Afghanistan – Afghan lawmakers: Karzai to name Cabinet Saturday (AP via Yahoo! News)
Afghan lawmakers: Karzai to name Cabinet Saturday (AP via Yahoo! News)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will submit a full slate of his new Cabinet to lawmakers this weekend in what will be the first test of his commitment to clean up graft and bribery in his government, two parliament members said Tuesday.
Gates Arrives in Kabul for Talks on Afghanistan Surge (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul today for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the Obama administration s strategy for combating the Taliban, the American Embassy said.
Mullen: Afghan training mission top priority – Navy News, news from Iraq – Navy Times (Navy Times)
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. Marines tapped to go to Afghanistan as part of President Obama s 30,000-troop surge must develop Afghan National Security Forces as fast as we can and begin transferring security operations to those forces within two years, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs said Monday.
Gates Afghan visit for Karzai, military talks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates flew into Kabul on Tuesday for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and commanders about Washington’s new strategy to send 30,000 extra troops to fight the Taliban.
Pressure From All Sides as Karzai Picks His Team (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan faces a decisive test of his pledge to reduce corruption and cronyism when he names members of his new government as early as Tuesday, Afghan and Western officials say.
Karzai delays unveiling of Afghan cabinet (Channel NewsAsia)
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who was sworn in for a new term in office three weeks ago, has postponed the unveiling of his long-awaited cabinet, a parliament spokesman said on Tuesday.
Jobs, not Taliban, are the worry in Afghan town (The Gainesville Sun)
The Associated Press The dusty bazaar in this remote town in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province was once teeming with Taliban fighters and drug smugglers who used it as a central transit point in their journeys to and from nearby Pakistan.
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