Kabul
Afghan President earns $525/month
Afghan President Hamid Karzai earns just $525 a month, has less than $20,000 in the bank and owns no land or property, according to a declaration of his assets on Sunday by an anti-graft body.
‘Afghan mineral find may be worth $3 trillion’
Afghanistan’s untapped mineral wealth is worth at least $3 trillion — triple a US estimate, according to the government’s top mining official, who is going to Britain next week to attract investors to
Huge obstacles in exploiting Afghan minerals
It could take years and possibly even a peace settlement for Afghanistan to reap profits from nearly $1 trillion in mineral resources that US geologists say lie beneath its rugged terrain some in area
Taliban list is outdated: UN
The United Nations is reviewing its sanctions roster targeting Taliban and Al Qaeda figures following a call by last week’s peace conference in Afghanistan, the top UN envoy said on Saturday.
Cameron abandons Afghan base visit over attack plot
British Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to abandon a visit to a military base in Afghanistan due to suspicions that Taliban insurgents might try to shoot down his helicopter.
Cameron visits Kabul, rules out more troops
New British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that 2010 is “the vital year” for Nato to show progress in Afghanistan, and he doesn’t want British forces to stay in the country a moment longer than necessary.
More US troops die in Afghan
Two more American troops were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the military said, extending a spike of bloodshed into a second day and pushing the Nato losses in the country to 23 in just over a week
Ex-intel chief opposed peace plan?
The former head of Afghanistan’s intelligence service quit after seeing himself as an obstacle to President Hamid Karzai’s plan to reach out to insurgents for talks, he said on Monday, a day after his
Karzai orders review of Taliban detentions
President Hamid Karzai ordered a review on Sunday of all cases of Taliban suspects being held in Afghan jails and said those being detained on doubtful evidence must be released.
Afghan interior minister, intelligence chief resign
Afghanistan’s intelligence chief and interior minister resigned on Sunday to take responsibility for allowing militants to elude a massive security operation and launch an attack on last week’s national “peace jirga”. President Hamid Karzai’s office said that he had accepted the resignations of interior minister Hanif Atmar and National Directorate of Security chief Amrullah Saleh because the explanation they gave for last Wednesday’s attack was “not satisfactory”.
