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November 8, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Washington Post: When it comes to corruption in Afghanistan, the time may be now for the United States to look in the mirror and see what lessons can be learned from contracting out parts of that war. On Sept. 30, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the corruption wracking his government and its people has been at a level “not ever before seen in Afghanistan.” Full news...
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November 8, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
BBC News: At least 20 people, including 12 civilians, have been killed in four separate militant attacks in Afghanistan, officials say. Women and children were among 10 killed when a minibus hit a roadside bomb in southern Helmand province. Other bombings killed five Afghan soldiers in Laghman in the east, three police in Kandahar and two boys in Zabul province. Full news...
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November 7, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: The brother of a Kunduz lawmaker was arrested in the northern province for allegedly hanging his wife on Monday, officials told TOLOnews. Zarghona, who was married to the brother of MP Shukria Paikan, was killed in her home last night by hanging. Kunduz police said Zarghona’s husband used a rope to hang his wife and was being detained until investigations were complete. Full news...
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November 6, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
RFE/RL: Saudi Arabia’s support for Afghanistan has been steady but inconspicuous over the years. But that is about to change. The powerful Sunni-majority kingdom is embarking on a very public effort to carve out a bigger role in Afghanistan, pitting the oil-rich Gulf state directly against Shi’ite rival Iran in the race for influence as foreign forces leave. Full news...
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November 5, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Examiner.com: Afghan Foreign Ministry Spokesman Janan Mosazai criticized the US for its continued “violation of the strategic pact between the two countries”, saying that Washington has violated the treaty on numerous occassions. Mosazai added that “dozens of civilians had been killed in the Eastern provinces of Kapisa and Logar, Northwestern Badghis province and the Southern Taliban stronghold of Helmand over the past three days in NATO air strikes” Full news...
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November 5, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Wall Street Journal: One of Afghanistan’s top power brokers has been freeing suspected insurgents, running an open extortion scheme and traveling with suitcases of undeclared cash earned from criminal activity, according to internal U.S. documents. A few years ago, the U.S. military described Gov. Gul Agha Shirzai as the best hope for securing Nangarhar province, a critical gateway to Pakistan. Full news...
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November 4, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Killid Group: An ambitious multi-million dollar exercise to modernise the curriculum in Afghan schools has been hit by glaring mistakes in textbooks printed for the first time. Officials have not denied there is a problem, but their views are different. The Ministry of Education (MoE) has paid 91 million dollars for the printing of new textbooks for schools as part of a planned massive overhaul of school education in Afghanistan. Full news...
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November 3, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: Nearly 1,900 children are engaged in hard labour in the border town of Torkham in eastern Nangarhar province, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said on Saturday. Up to 1,883 children, including 331 girls, carry heavy loads 34 others work in 28 hotels, the AIHRC official Ghulam Hussain Bewas said during an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News. Full news...
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November 1, 2012 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
GlobalPost: Just a few miles from the biggest US military base in Afghanistan is the headquarters of Parwan’s provincial governor. More than a year after it was attacked by a team of suicide bombers, the buildings remain peppered with bullet holes, scarred by shrapnel and in some places stained with blood. Full news...
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