Storm Sandy: Obama surveys devastation in Atlantic City - BBC

US President Barack Obama has toured the state of New Jersey, to survey the devastation two days after the huge storm, Sandy, made landfall nearby.- Obama visits storm disaster zone
بازدید اوباما از مناطق آسیب دیده نیوجرسی

دیدار کرزی با بازماندگان قربانیان حادثه عید قربان در فاریاب

تقویم انتخابات آینده ریاست جمهوری افغانستان رسما اعلام شد

کمیسیون مستقل انتخابات افغانستان جدول زمانی کامل روند برگزاری انتخابات ریاست جمهوری آینده را رسما اعلام کرد. - تقویم انتخابات آینده ریاست جمهوری افغانستان رسما اعلام شد
تاریخ برگزاری انتخابات ریاست جمهوری آینده افغانستان مشخص شد
BBC - ثروت پنهان افغانستان

With City Struggling for Footing, Some Transit Is Restored - nytimes

With millions of people preparing to spend their third night without power, local, state and federal authorities continued to push to restore basic services on Wednesday even as they outlined temporary plans to help residents in a region still crippled by damage from Hurricane Sandy. - With City Struggling for Footing, Some Transit Is Restored
Obama, Republican Christie tour storm-hit New Jersey, trade praise
As Syria Escalates Bombing, US Urges New Anti-Assad Bloc

Obama, Christie find common cause in tour of storm - latimes

President Obama joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie  for a tour of the storm-ravaged coast here, praising his newfound Republican ally as “responsive and aggressive” in his efforts to make sure his state “got out in front of this incredible storm.”- Obama, Christie find common cause in tour of Sandy's damage
Afghan commission sets presidential election for April 2014

Saudis to build major Islamic centre in Afghanistan

KABUL — Saudi Arabia will build a massive Islamic centre complete with a university and a mosque in Afghanistan, an Afghan minister said Monday, describing the project as "grand and unique".- Saudis to build major Islamic centre in Afghanistan - AFP
Saudi Arabia to build major Islamic center in Afghanistan-Al-Arabiya
عربستان بزرگترین مرکز اسلامی افغانستان را میسازد

In Afghan war, enter Sir Mortimer Durand - Reuters

When the British decided to define the outer limits of their Indian empire, they fudged the question. After two disastrous wars in Afghanistan, they sent the Foreign Secretary of India, Sir Mortimer Durand, to Kabul in 1893 to agree the limits of British and Afghan influence. The result was the Durand Line which Pakistan considers today as its border and Afghanistan refuses to recognise.

In a review of historical documents on the original 1893 agreement and published by RUSI (subscription), authors Bijan Omrani and Frank Ledwidge conclude that the Durand Line was never meant to be an international border.

The research paper argues that the agreement negotiated by Durand with Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman fixed only “the limit of their respective spheres of influence” rather than being a clear delineation of sovereignty. It quotes a memorandum written by Sir Denis Fitzpatrick, the Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab and therefore the most senior official overseeing the frontier at the time, writing in 1896 that:

But perhaps there is a need for outside, UN, mediation. This is too difficult an issue to be resolved by a few short words from the United States that “we see this as the internationally recognised boundary.” MORE,  In Afghan war, enter Sir Mortimer Durand - Myra MacDonald

Sandy's U.S. death toll reaches 48; 8 million without power - latimes

BEACH HAVEN, N.J. — Hurricane Sandy’s departure from the Northeast on Tuesday brought no hint of relief, revealing instead a terrible tableau of splintered trees, severed beaches and shuttered businesses, and the harsh reality that the storm will test even the most hardened resolve in the weeks to come. - Sandy's US death toll reaches 48; 8 million without power

Taliban Hits Region Seen as 'Safest' for Afghans

After years of relative tranquility, Bamian Province, a rugged area once known for its ancient Buddha statues, has come under attack by insurgents seeking to complete their stranglehold of Kabul. - Taliban Hits Region Seen as 'Safest' for Afghans
Afghans Say Presidential Election Date Is Set for April 2014 - nytimes

Superstorm moves on, leaving devastation behind in N.Y., N.J. - washingtonpost

Sandy, the hybrid hurricane/nor’easter, began to lose steam Tuesday as it drifted across Pennsylvania and veered toward Canada. - Superstorm moves on, leaving devastation behind in N.Y., N.J. - The

Afghanistan Sets Presidential Vote for 2014 - WSJ

KABUL— Afghanistan's election commission set the next presidential election for April 5, 2014, kicking off a race that would choose Hamid Karzai's successor and unfold as U.S.-led forces leave the country. - Afghan Presidential Poll Is Set for 2014

Afghan presidential vote due April 5, 2014: official

KABUL — Presidential elections seen as crucial to Afghanistan's stability after the withdrawal of NATO troops at the end of 2014 will be held on April 5 that year, a poll official said Tuesday.- Afghan presidential vote due April 5, 2014: official - AFP
Afghans Say Election Date Is Set for 2014 - nytimes

Northeast Suffers Huge Damage in Storm’s Path; Millions Without Power - nytimes

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which left a trail of deadly destruction, devastating power failures and extensive flooding, millions of people in the New York metropolitan region spent Tuesday assessing the damage and preparing for the possibility that it could be days or even weeks before life returned to normal. - Northeast Suffers Huge Damage in Storm's Path; Millions Without
Storm Continues on a Path of Destruction

Storm Sandy causes severe flooding in eastern US

"Super-storm" Sandy has swept into the US East Coast with hurricane-force winds, bringing severe flooding, cutting power and claiming 13 lives. - Severe flooding as Sandy strikes - BBC
توفان سندی در راه آمریکا ۶۰ قربانی گرفت

Power outages, evacuations grow: State-by-state storm damage - wasingtonpost

Here’s a state-by-state look, at a glance, at damage from and preparations for Sandy. For those wanting a more in-depth view from the Washington area, click here. - Power outages, evacuations grow: State-by-state storm damage

Millions Without Power Across Region; Storm Surge Floods Tunnels in Manhattan

Hurricane Sandy battered the mid-Atlantic region on Monday, its powerful gusts and storm surges causing once-in-a-generation flooding in coastal communities, knocking down trees and power lines and leaving more than five million people — including a large swath of Manhattan — in the rain-soaked dark. At least seven deaths in the New York region were tied to the storm. - Storm Barrels Ashore, Leaving Path of Destruction - nytimes

احمد ظاهر: زندگی آخر سر آید بندگی در کار نیست

زنــــدگی آخر سر آیـــد بندگــی در کـــار نیست-  بنـــــدگی گر شرط باشد زنـــدگی در کار نیست  - گـــر فشار دشمنان آبت کنـــــد مسکیــن مشــــو ...... احمد ظاهر: زندگی آخر سر آید بندگی در کار نیست‎ YouTube 

Afghanistan, Towards a better land - Economist

PUT aside, for a moment, the vast costs of the long war in Afghanistan against the Taliban—in terms of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent and the lives lost since the American invasion in 2001. Put aside, too, the overblown and at times dishonest Western claims in the past about the kind of Afghanistan that would emerge. The question today is what prospects Afghanistan faces and how to realise the best outcome there. - Much has gone wrong in Afghanistan. But the progress that has been made should not be thrown away 
Afghanistan's hard road to 2014: All change - The Economist

حامد مير د پاکستان او طالبانو له مهمو اړيکو پرده پورته کړه

حامد میر وویل چې افغان طالبان په ۱۹۹۶ کې د پاکستان د آی آیس آی او د امریکا د سي آی اې له لوري رامنځته شول او حتي د طالبانو له مشرملا عمر سره د ده مرکې ته اسانتیاوې رحمان ملک برابرې کړې وې.  - حامد مير د پاکستان او طالبانو له مهمو اړيکو پرده پورته کړه
د پښتونخوا والې: پنجاب حکومت دترهګرو ملاتړکوي - Larawbar.

Hurricane Sandy Pummels East Coast - nytimes

Hurricane Sandy churned relentlessly through the Atlantic Ocean on Monday on the way to carving what forecasters agreed would be a devastating path on land that is expected to paralyze life for millions of people in more than a half-dozen states, with extensive evacuations, once-in-a-generation flooding, widespread power failures and disruptions of mass transit.- Hurricane Sandy Pummels East Coast

Hurricane Sandy floods beach towns; East Coast cities brace for impact - washingtonpost

Hurricane Sandy paralyzed much of the East Coast well before the enormous storm’s expected landfall Monday evening, as howling winds, torrential rain, and heavy surf pummeled beach towns, closed federal, state and local government offices, shut down most transportation and forced residents in several major cities to hunker down or evacuate. - Hurricane Sandy floods beach towns; East Coast cities brace for ..
Hurricane Sandy marches north toward Mid-Atlantic coast - The ...

دیدار کرزی با بازماندگان قربانیان حادثه عید قربان در فاریاب

این حمله انتحاری در اولین روز از ایام عید قربان و در مقابل مسجد جامع شهر میمنه در میان گروهی از مردمی که برای برگزاری نماز عید قربان تجمع کرده بودند، روی داد. بیشتر قربانیان این حادثه غیرنظامیان بودند. - دیدار کرزی با بازماندگان قربانیان حادثه عید قربان در فاریاب
کرزي د فاریاب له خلکو سره خواخوږي وکړه
روزنامه های کابل: دوشنبه، ۸ عقرب

At Afghanistan university, disputed name turns into fighting word - latimes

Students tired of the violence in Afghanistan opposes naming Kabul Education University after a former warlord. Their chancellor criticizes their stubbornness.- At Afghanistan university, disputed name turns into fighting word
Suicide bomber kills 40 at Afghanistan mosque

Spectre of civil war haunts Afghans - JOHN D McHUGH

THE WAR in Afghanistan is complicated, and the more time I spend there, the more I am convinced of one truth: anyone who thinks himself an Afghan expert is a fool. - Spectre of civil war haunts Afghans

Surveillance Act Criticized, But Can It Be Fought?

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday considers whether to allow a challenge to a federal law that provides for large-scale electronic surveillance of international phone calls and emails. The case is not a direct test of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Rather, it is a test of whether the law can even be challenged in court at all. - Surveillance Act Criticized, But Can It Be Fought? Afghan Army Seeks Better Equipment, But Lacks Basic US military's rapid expansion in Afghanistan called into question

Hurricane Sandy: US states begin storm shutdown

Barack Obama has warned Americans to take Hurricane Sandy seriously as authorities started shutting down the eastern seaboard ahead of its arrival.- US states begin storm shutdown
اعلام وضعیت اضطراری در ایالت‌های شرقی آمریکا

عربستان بزرگترین مرکز اسلامی افغانستان را می‌سازد

عربستان سعودی قصد دارد یک مرکز بزرگ اسلامی را به نام مرکز اسلامی ملک عبدالله که در سطح منطقه "بی نظیر" خوانده شده، در افغانستان اعمار کند.-  عربستان بزرگترین مرکز اسلامی افغانستان را می‌سازد
روزنامه های کابل: چهارشنبه، ۳ عقرب

Afghanistan Imaginary Durand Line

Afghanland.com Afghanistan Imaginary Durand Line
When Afghans Look to Border With Pakistan, They Don't See a ...  nytimes

Memo From Afghanistan - When Afghans Look to Border With Pakistan, They Don’t See a Fixed Line

KABUL, Afghanistan — It is perhaps a measure of the growing anxiety in Afghanistan that an American envoy’s seemingly innocuous comments about a border first laid down in the 19th century could provoke a week of defiant missives from Afghan officials and fearful murmurings about conspiracies being hatched in Washington and Islamabad.

The border, of course, is no simple boundary: It is the Durand Line, named for the British colonial official who drew it up to separate Imperial Britain’s Indian possessions from Afghanistan — dividing traditionally Pashtun lands between Afghanistan and what would later become Pakistan. To the world at large today, the line, however contentious, is official.  MORE - When Afghans Look to Border With Pakistan, They Don't See a ... - nytimes
The partition of Afghanistan for peace - defence.pk

Hurricane Sandy causes evacuations, closings throughout East Coast - washingtonpost

The Washington region’s entire public transit system — Metro, Virginia Railway Express and the Maryland Transportation System — ceased operations. Schools, colleges and universities closed Monday, and some have already announced they’ll close Tuesday and Wednesday as well. - Hurricane Sandy marches north toward Mid-Atlantic coast

Iranians Build Up Afghan Clout - WSJ

Iran's main vehicle for spreading its influence across its eastern border is the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee, or IKRC, a secretive aid organization that operates around the world. The U.S. blacklisted IKRC's branch in Lebanon two years ago for aiding Hezbollah. - Iran Uses Aid to Build Afghan Influence

Officials: 40 killed as suicide bomber attacks Afghan mosque - NBCNews

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 40 people and wounding more than 50, government and hospital officials said. -  Officials: 40 killed as suicide bomber attacks Afghan mosque
Suicide Bomb Rips Through Afghan Mosque, Kills at Least 40 - WSJ

The Nixon test - Daniel Markey

Back in the summer of 2011, the editor of Foreign Affairs journal, Gideon Rose, suggested in the pages of The New York Times that the Obama administration draw lessons from the experience of the Vietnam War and implement a “Neo-Nixonian” strategy in Afghanistan.  - The Nixon test - indianexpress
The Candidates on Afghanistan - CFR

We're winning in Afghanistan: Why hasn't the media noticed?

The editorial reflects the growing effort to justify and rationalize our abandonment of Afghanistan, just as we did after the Soviets left - We're Winning in Afghanistan - STEWART UPTON
The Myth That Screwed Up 50 Years of U.S. Foreign Policy

'بریتانیا قادر به ایجاد نظام حکومتی پایدار در افغانستان نیست'

اعضای کمیته توسعه بین المللی در پارلمان بریتانیا در گزارشی به وزارت توسعه بین المللی این کشور توصیه کرده اند بودجه کمک به افغانستان را به جای تلاش برای تقویت تشکیلات سیاسی آن کشور، به اجرای طرح های عمرانی به منظور "نجات افغان ها از فقر" اختصاص دهد.- 'بریتانیا قادر به ایجاد نظام حکومتی پایدار در افغانستان نیست'
Afghanistan may never be 'viable state' warn MPs
Afghanistan: Development progress and prospects after 2014

Afghanistan may never be 'viable state' warn MPs

The report said it was vitally important not to abandon the people of Afghanistan - especially the country's women - after UK troops end their combat role in the country at the end of 2014. - Afghanistan may never be 'viable state' warn MPs  Afghanistan: Development progress and prospects after 2014 

Human trafficking, prostitution thrive in Afghanistan - dw.de

Thousands of Afghan girls and boys are trafficked into neighboring countries and sold into slavery each year. Though it is taboo, prostitution is alive and thriving - at the cost of those forced to work in it. - Human trafficking, prostitution thrive in Afghanistan
'Kabul is less conservative than Pakistani cities' - Thomas Baerthlein

پښتنو ملتپالو ګوندونو د ډیورنډ په اړه د ګروسمن څرګندونې وغندلې

"لر او بر افغان يو ولس دى، يو ملت دى او دا کرښه هيڅ وخت نه لر او نه بر افغان منلې ده. که غلط ونه اوسم دا د ملګرو ملتونو په منشور کې هم راغلي، چې که له يوه وېش او کرښې څخه يو ملت اغېزمن کېږي، د دې پرېکړه به د کرښې دواړو غاړو ته پراته خلک کوي، د دې واک نه له افغان حکومت، ولسمشر کرزي سره او نه د پاکستان له حکومت سره شته، د دې واک له هغو ولسونو سره دى چې د دې کرښې له امله اغېزمن دي. - پښتنو ملتپالو ګوندونو د ډیورنډ په اړه د ګروسمن څرګندونې وغندلې

Neuroscientist Sees 'Proof of Heaven' in Week-Long Coma - Nightline

Alexander, a Harvard neurosurgeon, nearly died four years ago when a ferocious E. coli meningitis infection attacked his brain and plunged him deep into a week-long coma. Brain scans showed his entire cortex -- the parts of the brain that give us consciousness, thought, memory and understanding -- was not functioning. - Neuroscientist Sees 'Proof of Heaven' in Week-Long Coma
Neurosurgeon Describes Heaven He Saw While in Coma - ABC News

History of Afghanistan - Nations Online Project

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: - In the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42), the British deposed Dost Mohammad, but they abandoned their Afghan garrisons in 1842. In the following decades, Russian forces approached the northern border of Afghanistan. In 1878 the British invaded and held most of Afghanistan in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. In 1880 Abdur Rahman, a Durrani, began a 21-year reign that saw the balancing of British and Russian interests, the consolidation of the Afghan tribes, and the reorganization of civil administration into what is considered the modern Afghan state. During this period, the British secured the Durand Line (1893), dividing Afghanistan from British colonial territory to the southeast and sowing the seeds of future tensions over the division of the Pashtun tribes. Abdur Rahman’s son Habibullah (ruled 1901–19) continued his father’s administrative reforms and maintained Afghanistan’s neutrality in World War I.- History of Afghanistan - Nations Online Project  Library of Congress
Afghanistan, a country study - Edited by Peter R. Blood

How American Exceptionalism Dooms U.S. Foreign Policy - National Interest

With each passing year, America has more trouble making foreign policy. One reason for this is embedded in our nation’s DNA—and hence left mostly unexamined.How American Exceptionalism Dooms US Foreign Policy  - Morton Abramowitz
Washington's Endless War - Doug Bandow
Obama and Romney: War Is Peace - Anthony Gregory

Informant: NYPD paid me to 'bait' Muslims

NEW YORK (AP) — A paid informant for the New York Police Department's intelligence unit was under orders to "bait" Muslims into saying inflammatory things as he lived a double life, snapping pictures inside mosques and collecting the names of innocent people attending study groups on Islam, he told The Associated Press. - NYPD Paid Informant to 'Bait' Muslims

Syrian Warplanes Strike Rebel-Held Town in North

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes on Tuesday struck a strategic rebel-held town in the country's north in an attempt to reopen a key supply route, activists said, as a U.N.-proposed cease-fire meant to start this week appeared increasingly unlikely to take hold. - Syrian Warplanes Strike Rebel-Held Town in North
Syrian Warplanes Strike Rebel-Held Town in North

"د ډیورنډ کرښې په اړه پرېکړه د ولس کار دی"

د افغانستان او پاکستان لپاره د امریکا د متحده ایالاتو د ځانګړي استازي مارک ګرواسمین هغه څرګندونې، چې ګواکي هېواد یې د ډېورنډ کرښه د دوو هېوادونو تر منځ د رسمي پولي په توګه پېژني، د افغان مقاماتو له خوا د بې اهمیته موضوع په توګه بلل شوې دي. - "د ډیورنډ کرښې په اړه پرېکړه د ولس کار دی"
"له امریکا پرته نور هېوادونه هم د ډیورنډ کرښه مني"
روزنامه های کابل: چهارشنبه، ۳ عقرب

No change in stance on Durand Line: Faizi

KABUL (PAN): Statements on the legal status of the Durand Land would in no way affect the Afghan people’s decision or the government’s standpoint on the issue, the presidential spokesman said on Wednesday. - No change in stance on Durand Line: Faizi
Kabul Rejects U.S. Envoy Statement On Durand Line - rferl
Kabul Rejects US Envoy Statement On Durand Line

Laura Bush encourages Americans to rally around 15-year-old Pakistani girl - Dallas Morning News

And on Fox News, the former first lady said there are many opportunities to do that and offered the George W. Bush Institute’s women’s initiative as an example.  The initiative’s fellowship program, which focuses on networking, is currently working with women in Egypt -- Laura Bush encourages Americans to rally around 15-year-old ...   Laura Bush: Malala Yousafzai's courage challenges us to act -   Laura Bush on campaigns' final days: 'I know people are ...

Fear Trails a Test of Afghan Pullout - WSJ

President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney, when asked during Monday's presidential debate what they would do if the Afghans were unable to handle their own security by then, both reiterated their commitment to a 2014 withdrawal. - Fear Trails a Test of Afghan Pullout

Reporting a Fearful Rift Between Afghans and Americans - ALISSA J. RUBIN

SISAY OUTPOST, Afghanistan — How far is Kabul from the war? These days, if you drive south or west, no more than an hour and a half. You can go and be back for dinner — if you aren’t kidnapped or blown up.- Reporting a Fearful Rift Between Afghans and Americans

A country united, for a change - David Ignatius

There are moments when you can glimpse an emerging bipartisan consensus on foreign policy, and Monday night’s presidential debate was one of them: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney knew they were speaking to a war-weary country and talked in nearly identical terms about bringing troops home, avoiding new conflicts — and countering terrorism without embracing a “global war.” - A country united, for a change - The Washington Post

Clinton stumps at UC Irvine - Daily Pilot

President Bill Clinton endorsed a slate of Democratic congressional candidates in a rally Tuesday night at UC Irvine.  -- He said he is a longtime friend of the Golden State, which he visited 29 times in his first term. He called California the "state of the future." - Clinton stumps at UC Irvine --- Bill Clinton rallies a crowd of nearly 5000 in Irvine - OCRegister
Clinton leads rally for 5 congressional candidates at UC Irvine  latimes

Farewell to Afghanistan, with sadness and affection

A Times correspondent ending a three-year assignment reflects on the fears and horrors, but also on the beauty and people that will make her miss Afghanistan. - Farewell to Afghanistan, with sadness and affection - Laura King, Los Angeles Times

Avoiding Another Civil War - Daily Beast‎

Afghans have reasons to be concerned about their country’s future. But a return to the chaos and violence of the 1990s is not inevitable. Javid Ahmad on what needs to be done. - Avoiding Another Civil War - Javid Ahmad

Poll finds 20 of 21 countries strongly prefer Obama (exception: Pakistan)

The poll surveyed many of the world’s most populous countries. It emphasized famously Obama-friendly Western Europe but skipped Russia and the Arab Middle East. Here are the results from Globescan’s report: - Poll finds 20 of 21 countries strongly prefer Obama (exception ...
Plan for hunting terrorists signals U.S. intends to ... washingtonpost

Afghanistan optimism at the presidential foreign policy debate - washingtonpost

“I nearly spit out my drink when Romney said the Afghanistan surge had ‘worked,’” Tufts professor Dan Drezner wrote at his Foreign Policy blog. - Afghanistan optimism at the presidential foreign policy debate
At Afghan shrine, ancient treatment for a new epidemic

Republicans growing conflicted over Afghanistan, says poll - Foreign Policy

Once decidedly hawkish, Republicans have grown more divided over whether to leave Afghanistan, according to a new poll released Friday that also shows Democrats overwhelmingly agree with President Obama’s timetable for exiting the war.- Republicans growing conflicted over ... - The E-Ring
The Real Takeaways From Monday's Debate - by Kenneth ...

Afghan foreign ministry rejects legal status of Durand Line

KABUL, Oct 23 (INP):  The Durand Line refers to the 2,640 kilometers long porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was established after an 1893 agreement between Mortimer Durand of British India and Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman Khan for fixing the limit of their respective spheres of influence. - Afghan foreign ministry rejects legal status of Durand Line
افغانستان اظهارات مقام آمریکایی در باره مرز دیورند با پاکستان را رد کرد
"له امریکا پرته نور هېوادونه هم د ډیورنډ کرښه مني"

Kabul Rejects US Envoy Statement On Durand Line - Journal of Turkish Weekly

The Afghan government has strongly rejected a recent statement by the U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan on the boundary dividing the two countries. - Kabul Rejects US Envoy Statement On Durand Line
Afghan foreign ministry rejects legal status of Durand Line

Dr. Agus’ Alternative Health Guide - Dr. Oz Show

Dr. David Agus, a physician with controversial medical views, mentions the medical tips he claims to be the secrets of staying young and healthy. Learn what he has to say about statins and antioxidants that has many physicians, including Dr. Oz, disagreeing. - Dr. Agus' Alternative Health Guide
The Medicine Hunter's Longevity Secrets

US ambassador confirm Grossman’s remarks on Durand Line - khaama

He said, “There was nothing new in remarks of US special envoy Marc Grossman. Washington like many other nations has already recognized the Durand Line as the Pak-Afghan border. This is not a new issue.”- US ambassador confirm Grossman's remarks on Durand Line ...
Kabul Rejects U.S. Envoy Statement On Durand Line

Kabul Rejects U.S. Envoy Statement On Durand Line

On October 21, Marc Grossman told a private television channel in Kabul that Washington recognizes the Durand Line as the international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. - Kabul Rejects U.S. Envoy Statement On Durand Line
US ambassador confirm Grossman's remarks on Durand Line ...

"AfPak" Anniversary: 11 Years Gone, 128,000 Dead, Millions Displaced - huffingtonpost

Since the initial invasion of Afghanistan 11 years ago this month, more than 128,000 people have died in Afghanistan and Pakistan in direct war-related violence. Indirect deaths, due to the destruction of infrastructure and lost access to food or health care, may number several times that. The toll in amputations and other injuries is also large, if poorly documented. - "AfPak" Anniversary: 11 Years Gone, 128000 Dead, Millions Displaced - Afghanistan War

افغانستان و دشواری های رسیدن به ثروت پنهان

هزار و چهارصد محل در افغانستان به عنوان مناطقی که معادن و منابع طبیعی افغانستان را در سینه پنهان دارند نشانی شده اند، افغانها امیدوارند استخراج این منابع، آنها را از کمک‌های خارجی بی‌نیاز کرده و راه این کشور را به سوی توسعه پایدار باز کند. اما نا امنی، فساد اداری و کمبود نیروی متخصص، چالش‌هایی است که رسیدن به این امیدها را دشوار می کند.  - ثروت پنهان افغانستان
آیا افغانها به گنج‌های پنهان خود می رسند -- موانع عمده رسیدن به گنج‌های پنهان افغانستان
Opening up Afghanistan's extractives sector - Global Witness  - Afghanistan

Romney Backs Obama's Afghan Drawdown Plan

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney is backing President Barack Obama's plan to pull American troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014. - News: Romney backs Obama's Afghan drawdown plan
TRANSCRIPT: Final Debate - NPR
Transcript And Audio: Third Presidential Debate

Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate

The following is a complete transcript of President Obama and Mitt Romney’s remarks from the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla., on Oct. 22, 2012. (Transcript courtesy of Federal News Service). Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate
Romney and Obama Bristle From Start - The New York Times

Letter to Secretary Clinton on US Strategy for Supporting Women's Rights in Afghanistan - HRW

We write to ask you to take the lead in formulating a clear and public US strategy for promotion and protection of women’s rights in Afghanistan, and to urge other countries to join in this effort. - Letter to Secretary Clinton on US Strategy for Supporting Women's Rights in Afghanistan  -- Human Rights Watch - Afghanistan -
Afghanistan: US Should Articulate Women's Rights Strategy

Afghanistan: US Should Articulate Women’s Rights Strategy - HRW

(Kabul) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should publicly announce a strategy to protect women’s rights in Afghanistan before she leaves office in 2013, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Clinton today. Women’s rights are increasingly at risk in the run-up to the scheduled drawdown of international troops at the end of 2014 and decreasing funding and attention to Afghanistan. - Afghanistan: US Should Articulate Women's Rights Strategy
Letter to Secretary Clinton on US Strategy for Supporting Women's Rights in Afghanistan

Presidential Debate Foreign Policy Primer: What the Candidates Will Butt Heads About

President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, in the third presidential debate, face off exclusively on foreign policy tonight at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. - Foreign Policy Debate Cheat Sheet - ABC News

China's CNPC begins oil production in Afghanistan

AMU DARYA, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A Chinese firm has started extracting oil from the Amu Darya basin in northern Afghanistan, mining officials said, a key moment in the country's quest to pay its own way. - China's CNPC begins oil production in Afghanistan
Nato's plan is working in Afghanistan - Afghanistan

ISI directing Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan: US lawmaker

WASHINGTON: Pakistan's spy agency ISI is directing the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, a US lawmaker has alleged, saying his view is based on his meetings with the people and officials in the war-torn country.ISI directing Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan: US lawmaker

As world helps shot Pakistani girl, Afghans ask "what about us?"

(Reuters) - The global attention bestowed on a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban has sparked outcry amongst many Afghans dismayed by what they say is the unequal response to the plight of their women and children. - As world helps shot Pakistani girl, Afghans ask "what about us?"

US, Iran deny deal for bilateral nuclear talks - AFP

WASHINGTON — Iran and the United States both denied any deal had been reached for one-on-one nuclear talks, as The New York Times reported -- even though the White House said it was open to such a dialogue. - US, Iran deny deal for bilateral nuclear
Iran, like US, denies plan for one-on-one nuclear talks

Afghanistan forces prepared for NATO withdrawal, Karzai says - latimes

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that Afghan security forces were ready to protect the country if the U.S.-led NATO force speeds up its withdrawal before a scheduled 2014 departure date. - Afghanistan forces prepared for NATO withdrawal, Karzai says
Suicide bomber detonates truck outside Afghan and NATO base
Five British troops charged with murder in Afghan incident

Three Foods to Boost Immunity - doctoroz

Dr. La Puma reveals the three best immunity-boosting food - Three Foods to Boost Immunity  -- Web Exclusive: Dr. John La Puma's Favorite Superfoods
The Secret Healing Power of Superfoods, Pt 1 -- The Secret Healing Power of Superfoods, Pt 2

Obama's Good War Turns Bad - Losing Their Grip in Afghanistan - ASHLEY SMITH

Barack Obama promised that he would end what he called the “war of choice” in Iraq and escalate what he called the “war of necessity” against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. - Losing Their Grip in Afghanistan » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts ...
Children under attack in Pakistan, Afghanistan

U.S. Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to Nuclear Talks

WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran have agreed in principle for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, according to Obama administration officials, setting the stage for what could be a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a military strike on Iran. - US Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to Nuclear Talks
US and Iran Deny Plan for Nuclear Talks - nytimes

As Afghan Forces Kill, Trust Is Also a Casualty

SISAY OUTPOST, Afghanistan — There is an Afghan version of this story and a very different American one, but the moral is the same: insider killings of Western troops and civilians by Afghan forces, which have taken 51 coalition lives this year, have broken trust between the two military forces and laid bare the anger and fear each harbors toward the other. - As Afghan Forces Kill, Trust Is Also a Casualty - The New York Times
China wary of US candidates' tough talk

Baroness Warsi reiterates UK commitment to Afghanistan

"I was pleased, during my first visit here to Kabul, to reaffirm the UK’s enduring commitment to Afghanistan, highlighted by the many areas of cooperation we have discussed today. - Baroness Warsi reiterates UK commitment to Afghanistan -- Afghanistan-UK Joint Commission statement

معاهدهء دوستی میان افغانستان و فرانسه مرعی الاجرا شد

وزیر خارجهء فرانسه که برای تبادل اسناد معاهده دوستی میان کشورش و افغانستان به کابل آمده است، می گوید که فرانسه به اساس این معاهده افغانستان را در بخش های صحت، زراعت، معادن و امنیت کمک می کند. - معاهدهء دوستی میان افغانستان و فرانسه مرعی الاجرا شد
«USAID سالانه بیش از 2 ملیارد دالر در افغانستان مصرف می کند»

Afghanistan: Exit but mission not accomplished

After 9/11, Afghanistan truly was a “War of Necessity”. There was an unusual consensus, not just among the U.S. and NATO powers, but in many parts of the world, including in Iran and other Muslim countries, that Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda and the Taliban who hosted them had to be defeated. - Afghanistan: Exit but mission not accomplished - Christiane Amanpour, CNN & ABC

Afghan Leader Warns On Immunity For Foreign Troops - rferl

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has warned of possible problems ahead over the sensitive issue of immunity from prosecution for any U.S. or NATO troops deployed in the country after 2014. - Afghan president warns on immunity for foreign troops

NATO chief calls for free elections in Afghanistan

(Reuters) - NATO's chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged the Afghan government on Friday to strive for free, fair and transparent elections in the 2014 presidential poll, saying they marked a critical juncture in the country's quest for peace. - NATO chief calls for free elections in Afghanistan

Libya: Qaddafi's former spokesman arrested

A Facebook page purporting to belong to Ibrahim denied the capture, saying it was an effort to divert attention away from the "atrocities" being committed by the Libyan forces besieging Bani Walid. The site and statement could not be independently confirmed. - Libya: Qaddafi's former spokesman... CBS

هشدار حامد کرزی در مورد مصونیت قضایی سربازان خارجی در افغانستان

حامد کرزی، رئیس جمهوری افغانستان در باره بروز مشکلات ناشی از مصونیت قضایی سربازان خارجی در افغانستان پس از سال ۲۰۱۴ در این کشور هشدار داده است. - هشدار حامد کرزی در مورد مصونیت قضایی سربازان خارجی در افغانستان
روزنامه های کابل: چهارشنبه، ۲۶ میزان

Afghanistan's Fiscal Cliff - Foreign Policy

Kabul-watchers are rightly worried about what the withdrawal of Western aid money will mean for one of the most impoverished countries on the planet. But everyone's asking the wrong questions. - Afghanistan's Fiscal Cliff - by Matthieu Aikins
Afghanistan's Gray Future -  HASEEB HUMAYOON

Rights group recounts Gadhafi's last bloody moments, calls for justice - CNN

For more than three minutes, a mob of enraged men toss Moammar Gadhafi around like a broken mannequin. His body and face bloody, his black bushy hair a crazy mess, the 69-year-old Libyan leader is pummeled. His shirt is ripped open to reveal a pudgy belly. - What were Gadhafi's last moments really like?
Libya: New Proof of Mass Killings at Gaddafi Death Site  - HRW

Libya: New Proof of Mass Killings at Gaddafi Death Site - HRW

The 50-page report, “Death of a Dictator: Bloody Vengeance in Sirte,”details the final hours of Muammar Gaddafi’s life and the circumstances under which he was killed. Libya: New Proof of Mass Killings at Gaddafi Death Site

Karzai Seeks to Remake Afghan Electoral Watchdog

"The presence of foreign staff in the election process" violates Afghanistan's national sovereignty, said Mr. Karzai, who was appearing with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. - Karzai Seeks to Remake Afghan Electoral Watchdog - WSJ

Bangladesh father denies son involved in New York bomb plot - reuters

"The intelligence of the USA is playing with a mere boy whom we sent for higher study. The allegation against my son is not true at all. He could not even drive a car. How was he caught with a van?" - Bangladesh father denies son involved in New York bomb ... - Reuters
Bangladesh father denies son involved in New York bomb

Two questions for Obama and Romney on Afghanistan - thehill

When voters mark their ballots on November 6th, there will be 68,000 U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. In spite of a long campaign, it's still unclear what each candidate believes should happen with those soldiers after Election Day. - Two questions for Obama and Romney on Afghanistan