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  • Herat forests face extinction

    By MASOUD AHMADIHERAT - Forestry official in Herat say that illegal felling in the province continues at current rates there will be no more forests left. The population of trees has dwindled drastically as residents and nomads cut trees. Without regulati...
  • Corruption allegations dog human rights commission

    By SEDIQ ZALIQThe Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission has threatened to file suit against Lower House MP Najibullah Kabuli after he made allegations that commission members are covering up war crimes in exchange for bribes.Kabuli, who heads the new...
  • Students upset at exam delay

    By NASEEBA ALIMYAARIt may seem odd, but Kabul University students say they don't want their final exams to be postponed. The students, especially night school enrollees, say a prolonged delay will negatively impact their education.The government ordered a...
  • The real test starts now

    President Obama finally announced the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan. According to reports released so far, most of America's allies support the new strategy. In Afghanistan, the reaction has been mixed, but many view the American decision for a troop ...
  • THINGS LEFT UNSAID

    - IDREES DANIELAn insurgent arrested and held in Pakistan recently told his interrogators that Osama bin Laden lives in Afghanistan. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the Americans had not received word of Bin Laden's whereabouts in years.In r...
  • Take the war to Pakistan

    New York Times By SETH G. JONES Kabul, Afghanistan - President Obama’s decision on a timetable for withdrawal of American troops only makes official what everyone here has known for a while: the clock is ticking in Afghanistan. The Taliban have long rec...

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