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The Taliban rose from the Pashtun - the dominant tribe of southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. The first record of a group named the Taliban, which means "students," came in 1994 out of the southern city of Kandahar.
Afghan legislators complained that several members of President Hamid Karzai's proposed Cabinet are inexperienced and beholden to warlords opposition that threatens to slow the reform Washington believes essential to beating the Taliban.
If the Taliban produced a soap opera, Pakistani comedy writer Younis Butt pondered one day, what would it be like?
KABUL -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai unveiled his new cabinet Saturday, presenting a list that satisfied Western backers who had warned him against stacking the government with reward-seeking power brokers or graft-tainted politicians.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to keep most of his top technocrat ministers favored by the West in a new cabinet presented to parliament on Saturday.
Georgia is dispatching nearly 1,000 troops to Afghanistan as a sign of gratitude towards the west, President Mikheil Saakashvili wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece on Saturday.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Two soldiers from Poland and Britain were killed in separate combat operations in Afghanistan, NATO officials said Sunday.
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Sunday defended his nominees for ministerial posts and promised that all members of his cabinet will be accountable as he fights to eradicate corruption.
Two Texas Army National Guard teams are helping Afghans rebuild their agricultural and animal husbandry institutions after decades of war. War Zone: E-N in Afghanistan | mySA Military
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday rejected criticism that his proposed new Cabinet amounts to business as usual and is unlikely to do much to tackle the country's array of problems.
Afghan legislators complained Saturday that several members of President Hamid Karzai's proposed Cabinet are inexperienced and beholden to warlords — opposition that threatens to slow the reform Washington believes essential to beating the Taliban.
KABUL, Afghanistan | Afghan legislators complained Saturday that several members of President Hamid Karzai's proposed Cabinet are inexperienced and beholden to warlords - opposition that threatens to slow the reform Washington believes is essential to beating the Taliban. The U.S. Embassy made only neutral comments after the nomination list was presented to parliament, but gave no assessment of ...
Kabul - A roadside bomb killed a US soldier in southern Afghanistan, while security forces killed seven Taliban fighters in the country's northern region, officials said Saturday. The soldier, who became the 305th US military death in Afghanistan so ...
U.S. President Barack Obama has recently announced a major troop buildup in Afghanistan and other NATO members will likewise be supplying more troops.
A youth’s murder has set off bitter divisions among President Hamid Karzai’s relatives in Afghanistan and the U.S., with charges of a cover-up by Afghan officials.
According to the polls, President Obama's speech announcing the U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan won over a majority of Americans.
