The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Hamid Karzai has said he will purge his new administration of corrupt officials a day after criticising the United Nations for demanding that he clean up his regime.
ConservativeHome's YourPlatform (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nick Burrows was a Conservative candidate for this year's European Parliament elections in Yorkshire and the Humber and was due to be monitoring the cancelled second round of the Presidential election in Afghanistan. Having taken a part-time job in order...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Senior commanders say public not convinced British troops can succeed and that purpose of mission remains unclear Growing frustration among Britain's most senior military commanders over the government's handling of the war in Afghanistan burst into the open today as they stepped up plans to restrict the number of areas in which British troops will be deployed. As another British soldier was killed...
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kabul - Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that top United Nations envoy in the country was acting beyond his authority by instructing the new government of President Hamid Karzai to exclude warlords and bring reforms. Kai Eide delivered c...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The UN Security Council on Friday called on the new Afghan government to effectively address the challenges facing the country, including security and good governance. Austria's UN Ambassador Thomas Mayr- Harting, the council president for this month, read out a council statement to the press after a closed meeting with UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who visited Afghanistan on Monday. The council members "looked...
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The UN Security Council today joined calls on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country’s political situation “delicate”.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
New York - The UN Security Council called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government to fight corruption and the drug trade while also improving security and promoting national unity in the wake of an election marred by fraud. The council also sai...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The UN Security Council has joined calls on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate".
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - UK & world news (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The UN Security Council has joined calls on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate".
Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
India's 21st-century war In an age of climate change and deepening inequality, the spreading Naxalite insurgency in India – not al-Qaeda – may show the world its future, writes Paul Rogers A YEAR on from the election of Barack Obama as United States president, the conflicts that dominated Washington's concern under his predecessor are still raging – and even increasing in intensity....
Truthdig (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Could there be a more accurate description of the Obama-Brown message of congratulations to the fraudulently elected Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan? First the Palestinians held fair elections in 2006, voted for Hamas and were brutally punished for it – they still are – and then the Iranians held fraudulent elections in June which put back the weird Mahmoud Ahmadinejad whom everyone outside...
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