Afghanistan

Britain offers visas to its Afghan interpreters

LONDON - Around 600 interpreters who serve alongside British soldiers in Afghanistan are to be offered visas to live in the UK, in a softening of the government's previous policy of encouraging them to stay in the country after British troops withdraw.

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Afghanistan's Karzai gives India military equipment 'wish list'

NEW DELHI - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday he had given a "wish list" of military equipment to India during a visit this week, presenting a conundrum for New Delhi as it weighs whether arming the Afghan army is in its interests.

World, 22 May 2013

Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"

KABUL - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago.

Lifestyle, United Nations 21 May 2013

Coordinated Taliban attacks in Afghan south kill six policemen

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan - Dozens of Taliban insurgents launched coordinated attacks on Afghan checkpoints in the south on Tuesday, killing at least six Afghan policemen, officials said, adding that a clash was going on.

World, 21 May 2013

With end of Afghan war in sight, Europe pushes business

HERAT, Afghanistan - The European Union threw its weight behind developing Afghanistan's small but promising private sector this week, in the hope that business can usher in stability and peace once foreign troops leave by the end of next year.

World, 20 May 2013

Pepsi to march in, as foreign troops leave Afghanistan

KABUL - PepsiCo will open its first plant in Afghanistan in 2014, its Afghan partner said on Monday, the same year foreign troops complete their withdrawal from the country after 13 years of war.

World, 20 May 2013

Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan

KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with Pakistan.

World, 19 May 2013

Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law

KABUL - Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a decade ago.

World, 18 May 2013

Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country.

Politics, U.S., 17 May 2013

Fearing Afghan instability, Russia mulls border troops

KABUL - Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next year, is considering deploying border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border, Moscow's envoy to Kabul told Reuters in an interview.

World, Russia, United Nations 17 May 2013

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