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Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home. A strong, unified national police force has long eluded Afghanistan , a country torn by occupation and warfare for hundreds of years. But with the West now attempting to help turn the country from a failed state into at least a functioning one, the police will play a crucia

We are expected to fight insurgents, not just criminals   -Khan Mohammed Zazai

 

The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday. The shooting in busy Nisoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead and inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad. It touched off a string of investigations that ultimately led the State Department to cancel the company's lucrative contract to guard diplomats in Iraq. Iraqis have said they're watching cl  

U.S. Sen. John McCain predicted success in the Afghan war effort Friday if President Barack Obama makes a decision quickly to send the reinforcements requested by his top commander there. The Arizona senator told a news conference at the Halifax International Security Forum that the delay in reaching a decision on Afghan strategy is creating uncertainty within the military as the situation in Afghanistan continues to worsen. "More and more of our young men and woman are either killed or wounded so tha

More and more of our young men and woman are either killed or wounded so that lends urgency to the decision-making process   -John McCain

 

In dwelling on the need to combat corruption, to talk to the Taliban and to transfer control of policing Afghanistan from foreign troops to the country's own security institutions, Hamid Karzai did enough to appease the US and its allies, who regarded his inauguration speech as a key test of the newly reappointed President. US officials say Karzai has been given six months to clean up his government. But there were several reminders, including a subtle dig at the much-disliked British presence in the co  

In dwelling on the need to combat corruption, to talk to the Taliban and to transfer control of policing Afghanistan from foreign troops to the country's own security institutions, Hamid Karzai did enough to appease the US and its allies, who regarded his inauguration speech as a key test of the newly reappointed President. US officials say Karzai has been given six months to clean up his government. But there were several reminders, including a subtle dig at the much-disliked British presence in the co  

In dwelling on the need to combat corruption, to talk to the Taliban and to transfer control of policing Afghanistan from foreign troops to the country's own security institutions, Hamid Karzai did enough to appease the US and its allies, who regarded his inauguration speech as a key test of the newly reappointed President. US officials say Karzai has been given six months to clean up his government. But there were several reminders, including a subtle dig at the much-disliked British presence in the co  

World soccer governing body FIFA announced its decision on Friday to suspend the Iraq from playing international matches for the sake of "government interference". "In accordance with FIFA statutes, the clubs and representative teams of Iraq are no longer permitted to take part in international matches, whether friendly or competitive," read a statement on the FIFA website. Despite FIFA's decision, Iraq's women's under-16 team will be allowed to compete in a youth tournament organized by the Norwegian  

In dwelling on the need to combat corruption, to talk to the Taliban and to transfer control of policing Afghanistan from foreign troops to the country's own security institutions, Hamid Karzai did enough to appease the US and its allies, who regarded his inauguration speech as a key test of the newly reappointed President. US officials say Karzai has been given six months to clean up his government. But there were several reminders, including a subtle dig at the much-disliked British presence in the co  

Pakistan expressed fear Friday that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could push militants across the border into its territory and called on the U.S. to factor in that concern as part of its new war strategy. Meanwhile, a suspected U.S. missile strike killed eight militants in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, the second attack this week in an area believed to hold many insurgents who fled from an army offensive elsewhere in the Afghan border region. American officials generally do