Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1898 world Afghanistan en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:01:05 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1898 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_khan_s_road ap/20091122/as_afghanistan_khan_s_road AP world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:01:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_khan_s_road"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.386024f508f54276b94169f6f90e917b.afghanistan_khans_road_ny328.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=tYMlG_bZKZkBqu9wFduiwg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="This Nov. 3, 2009 photo shows Afghan contractor Khalid Khan, 30, during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan. Once on the front lines of the international effort to rebuild Afghanistan, the black-bearded road construction contractor now sits idle, cross-legged and quiet on the floor of the small hilltop home he moved into after he had to sell his own. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)" border="0" /></a>AP - Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_khan_s_road"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.386024f508f54276b94169f6f90e917b.afghanistan_khans_road_ny328.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=tYMlG_bZKZkBqu9wFduiwg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="This Nov. 3, 2009 photo shows Afghan contractor Khalid Khan, 30, during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan. Once on the front lines of the international effort to rebuild Afghanistan, the black-bearded road construction contractor now sits idle, cross-legged and quiet on the floor of the small hilltop home he moved into after he had to sell his own. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/wl_afp/usafghanistanmilitarymilitias afp/20091122/usafghanistanmilitarymilitias AFP world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:11:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/wl_afp/usafghanistanmilitarymilitias"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258862999244-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=BSFwf1Y4JdtVuv_LOwJXmg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Afghan Taliban fighters pose for a picture at a mosque in Ghazni province. The United States has begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias in several parts of Afghanistan in hopes for a large-scale tribal rebellion against the radical Islamic movement, The New York Times reported.(AFP/File/Mohammad Yaqubi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States has begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias in several parts of Afghanistan in hopes for a large-scale tribal rebellion against the radical Islamic movement, The New York Times reported.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/wl_afp/usafghanistanmilitarymilitias"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258862999244-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=BSFwf1Y4JdtVuv_LOwJXmg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan Taliban fighters pose for a picture at a mosque in Ghazni province. The United States has begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias in several parts of Afghanistan in hopes for a large-scale tribal rebellion against the radical Islamic movement, The New York Times reported.(AFP/File/Mohammad Yaqubi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistancanadaussummitunrestmilitary afp/20091121/afghanistancanadaussummitunrestmilitary AFP topstories Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistancanadaussummitunrestmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258836877289-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=z4S0JvnXWKlaDSwdP6AHZw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Marines of 2nd Battalion 2 Marines of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade walk back to their base after a patrol with soldiers of Afghan National Army in Lakari in Helmand Province. Despite fierce public pressure to end the war in Afghanistan eight years on, politicians and experts on Saturday decried calls for setting an exit date they say would embolden the Taliban.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Despite fierce public pressure to end the war in Afghanistan eight years on, politicians and experts on Saturday decried calls for setting an exit date they say would embolden the Taliban.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afghanistancanadaussummitunrestmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258836877289-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=z4S0JvnXWKlaDSwdP6AHZw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Marines of 2nd Battalion 2 Marines of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade walk back to their base after a patrol with soldiers of Afghan National Army in Lakari in Helmand Province. Despite fierce public pressure to end the war in Afghanistan eight years on, politicians and experts on Saturday decried calls for setting an exit date they say would embolden the Taliban.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan ap/20091121/as_afghanistan AP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:09:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.dcf93c9584ea464cb604a32d79fcd947.aptopix_afghanistan__ans101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=KyMCBVD5iq.s4aTqhWpC6Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An Afghan police officer rushes to the scene where a rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. At least two people were injured, the Afghan Interior Ministry said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding two people, the Interior Ministry said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.dcf93c9584ea464cb604a32d79fcd947.aptopix_afghanistan__ans101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=KyMCBVD5iq.s4aTqhWpC6Q--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan police officer rushes to the scene where a rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. At least two people were injured, the Afghan Interior Ministry said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest afp/20091121/afghanistanunrest AFP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:43:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258818195589-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3S3r98lNRmcykTY0MdFwyQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Afghan security forces are seen at the site of a blast near the Serena Hotel in Kabul. A rocket attack near the luxury hotel has injured four people, including two members of the Afghan security forces, a spokesman for Afghanistan's health ministry said.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A rocket attack near the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul has injured four people, including two members of the Afghan security forces, a spokesman for Afghanistan's health ministry said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258818195589-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3S3r98lNRmcykTY0MdFwyQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan security forces are seen at the site of a blast near the Serena Hotel in Kabul. A rocket attack near the luxury hotel has injured four people, including two members of the Afghan security forces, a spokesman for Afghanistan's health ministry said.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestrocket afp/20091121/afghanistanunrestrocket AFP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:15:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestrocket"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258816526793-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=PLuvDF0HnsTFdALTrMnofQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Armed Afghan police surrround the Serena Hotel in central Kabul on October 28 following a rocket attack. A new rocket attack near the hotel has wounded four people, including at least one member of the Afghan security forces, a spokesman for Afghanistan's health ministry said.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A rocket attack near the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul has injured four people, including two members of the Afghan security forces, a spokesman for Afghanistan's health ministry said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestrocket"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258816526793-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=PLuvDF0HnsTFdALTrMnofQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Armed Afghan police surrround the Serena Hotel in central Kabul on October 28 following a rocket attack. A new rocket attack near the hotel has wounded four people, including at least one member of the Afghan security forces, a spokesman for Afghanistan's health ministry said.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_security nm/20091121/us_afghanistan_security Reuters topstories Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:54:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r4070562109.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=OijVej3IhXUCC9C0j0goWA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="U.S. troops attend a ceremony in Kabul November 21, 2009. The U.S. training mission for the Afghan army and police was merged with the new NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) under a single NATO command. The new training mission will be headed by Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell and will aim to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani" border="0" /></a>Reuters - NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091121/i/r4070562109.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=OijVej3IhXUCC9C0j0goWA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. troops attend a ceremony in Kabul November 21, 2009. The U.S. training mission for the Afghan army and police was merged with the new NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) under a single NATO command. The new training mission will be headed by Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell and will aim to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestchild afp/20091121/afghanistanunrestchild AFP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:33:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestchild"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258803078453-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4takEh_kUe8ivEpyoyG6Eg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A US army personnel runs out of the helicopter to pick up an injured soldier in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, on November 7. Afghan and foreign troops killed 23 Taliban militants in separate operations a day after the president pledged to take responsibility for security in his new five-year term, police said Saturday.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A 13-year-old Afghan forced by militants to plant a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan was killed when it exploded, the interior ministry said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestchild"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258803078453-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4takEh_kUe8ivEpyoyG6Eg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US army personnel runs out of the helicopter to pick up an injured soldier in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, on November 7. Afghan and foreign troops killed 23 Taliban militants in separate operations a day after the president pledged to take responsibility for security in his new five-year term, police said Saturday.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_embattled_police ap/20091121/as_afghan_embattled_police AP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:32:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_embattled_police"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.855628b251c24e0bbb3944ce1640cfa4.afghanistan_embattled_police_ans109.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=ZpntnyyJKDSsIEzHNwBNFg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 photo, Afghan policemen try to stop cars at a mobile checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan. 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. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_embattled_police"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.855628b251c24e0bbb3944ce1640cfa4.afghanistan_embattled_police_ans109.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=ZpntnyyJKDSsIEzHNwBNFg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 photo, Afghan policemen try to stop cars at a mobile checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan. 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. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_britain_afghanistan nm/20091121/us_britain_afghanistan Reuters world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:27:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_britain_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r415253885.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=JNoa9pHQy9kpclo8o1CqAw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (R) speaks as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband listens during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Massoud Hossain/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_britain_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r415253885.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=JNoa9pHQy9kpclo8o1CqAw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (R) speaks as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband listens during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Massoud Hossain/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_us/us_afghan_us_deaths ap/20091121/us_afghan_us_deaths AP us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:05:25 GMT AP - As of Friday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/usafghanistanmilitarypoliticspelosi afp/20091121/usafghanistanmilitarypoliticspelosi AFP politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:29:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/usafghanistanmilitarypoliticspelosi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258762748881-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_VYpDHDQG3mm4DdZWs2AdA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gives a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on November 17. Calling Afghan President Hamid Karzai an "unworthy partner," a key Democratic leader warned Friday that Congress cannot fund an expanded military mission without a reliable ally in Kabul.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Calling Afghan President Hamid Karzai an "unworthy partner," a key Democratic leader warned Friday that Congress cannot fund an expanded military mission without a reliable ally in Kabul.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/pl_afp/usafghanistanmilitarypoliticspelosi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258762748881-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_VYpDHDQG3mm4DdZWs2AdA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gives a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on November 17. Calling Afghan President Hamid Karzai an "unworthy partner," a key Democratic leader warned Friday that Congress cannot fund an expanded military mission without a reliable ally in Kabul.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusnatomilitary afp/20091120/afghanistanunrestusnatomilitary AFP politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:48:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusnatomilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258753658584-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=XyDridAi8Z6A89NmYkh3iw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="US Sen. John McCain waits to be introduced prior to delivering remarks at the John Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) November 9 in Washington, DC. McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if sufficient troops are sent, as the White House mulls sending tens of thousands of reinforcements.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Senator John McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if sufficient troops are sent, as the White House mulls sending tens of thousands of reinforcements.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusnatomilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258753658584-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=XyDridAi8Z6A89NmYkh3iw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Sen. John McCain waits to be introduced prior to delivering remarks at the John Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) November 9 in Washington, DC. McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if sufficient troops are sent, as the White House mulls sending tens of thousands of reinforcements.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/pl_nm/us_afghanistan_usa_corruption nm/20091120/us_afghanistan_usa_corruption Reuters politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/pl_nm/us_afghanistan_usa_corruption"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1087712984.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hhCFoPBGakVOI8j3Ap_VAQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks at the 2009 National Guard Joint Senior Leadership Conference at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States must tighten control of Afghan aid contracts as a first step toward stemming rampant corruption, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/pl_nm/us_afghanistan_usa_corruption"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1087712984.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=hhCFoPBGakVOI8j3Ap_VAQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks at the 2009 National Guard Joint Senior Leadership Conference at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestpoliticsuscorruptionaid afp/20091120/afghanistanunrestpoliticsuscorruptionaid AFP politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:49:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestpoliticsuscorruptionaid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258748328662-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=SItIEMGZXyVnZZvpceMjHg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers keep watch in Kabul on November 18. The international community must ensure that aid and development projects in Afghanistan do not fuel corruption there, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Friday.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The international community must ensure that aid and development projects in Afghanistan do not fuel corruption in the war-torn nation, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestpoliticsuscorruptionaid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258748328662-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=SItIEMGZXyVnZZvpceMjHg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers keep watch in Kabul on November 18. The international community must ensure that aid and development projects in Afghanistan do not fuel corruption there, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Friday.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_usa_obama nm/20091120/us_afghanistan_usa_obama Reuters topstories Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:56 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/pl_nm/us_afghanistan_usa_pelosi nm/20091120/us_afghanistan_usa_pelosi Reuters politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:41:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/pl_nm/us_afghanistan_usa_pelosi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258627986375-10-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=xxZrZAAzw1AGrw4e18H.sQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for his swearing-in ceremony in Kabul. Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday and vowed to combat corruption, bring security and reach out to political rivals, under Western pressure to restore legitimacy.(AFP/Shah Marai)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an "unworthy partner" who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/pl_nm/us_afghanistan_usa_pelosi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258627986375-10-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=xxZrZAAzw1AGrw4e18H.sQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for his swearing-in ceremony in Kabul. Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday and vowed to combat corruption, bring security and reach out to political rivals, under Western pressure to restore legitimacy.(AFP/Shah Marai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_blast nm/20091120/us_afghanistan_blast Reuters world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:26 GMT Reuters - A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan killed 17 people Friday, and an Afghan lawmaker escaped a separate blast on the outskirts of Kabul but five of his bodyguards were killed, officials said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence ap/20091120/as_afghan_violence AP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:44:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/r1945652094.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=OlJNjhuc7WJHNKkqMQvDjA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="An Afghan soldier guards the streets of Kabul during Hamid Karzai's inauguration as President November 19, 2009. REUTERS/ Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS)" border="0" /></a>AP - Afghan police say Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a parliamentarian and powerful former warlord, has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt near Kabul.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/r1945652094.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=OlJNjhuc7WJHNKkqMQvDjA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan soldier guards the streets of Kabul during Hamid Karzai's inauguration as President November 19, 2009. REUTERS/ Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_france_aid ap/20091120/as_afghan_france_aid AP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:10:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_france_aid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.410481f059184bf48d90ff02d85f846f.afghanistan_xjd101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=eo0uqKJlDywFhLcfo451Rg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, is greeted by Haji Dad, who claims to be 115 years old, at the remote village of Gandha Kazarai, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Kouchner, on an overnight visit to the area, met with village elders for a traditional shura, or consultation. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" border="0" /></a>AP - France's foreign minister walked into a remote Afghan village on Friday to talk with small farmers and local tribal leaders about how to bypass corrupt officials and bring aid directly to those who need it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/afghanistan/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_france_aid"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.410481f059184bf48d90ff02d85f846f.afghanistan_xjd101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=eo0uqKJlDywFhLcfo451Rg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, is greeted by Haji Dad, who claims to be 115 years old, at the remote village of Gandha Kazarai, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Kouchner, on an overnight visit to the area, met with village elders for a traditional shura, or consultation. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)