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...May 16, 2012 at 6:16 PM KABUL, Afghanistan, May 16 (UPI) -- Military officials said a high-ranking Taliban leader was among the prisoners taken by Afghan and coalition troops in restive Helmand province Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Defense said in a written...

...to reopen NATO supply route to Afghanistan, but for a fee Key Afghanistan peace envoy, Mawlawi Arsala Rahmani, gunned down in Kabul Kidnapped American, Warren Weinstein, pleads for his life in new video More News KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- It was early in the...

...quality of governance is improving at the provincial level. There are still too many bad actors and too much interference from Kabul in the day-to-day operations of regional governments. But by one scale at least, the average quality of governance has improved...

...Afghanistan — There are few certainties for Afghanistan as the NATO troop withdrawal moves into high gear, but one thing is sure: the continental Europeans’ have a dimmer prognosis for what can be accomplished than do their American and British counterparts....

...Moulavi Arsala Rahmani was killed when a gunman drove up to his car while Rahmani was stuck in traffic on his way to work in Kabul. He was a member of the High Peace Council, which was created by President Hamid Karzai and heartily endorsed by the Pentagon....

...and justice to Afghanistan or any other country. The voices of protest in the streets of Chicago will be seen and heard in Kabul, and in Farah, and eventually in every corner of Afghanistan. As we say here, the truth is like the sun: when it comes out, nothing...

...remains able to recharge in Pakistan's tribal areas. Militants from the Haqqani network have embraced sophisticated attacks on Kabul. Despite a Herculean aid effort that has cost the West billions of dollars, Afghanistan's ineffective institutions and widespread...

...obsolete in a changing market, shaking the foundation of his family — including Obie Award winner Linda Emond (Homebody/Kabul, Intelligent Homosexual's Guide...) as wife Linda Loman; Andrew Garfield ("The Social Network," "The Amazing Spider-Man") in his Broadway...

...around the world. He says for example we have a Wellington-based ambassador accredited to Ethiopia and the African Union, while in Kabul we share costs with the British embassy. "So we're trialling all those things to try and work out how our diplomatic footprint...

...NATO prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan, Iran has stepped up efforts to increase its influence on its neighbor's territory. But Kabul's wariness of Tehran's intentions has led to tensions and to concerns that Afghanistan could once again find itself the...