The dust is settling after five straight days of deadly protests in Afghanistan over US pastor Terry Jones’s burning of the Quran, but the political fallout could be just beginning.There is a growing sense among a number of diplomats here th…
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President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly released well-connected officials convicted of or charged with drug trafficking in Afghanistan, frustrating efforts to combat corruption and providing additional evidence that the United States’ top ally…
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the United States must reduce the visibility and intensity of its military operations, especially night raids that fuel anti-American sentiment and could embolden Taliban insurgen…
