Quote of the Day: Mayor of Kabul Wants $2 Billion a Year from US, Write That...
“We want them to write down that America will give for Afghanistan’s security $2 billion a year — or at least two billion a year. (…] If they want to give us more, they are welcome.” Hamid Karzai...
View ArticleUS Mission Afghanistan: To 2024 and Beyond – That’s A-OK ‘Cuz Our Soldiers...
According to news report, the United States is promising to help defend Afghanistan militarily for at least the next decade after Afghan forces formally take full control of the their country’s...
View ArticleClinton Makes Pit Stop in Kabul En Route to Tokyo, Declares Afghanistan New MNNA
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan during on an unannounced visit to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai ahead of the Tokyo...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: President Karzai Awards Afghanistan State Medal to US...
On July 16, President Karzai awarded Ambassador Ryan Crocker “the Allama Sayed Jamaluddin Afghan prestigious state medal for strengthening the strategic partnership between the U.S. and Afghanistan.”...
View ArticleJohn Kerry in Kabul: Brokering an Election Dispute Agreement in Photos
– Domani Spero Via NYT: KABUL, Afghanistan — Secretary of State John Kerry spent a second day here in the Afghan capital on Saturday shuttling between the top two presidential contenders and the...
View ArticleUrgent Afghanistan Message: Need $537 Million, Send Money At Once … or This Week
– Domani Spero WaPo’s Tim Craig reported today that Afghanistan has nearly run out of money: Afghanistan’s central government is nearly broke and needs a $537 million bailout from the United States...
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