insists that Afghanistan is "the central front" for the United ... timetable." Obama does care more about the election than he does the country and John ...
- Ambassador: Al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan 24 Jul 2008 00:56 GMT
... years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to ... physical control and setting up a shadow government in large swaths of Iraqi territory. "There ... large tracts that were run by al-Qaida, administered by al-Qaida _ they had ministers, administrators, ...
- Waging the image campaign overseas 24 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT
... to a Holocaust memorial; a meeting at Afghan President Hamid Karzai's palace. He even found ... of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "This week at least, it looks like incumbent ... rockets. He met with both Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, ...
- Barack Obama's overseas tour 24 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT
... has the answers for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He wants U.S. Jews to believe ... majority, if they could vote in U.S. elections. Americans will notice that, although it will ... his only way of dealing with the politically inconvenient fact that Bush's troop "surge" in ...
- 'Watchmen' video game will prequel film 24 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT
... Rice met Wednesday with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun, saying afterward that "the spirit ... in campaign 2008 - particularly the Democrats' political rhetoric. Their words should strike both fear and ... home after three tours of duty in Afghanistan, Derek Blumke was eager to return to ...
- Balthazar Getty says he's separated from his wife 24 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT
... Rice met Wednesday with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun, saying afterward that "the spirit ... in campaign 2008 - particularly the Democrats' political rhetoric. Their words should strike both fear and ... home after three tours of duty in Afghanistan, Derek Blumke was eager to return to ...
- Ethan Hawke and wife welcome daughter Clementine 24 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT
... Rice met Wednesday with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun, saying afterward that "the spirit ... in campaign 2008 - particularly the Democrats' political rhetoric. Their words should strike both fear and ... home after three tours of duty in Afghanistan, Derek Blumke was eager to return to ...
- 'Disjointed' Afghan policy 24 Jul 2008 00:37 GMT
... improve their ratings in the eyes of politicians running the governments. I have already written ... write a word or two on our Afghan policy which seems disjointed. As a matter ... nothing; no security, no financial backups, no government, no army, practically nothing. All we had ...
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