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Afghanistan

Focus: Afghanistan

Obama talking to aides

Ten years after the Petersberg Conference all eyes are on Bonn again where the world community is to discuss Afghanistan's future. With international commitments due to wind down, much depends on internal reforms.

German foreign minister wants 'clear signal' at Afghanistan conference

As a global conference on Afghanistan opens in Germany, representatives of Pakistan and the Taliban are conspicuously absent. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle says progress can still be made. (05.12.2011) 

Background

Afghan delegates thrash out concerns ahead of conference

As foreign ministers prepare to discuss the role of the international community at a global conference on Afghanistan, delegates from the country itself have been meeting to discuss their concerns. (04.12.2011) 

'We are entering a new phase': Afghan national security adviser

On Monday, Germany is set to host an international conference on Afghanistan's future. Afghan national security adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta spoke to Deutsche Welle about his hopes for a new era in his country's history. (04.12.2011) 

Protesters at Afghanistan conference demand faster troop withdrawal

On Monday, world leaders will meet in Bonn to discuss the withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan by 2014. For German peace activists, however, this is not fast enough. (03.12.2011) 

Afghanistan summit threatens to turn into a 'farce'

Pakistan's boycott of an international Afghanistan conference in Germany has put a further damper on hopes for the war-torn country's future. In any event, for the United States it's all about security interests. (02.12.2011) 

Afghans look to Bonn for answers on their future

Representatives of the international community are meeting in Bonn to discuss Afghanistan next week. Afghans are eager to find out what will come of the conference and how it will affect their future. (02.12.2011) 

ICRC urges more protection for aid workers in Afghanistan

As the global community descends on Bonn for an Afghanistan conference, the International Committee of the Red Cross wants more protection for aid workers and hospitals in conflict zones such as Afghanistan. (02.12.2011) 

NATO raid in Pakistan rattles volatile region

Pakistanis are calling for their government to end its alliance with the US after a NATO strike on a Pakistani border post at the weekend. A break in relations could have damaging regional consequences for the West. (28.11.2011) 

Afghanistan enjoys greater press freedom than ever

Journalist Sanjar Sohail says new media are rapidly changing the face of conservative Afghan society although the Taliban still pose a big challenge to this newly-won independence. (25.11.2011) 

Security problems hamper social development in Afghanistan

Just a few days before the crucial Afghanistan conference in Bonn, representatives from civil society talk about the security handover and the changes that have taken place in the war-torn country over the past 10 years. (24.11.2011) 

Afghanistan torn between internal and foreign interests

On October 7, 2001 the first US bombs fell on Afghanistan. What was intended to be a quick campaign against radical Islamists has transformed into a decade-long war with unclear sides. What went wrong? (06.10.2011) 

US endorses Taliban office in Qatar in bid to bolster talks

The US has endorsed plans by the Taliban to open a political headquarters in Qatar just three days after insurgents carried out attacks in Kabul, including assaults on the US and NATO headquarters, which left 15 dead. (16.09.2011) 

No aid, no growth: Support for Afghanistan's economy is shrinking

As the first US and NATO soldiers leave Afghanistan, concerns are growing that funds to the country's troubled economy will be withdrawn as well. Will Afghanistan plunge into an economic crisis after the 2014 pullout? (05.08.2011) 

Trillion-dollar-business: US war spending spirals out of control

The heated debate over the US debt ceiling focused almost exclusively on cuts in social security and raising taxes. But a main item of government expenditure was hardly addressed at all: The rising cost of the wars. (02.08.2011) 

High cost, little gain: The US war on terror is short on dividends

It has been estimated that Osama bin Laden has cost the United States some $3 trillion over the past 15 years and that the return on that investment - in terms of economic or technological advancement - has been low. (13.05.2011) 

Interviews

'We are entering a new phase': Afghan national security adviser

On Monday, Germany is set to host an international conference on Afghanistan's future. Afghan national security adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta spoke to Deutsche Welle about his hopes for a new era in his country's history. (04.12.2011) 

Afghanistan is in a state of 'anarchy,' argues head of German NGO

Violence is on the up in Afghanistan and the Taliban's grip on power is tightening. The head of the Green Helmets NGO, Rupert Neudeck, told DW the country was essentially in a 'state of war' and discussed the future. (27.10.2011) 

'The invasion failed'

Afghanistan expert Citha Maaß considers the US invasion in Afghanistan a failure. In her opinion, the international community only made itself a political hostage to a corrupt Afghan elite. (06.10.2011) 

Bin Laden's killing is not death knell for al Qaeda

In a DW interview, former CIA director James Woolsey calls the death of bin Laden a big success, but warns it doesn't mark the end of al Qaeda. He also says it's hard to believe Pakistan didn't know bin Laden's location. (16.05.2011) 

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