Karzai's brother 'met ex-Taleban'

After the New York Times alleged that brother of afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is involved in opium trading, now this new revelation will even make him more embarrassed. President's brother is accused of having met the Taliban representative. "The Afghan president's...

Reports link Karzai's brother to Afghan heroin trade

" Reports link Karzai's brother to Afghan heroin trade ""WASHINGTON: When Afghan security forces found an enormous cache of heroin hidden beneath concrete...

Karzai’s brother involved in drug trade

Afghnistan's ruling elite have long been accused of indulging in drug trafficking. Even The UN have said that drug-trafficking in the country is backed not just by drug lords, terrorists and insurgents, but also by senior figures in the government and Afghan polity. The...

Palin Media Blackout Continues

Fox News says Sarah Palin is not being open to her traveling press corps and her staff is working overtime to control access and images."Palin Media Blackout Continues by Shushannah...

The 90 Afghan Villagers Killed Victim of Tribal Rivalry

The villagers were gathered for the funeral of a man killed by the very informant." Tribal rivalry caused 90 civilian deaths: Afghan govt Monday, September 15, 2008 KABUL: An American military operation that killed up to 90 civilians was based on false information provided by...

Videos show dead Afghan children after US raid

" 2008-09-09 02:21:02 - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The bodies of at least 10 children and many more adults covered in blankets and shrouds appear in videos obtained by The Associated Press, lending weight to...

Afghans Incensed by Air Attack on Village

This is starting to sound like the line about having to destroy the town to save the town..."Accusations and denials are swirling in Kabul as the Afghan government and the international military forces try to unravel the facts surrounding an August 21 air strike in the...

UPDATE: Number of Afghan Civilians Killed in Airstrike Upgraded to 90: UN

UPDATE: United Nations investigators have new evidence that the number of Afghan civilians massacred in last week's US air strike in Western Afghanistan was actually 90, mainly children, rather than the 76 referred...

Brown visits UK troops in Helmand

"Gordon Brown is in Afghanistan on a surprise visit to British troops, en route to the Olympics in Beijing. The PM told troops at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, that they were "the heroes of our country". He told members of 16 Air Assault Brigade they were in...

Brown visits UK troops in Helmand

Gordon Brown has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan today. The timing is significant, coming right after ten French troops were killed in that conflict in a surprise attack. The public in both France and Britain has grown skeptical and unhappy about their country's...

Karzai 'impeding Afghan drug war'

Afghnistan is considered the cultivating ground for growing poppy and it estimated that a large part of the poppy in circulation all over world comes from Afghanistan. Many western government including UK &...

Former U.S. narcotics official says Afghan president hurting drug war

Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor Certainly one can never be sure who is telling the truth, perhaps both are in what can be a serious issue when farmers face starvation and or death for planting other...

US forces bomb wedding party: 22 Afghan civilians killed

More than two dozen  innocent Afghan civilians have been killed in the bombing by US forces in Afghanistan's eastern province. Afghan government has ordered a probe about this incident."  Nearly two dozen people were killed in an air strike by the US-led coalition...

Five foreign soldiers killed in separate bombings in Afghanistan

There is no word on the nationality of the dead soldiers, but it is believed no American or Canadian soldiers were among the casulties."Five foreign soldiers killed in separate bombings in Afghanistan ...

Taliban threaten Kandahar City" Hundreds Flee!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorLast week's prison escape in Kandahar by Taliban forces it is said are regrouping for a major attack to get their stronghold back, a stronghold held by Canadian Troops does...

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