However, fighters from the former allies clashed in the northern province of Baghlan in early March and dozens of fighters from Hizb-i-Islami sought government protection. The faction further distanced itself from the Taliban by sending a delegation to Kabul to deliver a 15-point peace proposal to Hamid Karzai. The plan was not accepted, but both sides described the discussions as ...
U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, just days on the job as the new Afghan war commander, conveyed personal regrets to the Afghan government, said Brig. Gen. Josef Blotz of Germany, a NATO spokesman. There have been other incidents of NATO airstrikes mistakenly killing Afghan soldiers, but they are rare. Much more attention has been focused on halting NATO ...
KABUL, Afghanistan “We are in this to win,” Gen. David Petraeus said as he took the reins of an Afghan war effort troubled by waning support, an emboldened enemy, government corruption and a looming commitment to withdraw troops even with no sign of violence easing. Petraeus, who pioneered the counterinsurgency strategy he now oversees in ...
U.S. and Iranian officials have taken advantage of their time in Afghanistan recently to trade mutual accusations of duplicity in the country. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates got the ball rolling on March 9, when during his visit to Afghanistan he accused Tehran of playing a “double game” in which it was trying to maintain a ...