Afghanistan

Afghan lithium bonanza bad break for Bolivia?

Is the Pentagon’s revelation of a mineral bonanza in Afghanistan aimed at driving down the price of lithium and thereby undercutting Bolivia’s efforts to bring on a new global source?

Afghanistan

Afghanistan between two poles of terrorism

The groom and 17 of the guests at a Kandahar wedding party attacked by a suicide bomber were members of an anti-Taliban militia organized by US Special Operations forces.

Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda number three killed in drone strike?

Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, operational leader for al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, was apparently killed in a US drone strike at the village of Miranshah, North Waziristan, in Pakistan’s tribal areas.

Afghanistan

US command launches probe of Afghan civilian deaths

US Forces-Afghanistan has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that a “small number of US soldiers were responsible for the unlawful deaths of as many as three Afghan civilians.”

Afghanistan

NATO summit names Afghanistan as top priority

A proposed strategy document dubbed “NATO 2020” calls for an expanded readiness and capacity to operate beyond the borders of member states, and names the campaign in Afghanistan as a top priority.