Powerful 'grab Afghanistan land'
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An Afghan minister says land is being illegally appropriated by powerful individuals like MPs and senior officials.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battles by UK troops may be re-taken by the Taleban, the Nato commander warns.
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The southern Afghan district of Musa Qala was under the control of the Taliban overnight, the Afghan defence ministry has said as NATO-led forces said the situation was still unclear.
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KABUL, Dec 2 (IPS) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair's surprising  claim that NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) troops are  "winning" the military mission against the Taliban has to  be verified on the ground in Afghanistan.
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KABUL, Afghanistan _ Afghanistan&#39;s newly inaugurated President Hamid Karzai is pushing the fight to control the nation&#39;s booming drug trade to the top of his to-do list.
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The government is to announce that it will send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, sparking claims that it is being forced to take up the slack from its NATO allies.
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The power of liberty has been demonstrated again, in the arid valleys of Afghanistan, where millions have defied terrorist threats and turned out in droves for the nation&#39;s first free and fair election.
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KABUL, Sept. 19 -- NATO and Afghan forces launched what officials called a "major military operation" against the Taliban in the southern province of Helmand, a haven for opium poppy cultivation and an insurgent stronghold that is considered Afghanistan's most violent territory.
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The United States pressed its NATO allies to begin military planning for possibly taking over command of operations in Afghanistan from US forces as early as next year.
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British forces claimed success on Monday in what they described as NATO's biggest operation yet in the southern part of the restive Afghan province of Helmand.
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The world needs to invest more than $2 billion in irrigation, roads and other rural development to wean Afghanistan off booming opium cultivation, a development bank report said Tuesday.
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One issue will dominate this week's NATO summit _ Afghanistan. The 26 presidents and prime ministers all know that the future of their alliance is playing out in the deserts of Kandahar and mountains of Uruzgan ...Comment
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NATO took over eastern Afghanistan from U.S.-led forces Thursday, assuming control of 13,000 American troops and command of the entire country.
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Islamabad, Pakistan, March 6 -- NATO and Afghan forces launched what commanders described as a major operation in a key province of southern Afghanistan Tuesday morning, part of a bid to win back territory that has become a haven for insurgents.
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More troops and helicopters are desperately needed in Afghanistan, a British major says in a leaked e-mail.
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Washington announces a major new initiative to try to tackle the production of illegal drugs in Afghanistan.
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To stem the growing Taliban resurgence in remote Afghanistan, US military leaders win over village elders with local development projects.