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Afghan prosecutor investigating 5 current and former cabinet members

Children watch as Afghan National Army soldiers, front, and a U.S. Army soldier, back, patrol near the town of Baraki Barak, Logar province, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) (Dario Lopez-mills - AP) U.S. Army soldiers ...

From JOSHUA PARTLOW, The Washington Post,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Guard,  James Murphy,  Hamid Karzai,  Barack Obama,  Washington Post Company

Afghan President Hamid Karzai sworn in for second term

KABUL -- President Hamid Karzai set two ambitious goals in his inauguration speech Thursday: to have Afghan soldiers and police take full responsibility for security within the next five years and to root out the pervasive corruption that hobbled his ...

From JOSHUA PARTLOW, The Washington Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hamid Karzai,  Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Taliban,  White House

Karzai sworn in for 2nd term, vows to combat corruption

KABUL--President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday morning in a ceremony in which he made peace and reconciliation his top priority and said he wanted Afghans to assume control of their own security by the end of his five-year ...

From JOSHUA PARTLOW, The Washington Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Hamid Karzai,  Asif Ali Zardari,  Taliban,  Barack Obama

Karzai pressed for reforms that could bring 'end game' to Afghanistan war

Dozens of international dignitaries, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, arrived in Kabul ahead of Karzai's inauguration amid heightened security throughout the capital. Her visit comes as the Obama administration has grown ...

From JOSHUA PARTLOW, The Washington Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  George W. Bush,  Karl W Eikenberry,  Richard Holbrooke

Clinton visits Afghanistan with message on corruption

KABUL-- On the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's inauguration to a second term, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kabul Wednesday with a message that the Afghan leader needed to "make a new compact" with Afghan people by improving ...

From JOSHUA PARTLOW, The Washington Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  Hamid Karzai,  Karl W Eikenberry,  Richard Holbrooke

Afghan minister allegedly bribed

The allegation, if proved true, would mark one of the most brazen examples of corruption yet disclosed in a country where the problem has become so pervasive that it is now at the heart of Obama administration doubts over Afghan President Hamid ...

From JOSHUA PARTLOW, The Washington Post,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hamid Karzai,  Taliban,  World Bank

With dissent, ambassador to Afghanistan is thrust into political drama

Throughout the political turmoil surrounding Afghanistan's presidential elections and the Obama administration's war strategy review, Eikenberry has tread with caution. Rarely granting interviews or making public statements, the retired general turned ...

From JOSHUA PARTLOW, The Washington Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hamid Karzai,  United Nations,  Taliban,  Stanley A. McChrystal

Al Qaeda declines, Taliban rise in Afghanistan

The ascendancy of the Taliban and the relative decline of al Qaeda have broad implications for the Obama administration as it seeks to define its enemy in Afghanistan and debates deploying tens of thousands of additional troops there. Although the ...

From JOSHUA PARTLOW, San Francisco Chronicle,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Taliban,  Barack Obama,  Jalaluddin Haqqani,  Muhammad Omar

In Afghanistan, missing U.S. soldier's body found in river

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From JOSHUA PARTLOW, The Washington Post,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: 82nd Airborne Division,  NATO

In Afghanistan, Taliban leaving al-Qaeda behind

KABUL -- As violence rises in Afghanistan, the power balance between insurgent groups has shifted, with a weakened al-Qaeda relying increasingly on the emboldened Taliban for protection and the manpower to carry out deadly attacks, according to U.S. ...

From JOSHUA PARTLOW, The Washington Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Taliban,  Barack Obama,  Jalaluddin Haqqani,  Richard Barrett

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