WASHINGTON (PAN): US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday reviewed progress in Afghanistan, expressing satisfaction with the pace of security transition.
WASHINGTON (PAN): The Obama administration on Thursday refuted President Hamid Karzai’s remarks on America’s demand for nine military bases in Afghanistan, saying it had no intention to have a permanent presence in the South Asian country.
WASHINGTON (PAN): America’s cost of war in Afghanistan has increased this year because of the closure of key ground supply lines by Pakistan, a top Pentagon official has said.
WASHINGTON (PAN): US Secretary of State John Kerry would discuss the current situation in Afghanistan and the post-2014 transition with leaders of Russia and Italy during his trip to Moscow and Rome this week, his spokesperson said Monday.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday announced the appointment of veteran diplomat James Dobbins as new Special US Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, replacing Marc Grossman.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Describing recent incidents of border clashes as troubling, the United States on Friday urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve their dispute peacefully and bilaterally.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Britain promised on Thursday it would not abandon Afghan interpreters with its military but the Afghan government would like to see as many of these people as possible making their future in their country.
WASHINGTON (PAN): US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and his British counterpart Philip Hammond on Thursday said their mission in Afghanistan was on track, reiterating their commitment to building strong and effective Afghan security forces.
WASHINGTON (PAN): The Obama administration is renewing its efforts to repatriate or transfer detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, the White House said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (PAN): US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met his German counterpart Thomas de Maizière on Tuesday to discuss the security transition process in Afghanistan, a Pentagon spokesman said.
