Afghan vote results trickle out, US unhappy with progress
GenevaLunch News Results from last week’s presidential elections in Afghanistan show President Hamid Karzai leading his main opponent, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, 43 percent to 34...
View ArticleTaliban in concerted attack on centre of Kabul
GenevaLunch News Suicide bombers and commando-style Taliban militants have attacked several targets in the centre of Kabul, Afghanistan, leaving at least five dead and dozens wounded. The militants...
View ArticleExperts downplay seriousness of Afghan peace talks
GenevaLunch News The high-level peace talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and senior Taliban leaders are little more than “exchanges of cash and prisoners”, according to the Guardian. It is not...
View ArticleHolbrooke remains in critical condition after surgery
GenevaLunch News Veteran US diplomat Richard Holbrooke remains in critical condition at a Washington DC hospital after surgery to repair a tear in his aorta Saturday 11 December. He underwent a further...
View ArticleRichard Holbrooke, diplomat, dies
GenevaLunch News Richard Holbrooke, President Barack Obama’s point man for US policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died, aged 69. Obama called him “simply one of the giants of American foreign...
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