Excerpt from report by privately-owned Afghan Ariana TV on 15 May [Presenter] At his second meeting with a number of Afghan farmers, President Hamed Karzai has called for concerted efforts to grow other crops [other than poppy]. At this meeting, the
LONDON: An Afghan man involved in a hijacking eight years ago was arrested after being found working as a cleaner for British Airways near Heathrow Airport, officials and a press report said Friday.
* US deputy secretary of State says Chinese military build-up 'counter-productive' WASHINGTON: The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale
CALGARY ? Thousands turned out Friday to say farewell to a paramedic and reservist killed in Afghanistan with a service that mirrored his life ? quiet and dignified.
1567: Mary, Queen of Scots, marries her third husband James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, who was acquitted of complicity in her former husband's murder.
WASHINGTON The Democratic-led House on Thursday rejected more funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as many Republicans angry over the majority party's tactics sat out the vote.
12 civilians among dead; officials say attacker may have been a woman Mohammad Reza Agence France Presse HERAT, Afghanistan: A suicide bomber apparently wearing a burqa blew up in a busy bazaar in southwestern Afghanistan Thursday, killing 16 people,