WASHINGTON (PAN): The United States may keep a force of 6,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when Afghan forces will be responsible for security across the country, a top American Senator has said.
KABUL (PAN): The United States has strongly condemned Thursday suicide bombing that killed 15 people, including six Americans, and wounded more than 40 others in Kabul.
KABUL (PAN): A senior Pentagon official has indicated during a congressional hearing the war on Al-Qaida and its affiliate will continue for a decade or two, an American newspaper reported on Friday.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Praising the intelligence-generating capabilities of Afghan forces, a top American general based in Kabul on Wednesday said the US could hardly replicate such a network.
WASHINGTON (PAN): A top American senator has asked President Barack Obama to explain alleged cash payments to President Hamid Karzai’s office by the CIA, arguing such a move not only lacks accountability but also encourages corruption.
WASHINGTON (PAN): A US marine who was found in a YouTube video urinating on corpse of Taliban fighter, will now face court martial, the Pentagon has said.
WASHINGTON (PAN): New Special Representatives for Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbins is making his first overseas trip to Berlin and Brussels, the State Department said on Monday.
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.
