MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Taliban reopen northern front in AfghanistanGovernment, U.S. trainers missed warning signs, say international officialsA German soldier prepares to join a patrol in a mountainous region east of Kunduz, Afghanistan, in September. Anja Niedringhaus / AP fileVideo Nov. 26: Thanksgiving at Camp Eggers, Afghanistan, was a poignant mix of thoughts and prayers for loved ones back home and good...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
shareemailprintfont sizeoptions ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS / Associated Press An Afghan policeman at a mobile checkpoint in Kabul. A stronger police force is key to an ambitious security strategy. READER FEEDBACK Posted on Sun, Nov. 22, 2009 Weak police hindering Afghan securityWithout enough guns or training, officers must "fight insurgents, not just criminals."By Elena Becatoros Associated PressKABUL,...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) KABUL -- Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.A strong, unified national...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Afghan president sworn in to second 5-year term Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai greets the guards of honor as he arrives to the Presidential Palace for his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. After being sworn in to a second five-year term, Karzai said his government was doing whatever it could to implement reforms. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) By Kathy Gannon...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, is welcomed by top U.S. commander Gen. Stanley McChystal, left, and U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry at the military airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Clinton arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Font Size Share this story with friendsThe Afghan army music corps play during a rehearsal at their base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. The group met for a final rehearsal before Thursday's inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)(AP)Under intense pressure to fix his corrupt government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought to strike...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
KABUL, Afghanistan — In what amounted to a stern pep talk by a nervous partner, Secretary of State arrived here on Wednesday to exhort President and his government to do a better job of cracking down on corruption in . Anja Niedringhaus/Associated PressSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was met by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal at the military airport in Kabul on Wednesday. RelatedTimes...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
KABUL, Afghanistan — In what amounted to a stern pep talk by a nervous partner, Secretary of State arrived here on Wednesday to exhort President and his government to do a better job of cracking down on corruption in .Anja Niedringhaus/Associated PressSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was met by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal at the military airport in Kabul on Wednesday. RelatedTimes...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
KABUL, Afghanistan — In what amounted to a stern pep talk by a nervous partner, Secretary of State arrived here on Wednesday to exhort President and his government to do a better job of cracking down on corruption in .Anja Niedringhaus/Associated PressSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, is welcomed by top U.S. commander Stanley A. McChrystal, left, and U.S. Ambassador Karl...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Clinton arrives in Afghanistan for inaugurationPresident Karzai set to be sworn-in after fraud-tainted electionThe Afghan army music corps play during a rehearsal in Kabul on Wednesday. The group met for a final rehearsal before Thursday's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai. Anja Niedringhaus / APNov. 15: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses Afghanistan with NBC’s David Gregory...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... to send hundreds of workers safely out of the country will impact humanitarian work. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) KABUL -- Its protracted presidential election has finally been decided, but Afghanistan is on hold.President Barack Obama hasn't said how many troops he'll send. Speculation abounds about whether Afghan President Hamid Karzai will assemble a Cabinet of reformers or political...
BAGnewsNotes (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The AP couldn't express it in any bigger terms. As long as Stanley and the U.S.A. are fronting for the crooked and discredited Karzai, we've got nothing to say. (photo: Anja Niedringhaus. caption: Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander for Afghanistan, talks in front of a giant poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a ceremony with the Afghan Air Force in Kabul,...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... transport planes were donated by Italy and the United States to the Afghan Air Force. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (Anja Niedringhaus - AP) A NATO French Foreign Legion soldier identifies the target during a rocket propelled grenade attack fired by insurgents during operation Avallon in the Tagab Valley, some 50 kilometers east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday Nov. 15,...
Mike Hudack (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
retropolitics : An American soldier wears a poppy emblem stuck to his uniform during a ceremony marking Veterans Day at the U.S. Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( via )
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... ethnic German may plan attacks on German military or civilian institutions in Afghanistan. Anja Niedringhaus / APEurope video Nov. 14: It took 2 months to set the nearly 4.5 million dominos that fell at the annual Domino Day event in the Netherlands. NBC’s Lester Holt reports. NBC World BlogBreaking news alerts (about 1 per day) to sign up or text NEWS to MSNBC (67622).Find more alerts...
