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WikiLeaks Cables Reveal Rampant Corruption in Afghanistan
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Dec. 3) -- Hundreds of diplomatic cables exposed by WikiLeaks have laid bare the rampant corruption that can found at almost every level of Afghan government and society, and highlight America's powerlessness to tackle this epidemic of extortion and embezzlement. Most of the dispatches were sent from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul over the past two years and implicate many members of the country's political elite. An October 2009 cable details an extraordinary incident in which Afghanistan's then first vice president, Ahmed Zia Massoud, landed in Dubai with $52 million in cash. ...
Rogue Afghan Soldier Kills 3 British Troops
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (July 13) -- A rogue Afghan soldier fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a NATO patrol today, killing three British troops in an incident likely to renew doubts about the reliability of the Afghan army. Four soldiers were wounded, according to a military spokesman. It is not known whether the renegade soldier was working for the Taliban or a local warlord or was simply taking revenge for an unknown grievance. A statement issued by NATO said the attack took place early in the morning at a joint NATO/Afghan army base in southern Afghanistan. Sky News reported that the dead soldiers are ...
Afghan Mineral Find Boosts Anti-U.S. Conspiracy Theories
By Joseph Schuman - Politics DailyTo much of the world, the war in Iraq was always about oil. The evolving casus belli of the George W. Bush administration notwithstanding, conspiracy theorists across the globe and even in the United States saw an American thirst for black gold as the real reason for the U.S.-led invasion and occupation, not the nonexistent weapons of mass destruction or hopes to democratize the Middle East. Now those same conspiracy-minded doubters are likely to make the same arguments about Afghanistan. U.S. and Afghan officials tell the New York Times the U.S. Geological Survey -- working from data ...
Taliban Execute 7-Year-Old Boy Accused of Spying
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(June 10) -- Taliban militants have executed a 7-year-old boy after accusing him of being a spy for the Kabul government, an official in southern Afghanistan said today. The boy was reportedly kidnapped from his home, taken to a neighboring village in Helmand province and hanged in public from a tree after he was killed. The execution was carried out Tuesday after the boy was put on trial and found guilty of working for the Afghan government, London's Daily Mail reported. Shah Marai, AFP / Getty Images Afghan President Hamid Karzai said an investigation was being carried out into death of a ...
Afghan Peace Conference Begins With Taliban Attacks
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(June 2) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's opening remarks at a peace conference today in Kabul were nearly drowned out by the din of violence outside -- Taliban suicide bombers, rockets and gunfire aimed at discouraging any of the 1,600 delegates from taking part. Minutes into his speech, Karzai -- who has survived at least three assassination attempts in the past -- paused and told panicking delegates: "Someone is trying with a rocket perhaps ... Sit down and don't worry about it -- nothing will happen ... I have become used to this." Musadeq Sadeq, AP Afghan President Hamid Karzai asks ...
Hamid Karzai and Political Leadership: 'Kamikarzai' on Words of Wisdom
By Daily Breakdown - Politics DailyToday, Professor Noble Shizintzski explores the meaning of the word "kamikarzai." Click play below to watch, and click here for more Words of Wisdom. ...
Afghan President Karzai Refreshed, Refurbished and Ready for Peace
By David Wood - Politics DailyAfghan President Karzai was to head home Friday, strengthened by a carefully stage-managed visit to Washington intended to highlight his role as a capable military and political commander. That role will be critical, U.S. officials said, as Karzai immediately plunges into the long and difficult political work of trying to knit together Afghanistan's warring factions and bring years of conflict to a close. First up: a May 29 political gathering, or jirga, of more than 1,000 Afghan leaders to discuss how, when, and under what conditions to bring Taliban fighters back into Afghan society. ...
Obama's Afghanistan: No Political Strategy, No Benchmarks, No End Point
By David Wood - Politics DailyAfghan President Hamid Karzai's meetings in Washington this week ended with no sign of a badly needed joint political strategy to buttress the U.S.-led military campaign. In official meetings and public appearances over two days, neither Karzai nor administration officials defined what they want Afghanistan to look like in one year, or five, or 10. Nor did anyone mention benchmarks that could help chart progress or lack of progress toward that goal. Instead, in an appearance Wednesday with the White House press corps, Hamid Karzai and President Barack Obama lavished warm and gracious, but ...
Does Obama Have a Clear Plan for Afghanistan?
By David Corn - Politics DailyIf someone were to tell you they wanted to spend $100 billion a year on a project but couldn't fully describe its goal, you'd probably think twice before saying, go for it. But that's what President Barack Obama is doing with the war in Afghanistan -- according to an Obama-friendly think tank. This week, as Obama meets in Washington with Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, the Center for American Progress released a study that contained a stunning conclusion. Obama administration officials, it declares, "need greater clarity of purpose in defining their end-state goals" in Afghanistan. ...
Hamid Karzai Visits D.C. to Strengthen Afghan-U.S. Ties
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyAfghanistan President Hamid Karzai touched down in Washington, D.C. Monday afternoon for a whirlwind rekindle-the-romance tour that will include the White House, Pentagon, State Department and Capitol Hill. The goal: a recalibration of U.S.-Afghanistan relations, a renewed vow on both sides to fight terror, a securing of Karzai's position in both his own country and on the world stage, a promise to the Afghan people of continued U.S. commitment to the region and the country, and a reassurance of the American people that Hamid Karzai is still a leader who can be relied upon. ...
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