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Afghan police arrive at site of suicide car bomb attack on the Jalalabad-Kabul road in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Foreign convoy attacked in Afghan capital, three dead

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 27, 2013 | World

Kabul, Reuters – A suspected suicide bomber attacked a foreign military convoy on the eastern outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, killing at least three foreign soldiers, police and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said....

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A Taliban fighter poses with weapons in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan October 30, 2009. (Reuters)

Taliban Spokesman on Girls’ Education, Al Qaeda and Angelina Jolie

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Dec 26, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Taliban spokesman Mullah Qari Yousef Ahmadi talks about the Taliban’s plans in Afghanistan following the expected pullout of US troops from the country next year. In a wide-ranging...

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Afghan president Hamid Karzai (C) inspects a guard of honor during Independence Day celebrations at the Defense Ministry compound in Kabul on August 19, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai)

Opinion: Back to the Great Game

by Amir Taheri | Dec 13, 2013 | Opinion

With the publication of the official list of presidential candidates, a key element in President Barack Obama’s strategy of retreat from Afghanistan falls into place. The Obama plan, repeatedly announced in public, is to conclude the United States’ 13-year involvement...

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses the Afghan loya Jirga, a meeting of around 2,500 Afghan tribal elders and leaders, on the first day of the four-day long loya jirga in Kabul on November 21, 2013. Afghan President Hamid Karzai backed a proposed security pact with the United States that will see up to 15,000 foreign […]

Opinion: Karzai plays hardball with the US

by Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | Nov 24, 2013 | Opinion

For a man who became President of Afghanistan and held the post for 11 years and counting pretty much entirely through US support, Hamid Karzai is giving his American backers a very hard time. With just six months to go until the presidential election in Afghanistan,...

Afghan president wants to defer signing of US deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 21, 2013 | World

Kabul, AP—The Afghan president urged tribal elders on Thursday to support a security deal with the United States that would keep thousands of American troops in the war for another decade. In a surprising about-face, however, Hamid Karzai said he didn’t trust...