Topic: Government of Afghanistan

Backchannels So, this is the office that will investigate Afghanistan's Kam Air?

Key questions about the credibility of the Afghan attorney general's office as it prepares to investigate accusations that Kam Air is involved in drug-smuggling.  

Backchannels Afghan corruption, opium, and the strange case of Kam Air

Kam Air, an airline owned by a politically-connected Afghan businessman, was blacklisted by the US military in Afghanistan for opium smuggling. Then the Afghan government complained.

Backchannels NATO decides Afghan ministries too dangerous for its personnel

After what appears to be the latest murder of US personnel by Afghan security services, NATO pulled its people out of Afghan ministries.

Afghanistan President Karzai inaugural speech: top four points

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai delivered his inaugural speech on Thursday, promising to reduce corruption and setting a five-year goal for Afghans to take over security.

US defense bill approves money for Sons of Afghanistan

US defense bill approves money for Sons of Afghanistan

The defense bill signed into law by President Obama Wednesday provides money to pay Afghans to stop fighting. It's modeled after a similar successful effort in Iraq.