Experts admit to being baffled by what is happening today in Afghanistan. Many militias and clans are battling with each other, foreign military contingents are spread throughout the country, the economy is thoroughly crime-ridden, ...

Too much of the development money committed to Afghanistan has gone straight back to donor countries in the pockets of consultants, a "second civil service", in the damning words of a recent World Bank report. It said the consultants "had taken some ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush wants more money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. House Democrats are asking a price — increased education benefits for veterans of those conflicts — to pass his long-stalled request. The House also was ...

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — The pilot of the British army helicopter was taking me on an exceedingly fast, wildly pitching, zigzag trajectory across the sun-baked fields of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province. Even at 20 metres above the ground ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday laid out a detailed request for $70 billion to partially fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while providing more aid to tackle an unfolding global food crisis. The president's request ...