Karzai vows to stamp out corruption
Kabul – The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration – a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more Troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government. NATO yesterday reported three more coalition Soldiers – one American and two Britons – died in combat with the Taliban in western and southern areas. The latest losses pushed Britain's combat death toll in t

President Karzai pledges corrupt officials will have no place in his new Afghan government
Kabul — The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration — a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more Troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government. Also Sunday, NATO reported three more coalition Soldiers — one American and two Britons — died in combat with the Taliban in western and southern areas. The latest losses pushed Britain's...

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Karzai: 'No place' for corrupt officials
Kabul (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai , under fire from his international partners to clean up his administration, insisted Sunday there's no place for corrupt officials within his government.

Karzai says he's addressing corruption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview airing Monday he is taking steps to root out corruption in his government, but he also said foreign money was making the problem worse. Posted November 9th, 2009 Filed Entertainment News Comments Off Comments are closed. Recent Posts Tags Apple Auto Barack Obama Brad Pitt Brett Favre California Cat Christmas dead Disney England Facebook Gaming Gaza George Bush GM Google Hillary Clinton Illinois India iPhone J.J. Abrams...

NATO forces 'may abandon most of northern Helmand'
London, Nov.9 - ANI: Western Military commanders in Afghanistan are considering a radical shift in policy that would see British and US forces conduct a tactical pull-out from most of northern Helmand, including the town of Musa Qala. The Times quoted a NATO source said the plan to withdraw from northern Helmand would be considered if proposed reinforcements, currently being examined by President Obama, were not approved. General Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Kabul, has asked for...

President Karzai: corrupt officials will have no place in new Afghan government
Kabul — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under fire from his international partners to clean up his administration, insisted Sunday there's no place for corrupt officials within his government. Elsewhere, NATO officials said there was still no trace of two American paratroopers who went missing four days ago after trying to retrieve supplies from a river in western Afghanistan. NATO forces said a U.S. service member was killed Saturday in an insurgent attack in the west. The alliance said...

Karzai seeks closer trade ties with Muslim nations
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai , re-elected a week ago after a flawed vote, appealed on Monday for closer trade ties with fellow Muslim countries to help Afghanistan break its cycle of conflict. Karzai met representatives of eight governments, including Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , on the sidelines of an economic summit held by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Istanbul.

Karzai vows to keep corrupt officials out of govt
The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration - a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more Troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government. Also Sunday, NATO reported three more coalition Soldiers - one American and two Britons - died in combat with the Taliban in western and southern areas. The latest losses pushed Britain's combat death toll in the eight-year...

Did NATO strike kill Afghan forces?
Kabul -- U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan Soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west. The probe into a possible friendly-fire incident further aggravates already strained relations between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the international community, which holds his enfeebled government partly responsible for rising instability....

Taliban prisoners on hunger strike in Kandahar complain of poor food, health care
Kabul — About 350 Taliban prisoners are on a hunger strike at a Prison in Kandahar and a delegation from the Ministry of Justice is going to the lockup in southern Afghanistan to investigate their complaints. Mohammad Shafiq, one of the prisoners, says the inmates began the hunger strike Sunday evening. They are complaining about poor food, water and Health Care. A Justice Ministry official says a delegation is trying to determine what prompted the hunger strike.

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces
Kabul—U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan Soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west. The probe into a possible friendly fire incident further aggravates already strained relations between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the international community, which holds his enfeebled government partly responsible for rising...

U.N. wants more security for staff
Kabul, Afghanistan , Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The United Nations in Afghanistan relocated 600 of its foreign staff for security reasons and warned Afghan President Hamid Karzai to "compose his government." The decision to relocate personnel followed last week's militant attack on a U.N. guesthouse in Kabul in which five U.N. foreign staff members were killed. Kai Eide, the U.N. special representative, said the relocation would be a temporary but cautioned Karzai -- who has won re-election to another...

Karzai Must Kick Out 'Cronies' To Succeed, Kerry Says: PHOTO
November 6, 2009 When the main challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai dropped out of a planned runoff, it did more than end two months of election disputes. Sen. John Kerry says it also gave Karzai a chance to prove his legitimacy — and to become a stronger ally to America. Kerry traveled to Afghanistan in October to persuade Karzai to hold the runoff election against Abdullah Abdullah — a man he claimed to have defeated. Abdullah's withdrawal from the controversial election...

Hamid Karzai 'to purge Afghan government of corrupt officials': PHOTO
Hamid Karzai has said he will purge his new administration of corrupt officials, a day after criticising the United Nations for demanding that he clean up his regime.

Allied forces -may abandon most of northern Helmand': PHOTO
A new strategy for Afghanistan that could lead to a British troop withdrawal from a former Taleban stronghold in northern Helmand Province sparked immediate controversy yesterday. According to a senior NATO source, Western Military commanders in Afghanistan are considering a radical shift in policy that would see British and US forces conduct a tactical pull-out from most of northern Helmand, including the town of Musa Qala. The source said that the plan to withdraw from northern Helmand would...

Eight militants, six troops die in ongoing combat: ISPR: PHOTO
Peshawar: Militant attacks killed six Troops in Pakistan's tribal belt, where Soldiers backed by warplanes and helicopter gunships are pressing a major anti-Taliban offensive, officials said Monday. The first attack, late Sunday, left four Soldiers dead in Makeen, one of the battlefields where ground Troops are pressing an operation against the homegrown Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) network into a fourth week. Military officials said initially that the Soldiers died in an improvised...

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Afghan Defense Ministry: NATO airstrike in west kills 4 Afghan soldiers, 3 police
Kabul — Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition Troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan Soldiers and three policemen. NATO said it and Afghan authorities were investigating whether a NATO airstrike during an operation Friday to rescue two missing American paratroopers had caused casualties. It said it could not confirm whether the base had been hit....

Afghan Taliban deny have missing U.S. troops' bodies
Kabul (Reuters) - The Taliban denied on Sunday they were holding the bodies of two U.S. Soldiers who had gone missing last week in northwestern Afghanistan after earlier claiming they had recovered the two dead servicemen. The disappearance of the two paratroopers from U.S. 82nd Airborne Division during a resupply mission on Wednesday, triggered a search by NATO and Afghan forces of Badghis province, near the border with Turkmenistan. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told Reuters by...

Afghan Taliban deny have missing U.S. troops' bodies
Kabul (Reuters) - The Taliban denied on Sunday they were holding the bodies of two U.S. Soldiers who had gone missing last week in northwestern Afghanistan after earlier claiming they had recovered the two dead servicemen. Posted November 8th, 2009 Filed Entertainment News Comments Off Comments are closed. Recent Posts Tags Apple Auto Barack Obama Brad Pitt Brett Favre California Cat Christmas dead Disney England Facebook Gaming Gaza George Bush GM Google Hillary Clinton Illinois India iPhone...

Afghan Taliban deny have missing US troops' bodies
Kabul (Reuters) - The Taliban denied on Sunday they were holding the bodies of two U.S. Soldiers who had gone missing last week in northwestern Afghanistan after earlier claiming they had recovered the two dead servicemen. The disappearance of the two paratroopers from U.S. 82nd Airborne Division during a resupply mission on Wednesday, triggered a search by NATO and Afghan forces of Badghis province, near the border with Turkmenistan.

Pakistan suicide bomb kills anti-Taliban mayor, 11 others: PHOTO
A Suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan, killing an anti-Taliban mayor who had formed a militia to fight the militants and 11 other people, officials said. A purported Taliban commander claimed responsibility for the bombing. The Taliban have carried out a series of attacks in recent weeks aimed at pressuring the government to abandon an offensive launched in mid-October in South Waziristan, the main Taliban and Al-Qaeda sanctuary in the country. The...

UPDATE 1-Sudan's Bashir to miss OIC summit - Turk official
* EU had raised objections to Bashir's visit * Iran's Ahmadinejad, Afghan Karzai in Istanbul for summit ISTANBUL, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Sudan 's indicted President OmarHassan al-Bashir will not attend an Islamic summit in Istanbulas planned, Turkish government officials said on Sunday, afterthe European Union raised objections to his visit. Bashir, against whom the International Criminal Court (ICC)has issued an arrest warrant for Crimes Against Humanity inSudan's Darfur region, had announced plans...

Gordon Brown & Afghanistan
In his speech on November 6 to the Royal College of Defense Studies, Prime Minister Gordon Brown attacked the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai of lacking support from his own countrymen evidenced by the continuing deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is himself facing similar constraints from his own countrymen which he has determinedly continued to ignore. The Prime Ministers conditions for deploying further British Troops are evidence of his act as an...