Dion Nissenbaum

Obama unlikely to wade into Kashmir 'tar pit' on his trip

Shortly before winning the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama said that as part of his drive to end the Afghanistan conflict, he'd take on one of South Asia's most intractable issues — competing claims to Kashmir by nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India — even if it meant wading into a "tar pit" with little chance of quick resolution. | 11/04/10 14:46:00 By - Dion Nissenbaum

Afghan capital enjoys relative calm amid security crackdown

Muhammad Rasoul was heading to work last February when a powerful explosion rocked his car and sent dust through the quiet, early morning Kabul streets. Within minutes, it became clear that a powerful car bomb had ravaged Kabul's first modern indoor mall. It took Rasoul and his colleagues two months and $4 million to get the $35 million Kabul City Centre mall and adjacent four-star Safi Landmark hotel back in full operation last spring. | 10/20/10 15:33:00 By - Hashim Shukoor and Dion Nissenbaum

U.S. soldier held in probe of Taliban detainee's death

The U.S. military detained an American soldier and launched a criminal investigation Tuesday after Afghan President Hamid Karzai publicly accused U.S. forces of shooting and killing a Taliban leader in his southern Afghanistan jail cell. | 10/19/10 18:30:00 By - Dion Nissenbaum

U.S. forces may have killed aid worker accidentally

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of the international military coalition in Afghanistan, launched an investigation into the failed weekend rescue attempt of British aid worker Linda Norgrove after British Prime Minister David Cameron said she may have been killed by the U.S. special forces who staged the raid. | 10/11/10 08:50:09 By - Dion Nissenbaum

British aid worker held in Afghanistan killed in rescue attempt

A U.S.-led military rescue operation ended in failure Friday when a Taliban militant set off explosives that killed a British aid worker kidnapped two weeks ago in eastern Afghanistan. | 10/09/10 15:58:00 By - Dion Nissenbaum

Pakistan blocks NATO convoys, but Taliban get free passage

For more than a week since a confused U.S. helicopter strike killed two Pakistan paramilitary soldiers, Pakistan has blocked scores of Western supply convoys on the vital route that supports the U.S-led military campaign in Afghanistan. | 10/07/10 16:04:00 By - Dion Nissenbaum

Afghan wrestles with protecting NATO supply routes

With a government-imposed deadline looming to shutter Afghanistan's private security companies, Afghanistan officials are pushing for the creation of a new state-run military brigade equipped with its own trucks and thousands of soldiers to ferry essential NATO supplies around the country. Protecting routes has emerged as a central issue in recent days because of attacks along the network of roads from Karachi, Pakistan, through the fabled Khyber Pass and into Afghanistan. | 10/03/10 19:59:38 By - Dion Nissenbaum

Pakistan closes critical border after confused U.S. attack

Pakistan closed down a critical supply route for U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan Thursday after U.S. helicopters crossed into Pakistan during a confused, predawn attack that killed three Pakistani paramilitary troops. | 09/30/10 17:39:00 By - Dion Nissenbaum and Saeed Shah

Pakistan cuts key route to Afghanistan over deadly U.S. raid

Pakistan brought a critical NATO supply route for U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan to an abrupt halt on Thursday after NATO aircraft crossed into Pakistan in a confused attack that killed three Pakistani paramilitary troops. Hundreds of trucks bound for the Torkham crossing, the main crossing point between Pakistan and Afghanistan, were halted as NATO said it was investigating the incident. | 09/30/10 11:42:05 By - Dion Nissenbaum

Karzai near tears as he launches Afghan peace commission

Choking back tears and showing signs of stress, Afghan President Hamid Karzai made an emotional appeal for unity Tuesday before unveiling a peacemaking commission that includes longtime Taliban rivals, former warlords and suspected drug barons. | 09/28/10 17:31:00 By - Dion Nissenbaum and Jonathan S. Landay

Videos raise new voter fraud questions in Afghanistan

As Afghan election officials sorted through thousands of voter complaints from the recent parliamentary election, new evidence emerged Monday of apparent vote rigging in southern Afghanistan. | 09/27/10 15:57:00 By - Dion Nissenbaum

Afghan election panel reports new evidence of serious fraud

Internal reports Tuesday from Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission provided new evidence of serious fraud in Afghanistan's parliamentary elections, including turnouts that exceeded 100 percent in many southeastern districts under the control of the Taliban or other militants. | 09/21/10 17:11:59 By - Jonathan S. Landay and Dion Nissenbaum

Low turnout, Taliban intimidation plague Afghan elections

Deep-seated voter discontent, calculated attempts to rig the vote and widespread Taliban intimidation Saturday marred Afghanistan's parliamentary election, which was considered a bellwether for America's troubled campaign to stabilize the war-weary nation. | 09/18/10 15:31:00 By - Jonathan S. Landay, Saeed Shah and Dion Nissenbaum

From one Afghan setback, U.S. strategy finds success

Chris Harich was catching up on e-mails at his cramped southern Afghanistan office in mid-June when a colleague popped his head in to deliver the news: The Arghandab district governor, America's main political point man in the volatile valley, had just been assassinated. | 08/25/10 15:54:00 By - Dion Nissenbaum

Family, U.S. offer differing versions of deadly Afghan raid

When Ismail Nemeti set out from Kabul last week to join his family in nearby Wardak province for the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, friends said, his biggest fear was running into Taliban forces who might question his allegiances. Before sunrise the next day, Aman lay bleeding in his family guest room, alongside two of his brothers, all shot dead by U.S. special forces who were on the hunt for a Taliban leader. | 08/20/10 14:51:00 By - Dion Nissenbaum and Hashim Shukoor

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