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By JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.
by: Dr. G. R. Roashan Abstract: At this time that a flurry of activity is undertaken by the Afghan president Karzai, mending, confirming and expanding his relations with the West, a true economic development project namely extension of railway service from Central Asia to Afghanistan
By Aram Roston
By Emma Graham-Harrison
The New York Times Afghanistan is in turmoil, with tensions rising and people dying every day. Many of them — including women, children and the elderly — have nothing in common with terrorists or militants. |
By: Dr. G. Rauf Roashan Abstract: The Consultative Peace Jirga in Kabul was a daring undertaking by the government of Afghanistan. Its resolution was praised by the United Nations as well as the US government.
By MIRWAIS KHAN, Associated Press Writer
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber detonated his cache of explosives late Sunday near the gate of an Afghan Border Police residence in Kandahar where insurgents are waging a campaign of targeted killings.
By: Dr. G. Rauf Roashan Abstract: President Karzai of Afghanistan plays a complex game of politics in deciding to talk peace with the insurgency. He should consider the many faces of the die before tossing them in this delicate and complex game.
A Taliban-Kabul deal must protect women's rights - U.N.
Taxpayer's Money Going To Insurgents? |