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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- As Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought to assure critics about the integrity of last month's elections -- which an unofficial count showed he won -- Mullah Mohammed Omar gave a different assessment that was delivered to the people with the familiar Taliban touch.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday he would guarantee security for Mullah Mohammed Omar if the Taliban leader takes part in peace talks.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The next U.S. president needs to undertake an urgent, hard-headed reassessment of the emerging political realities in Afghanistan and urgently address local concerns, say experts living on the ground. Otherwise the incoming administration may be quickly overtaken by shifting realities.
WASHINGTON, March 28 (UPI) -- "I don't care if it takes another 10 or 20 years, but we cannot allow Afghanistan to fail." So spoke Frank Carlucci, former U.S. defense secretary and national security adviser, at the Council on Foreign Relations. Failure, said Carlucci, would break the Atlantic Alliance and turn the world stage over to the next two global heavy hitters -- China and Russia.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- A new triumvirate is gradually displacing the special relationship that President Bush established with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The reported killing of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto shows the continued strength of Islamists and paralyzes Pakistan's political system, at least in the short term.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The reported killing of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto shows the continued strength of Islamists and paralyzes Pakistan's political system.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A statement attributed to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar claims the group is stronger than ever in Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Some 80,000 Pakistani soldiers who man the non-existent border between the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the Afghan border have stood down, but no one knows who gave the order or whether they are even taking orders. Taliban and al-Qaida terrorist training camps are up and running again with the acquiescence -- or impotence -- of the Pakistani army. That’s the word by satellite phone from this reporter’s sources in Miranshah and Wana, the capitals of North and South Waziristan.
KABUL, Afghanistan, April 9 (UPI) -- Word that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been negotiating with the Taliban has led to a political split in his country.
