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U.S. cedes full control of Bagram military prison to Afghan forces
Afghanistan on Monday took full control of Bagram military prison from the United States, healing one running sore in their testy relationship as US-led forces wind down more than a decade of war. President Hamid Karzai had made the fate of the detention centre north of Kabul part of his…
Afghan government says NATO-led military operation ‘aimless and unwise’
Afghanistan’s presidential spokesman on Tuesday described the NATO-led military operation in the war-torn nation as “aimless and unwise”, in the latest broadside by Kabul against the international coalition. Aimal Faizi, spokesman for President Hamid Karzai, hit out after NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen rejected Karzai’s recent allegations of US collusion…
Afghan web TV pioneers seek new screen revolution
Trying out a new spa in Kabul, testing the latest spiky hairstyles and swapping gossip — Afghanistan’s first Internet TV station tackles subjects that the mainstream channels prefer to ignore. Globox.tv is the latest product of a media revolution in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime — which…
Soviet soldier who disappeared 30 years ago found on Afghanistan battlefield
A Soviet soldier who disappeared more than 30 years ago on the battlefield in Afghanistan has been found alive and well and living under the name of Sheikh Abdullah in the western Afghan city of Herat. Russian officials attempting to trace soldiers still missing from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan said they…
U.S. surprised by Afghanistan’s demand to withdraw special forces
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s demand that US special forces leave a flashpoint province came as a surprise to American commanders, who had no advance warning of the order, officials said Monday. It remained unclear what led Karzai to issue a blunt announcement that US special operations force would have two…
Afghan street kid heads for the Oscars red carpet
An Afghan street kid is off to Hollywood and the red-carpet treatment at the Oscars— a fairytale ending to a chance encounter that led to a starring role in a movie. Fawad Mohammadi, 14, was selling maps to passing foreigners on Kabul’s famed Chicken Street to help feed his family…
Obama to announce he’ll bring 34,000 Afghanistan troops home by next year
US President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address Tuesday that he will pull 34,000 US troops home from Afghanistan in the next year, a source familiar with his speech said. The long-awaited move will effectively halve the size of the current 66,000-strong US force in…
Afghanistan’s growing number of child drug addicts
They play badminton, kick a ball around and huddle over computer games just like normal children. Except that they are recovering drug addicts aged around three to 12, representing a growing proportion of drug users in war-torn Afghanistan. In response, increasing numbers of rehabilitation centers are weaning such children off…
The secret history of drones
The prototype of the drones now used in Afghanistan was actually conceived in 1916, even if it was a monoplane made of wood and tin The drones now snooping over Afghanistan have a longer history than you might think. In 1916, a military scientist conceived of an “aerial torpedo” designed…
Afghanistan’s Karzai to leave power in 2014
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai confirmed Tuesday in Oslo that he plans to step down next year when his mandate expires. “The question of me staying as the president beyond 2014 is out of the question,” Karzai said when reporters asked about recent speculation that he was keen to stay on.…
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