U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered top military officials to tell the Pentagon's public affairs branch before giving interviews.
The Afghan mines minister is calling for increased government efforts to stop the illegal trading of Afghanistan's mineral wealth.
The "1267 blacklist," as it has become known, remained a minor issue until last year. That's when it became clear that without serious attempts at reconciliation in Afghanistan, it will be impossible for the government of President Hamid Karzai to bring any meaningful improvement in the security situation and stabilization of the country.
The governor of Konduz Province said those killed included a British national, a German, and a Filipino, as well as two Afghan policemen.
The administration, however, won't get the money by July 4 as it had hoped.
NATO forces say they have killed a "large number" of Taliban fighters and captured a rebel district chief after a raid on an insurgent hideout in the southern Helmand Province.
A key House of Representatives subcommittee has voted to withhold almost $4 billion in aid to Kabul. The lawmakers are demanding an investigation into charges that huge amounts of foreign aid are being stolen in Afghanistan with the complicity of top Afghan officials.
General David Petraeus, the new commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, has vowed to do "everything humanly possible" to avoid casualties among Afghan civilians.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's choice to the command of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Afghan and NATO officials say several Taliban fighters were killed when they attacked a NATO-operated airport near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has arrived in Kabul to discuss efforts to root out corruption and other law-enforcement matters with senior Afghan and U.S. officials.
General David Petraeus's approval by the Senate Armed Service Committee was never really in doubt. At the June 29 hearing, the 57-year-old revered military leader told lawmakers that he plans no major change in strategy in the nine-year-old war.
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