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Afghan villagers stand near a destroyed vehicle following a roadside explosion in the district of Achin near Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province in this file photo of November 28, 2013 (AFP/PHOTO Noorullah Shirzada).

NATO says investigating airstrike in Afghanistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 29, 2013 | World

Kabul, Associated Press—The US-led international coalition in Afghanistan said Friday that it is investigating an airstrike it launched that killed a child and injured two women, leading to a condemnation of the attack by the country’s president. The coalition...

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai walks to address the Afghan loya jirga, a meeting of around 2,500 Afghan tribal elders and leaders, on the last day of the four-day long loya jirga in Kabul on November 24, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI)

Afghan elders back US security pact, but Karzai uncertain

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 24, 2013 | World

Kabul, Reuters—An assembly of Afghan elders endorsed on Sunday a security deal to enable US troops to operate in the country beyond next year, but President Hamid Karzai left the matter up in the air by refusing to say whether he would sign it into law. The gathering,...

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NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopters fly over the city of Mazar-i-Sharif on March 23, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ SHAH Marai)

Pakistan and Iran: Dominating Afghanistan

by Huda Al Husseini | Mar 24, 2013 | Opinion

Prior to receiving US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Afghan President Hamid Karzai stressed that “those bombs that went off in Kabul in Khost were not a show of force to America. They were in service of America. It was in service of the 2014 slogan to warn us if...