... of traditionally designed Afghan rugs that have been made in and around Afghanistan for many centuries. What differentiates the Afghan rug from the Persian style is the pattern-work and also in some ... By the way, Bukhara is in fact a city in Uzbekistan and not in Afghanistan but an Afghan rug does not necessarily have to come from Afghanistan itself. Many surrounding nations have adopted the style ...

... Human Rights Watch said that more than half the women and girls in Afghan prisons were held for “moral crimes&# ... adultery or running away from home – although the latter is not a crime under Afghan or Islamic law. “Whether it is a high-profile ... legislation, which Karzai had promised to review. Although western and Afghan politicians like to hail the increase in school building ...

... to have to cover two or three dozen TICs a day, during the peak of the Afghan fighting season. Every decision has second- and third-order effects. Fighter jets, ... Push Back Firepower Trumps ‘Soft Power’ in This Afghan Town Danger Room in Afghanistan: Helmand’s Bomb ... . Air War Flying Air Force Cargo Crew Delivers, Afghan War Continues No Bombs Means No Problems for Garmsir’ ...

When you torture the language enough, you can probably make it say anything, rather like an Afghan detainee. And recently we've been forced to witness a linguistic vivisection of nearly unparalleled ... Clinton did have sex with that woman. And our forces handed prisoners over to the Afghan authorities to be tortured. And both the military and the government have been desperately trying to cover ...

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, told Congress Tuesday that he's confident he now has both the strategy and resources he needs in Afghanistan. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, initially wary of a troop increase coming before a crackdown on corruption, said he's satisfied that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has expressed the right intentions.

... commitment but acknowledged that there was a “realism on our part that it will be some time before Afghanistan is able to sustain its security forces entirely on its own.” The news conference came just hours after as many as a dozen people were killed during an American raid in Laghman Province, Afghan officials said, prompting hundreds of villagers to march in protest. Read entire article

... forces, but it seems clear that some will be sent. It's not for nothing that the Pentagon is ramping up new Afghan bases and reinforcing old ones. Undoubtedly, the President' ... 39;t enough, of course, we have the path to defeat already well cleared by the Russians in their Afghan fiasco of the 1980s, when they had just as many troops in the field as we would have if I had chosen ...

... U.S. in Augustfrom a 10-month deployment in eastern Afghanistan, said that Afghan forces, even when they arrived, often “would just be following behind without actively participating” in missions. ... the U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, is focusing on the need to “partner with the Afghan National Army and its commanders. Were all aware that there needs to be more focus on this and ...

... is no less self-serving or self-defeating. Although the Bush administration handpicked the Afghan president and claims to want to extend his authority throughout the country, it refuses to ... require Afghanistan to purchase American agricultural products in preference to their own, thus putting Afghan farmers out of business or driving even more of them into the poppy trade. (The percentage of aid ...

... I owe you a mission that is clearly defined and worthy of your service. And that's why, after the Afghan voting was completed, I insisted on a thorough review of our strategy. Now, let me ... begin to come home. These are the resources that we need to seize the initiative, while building the Afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible transition of our forces out of Afghanistan. I do not ...

... in fact illegal. Nasrullah Stanikzai, professor of law at Kabul University, says that according to Afghan and international law, the right to hold citizens against their will belongs solely to a nation ... asserts that those held at Bagram have not been found guilty of any crime and no Afghan court has seen evidence against them. What is known is that prisoners have been treated severely at the old ...

... owe you a mission that is clearly defined and worthy of your service. And that’s why, after the Afghan voting was completed, I insisted on a thorough review of our strategy. Now, let ... begin to come home. These are the resources that we need to seize the initiative, while building the Afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible transition of our forces out of Afghanistan. I do not ...

... -dollar business conglomerates, financed by American as well as Afghan tax dollars and connected to powerful political ... filled me in on another exclusive contract the company had secured from the Afghan government only days before for an additional $17 million ... claimed that he had never even heard of the company. He then shot a glance at my Afghan assistant and said in Dari: "That's Marshal ...

... filled me in on another exclusive contract the company had secured from the Afghan government only days before for an additional $17 million ... claimed that he had never even heard of the company. He then shot a glance at my Afghan assistant and said in Dari: "That's Marshal ... 2007. He even agreed to put $20 million of Afghan funds into the project -- after being assured that the U.S. would pay ...

... affairs sources. The instruction - issued soon after allegations of torture by Afghan authorities began appearing in public - was aimed ... News will be quickly breaking after the testimony. UpDate: All Afghan detainees likely tortured: diplomat All detainees transferred ... Canadians care? One may ask rhetorically, 'Even if Afghan detainees were being tortured, why should Canadians care?' ...