Roof collapse kills 60 people at Afghan wedding
About 60 people were killed when a roof collapsed on a wedding party in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province on Wednesday, a senior Afghan Red Crescent official said.
Karzai condemns Russian involvement in Afghan drug bust
KABUL – The inclusion of a small number of Russian anti-narcotics agents in a large drug bust has touched a raw nerve in the Afghan government, prompting President Hamid Karzai to condemn NATO for the operation and demand an investigation.
Karzai denounces drug raid in Afghanistan
The Afghan president calls a large-scale operation in which the U.S. and Russia took part a violation of sovereignty, even though Afghan police participated in the action near the Pakistan border. Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday denounced a large-scale drug raid in which U.S. forces and Russian drug agents took part, calling it a violation of Afghan sovereignty.
Victim’s fiance in Afghan return
The Northern Irish fiance of a woman murdered in Afghanistan in August has returned to work in the war-torn country.
Taliban attack on Afghan combat post repelled, 80 dead
An Afghan official said today that 80 Taliban insurgents were killed during a failed attack on a NATO combat outpost near the border with Pakistan.
Afghan president condemns drug operation
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has reacted with fury to the US-Russian anti-drugs operation in the country.
Karzai criticises US-Russia raid
Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls the first joint operation by Russian and US agents to destroy drug laboratories in his country a violation of sovereignty.
Karzai reacts to U.S.-Russia drug operation
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded an explanation from NATO’s command in Afghanistan for a counternarcotics raid, RFE/RL reports.
Hamid Karzai protest at Nato-Russian attacks on drug factories
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai yesterday demanded that Nato forces explain why they had carried out a joint counter-narcotics operation with Russian forces inside Afghanistan,
Karzai Protests Russian Agents Used in Afghan Drug Raid
The Afghan president called the presence of Russians during an operation was a “blatant violation” of his country’s sovereignty.
Joint raids hit Afghan drug-production bases
U.S. and Afghan forces working with Russian agents destroyed millions of dollars worth of drugs at several heroin and opium production facilities in Afghanistan during an unprecedented joint operation, officials said Friday.
Roof collapse at Afghan wedding kills 65
Police say a roof collapsed during a wedding in northern Afghanistan and killed 65 people, many of them women and children.
