BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, May 12 (UPI) -- A U.N.-backed conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, seeks to exploit new opportunities for trade from south to Central Asia. "Regional cooperation is a necessity and not an option," the administrator of the U.N. Development Program, Mark Malloch Brown, Wedne

WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) -- Twenty foreign ministers, including the U.S. Secretary of State, and hundreds of officials from potential donor countries and organizations gathered in Berlin W

WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday the United States has announced an additional $1 billion for the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

BEIJING, March 28 (UPI) -- The Chinese government says it has decided to write off an $18 million debt the Afghan government owed.

WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- Insider notes from United Press International for March 10.

WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- President Hamid Karzai's efforts to instill financial discipline in his government triggered the departure of one of his ministers, diplomatic sources say.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- World Bank President Jim Wolfensohn said Thursday the time for reflection on development initiatives, which had been central to past meetings, was over, that consultation, including of civil society had been done, and that now what he wanted to see was im

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's behavior during and after the loya jirga grand council, followed by the assassination of a second government minister in recent months, is breeding concern among American and British diplomats in the region that the West ma

WASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) -- The loya jirga process has both strengthened and weakened Afghan President Hamid Karzai.