"We want Afghanistan to be self-sufficient but there ... "has auctioned several small mining contracts to meet its cash requirements, many of these contracts have yet to commence operations ...

In the latest move in this contentious debate, Prime Minister John Howard has proposed offering payments to Afghan asylum seekers to assist them resettle in Afghanistan. Howard made the ...

The CIA has been dropping off hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in cash at the offices of Afghan President Hamid Karzai every month or so since January 2003, current and former advisers ...