Kabul, Oct 8 : Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has accused Pakistan of supporting the insurgents fighting NATO forces in his country, saying that the Taliban couldn''t “lift a finger without the Pakistanis”.

During an interview with the BBC marking ten years since the start of war, Karzai admitted that his government and the US-backed NATO mission have failed to provide security to Afghans.

Kabul, Oct 6 : A plot to kill Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has been foiled by the nation’s intelligence agents in Kabul following the arrest of six men, including one of his own bodyguards.

The group was reportedly affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network, an insurgent faction that has been blamed for a string of recent high-profile attacks.

Kabul, Oct 4 : In a barely veiled reference to Pakistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that a "double game" is being played in the fight against militants.

In his televised address, Karzai described Afghanistan and Pakistan as "inseparable brothers", but accused Islamabad of not cooperating on security issues, "which is disappointing for us".

Kabul, Oct 3 : The Afghan government has cited investigations to claim that the killers of former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, its negotiator with the Taliban, were Pakistanis.

"Documents and evidence together with the biography, address and phone numbers of suspects involved in the incident have been submitted to the government of Pakistan in order to arrest and hand [suspects] over," the BBC quoted the Afghan government statement, as saying.

Kabul, Sept 9 : NATO has admitted that an American soldier has mistakenly killed an Afghan journalist working for the BBC, assuming him to be a suicide bomber, during a complex attack in southern Afghanistan in July.

After making an apology to his family, NATO officials issued a two-page summary of the episode, which said the soldier believed the reporter, Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, had fired on American troops and was about to detonate a suicide vest when he “shot the individual with his M-4, killing him,” The New York Times reports.

United States president Obama has said that the goals in Afghanistan are attainable. Being assumed to be a terrorism driven country, Obama is confident about the non terrorist operation of Afghanistan.

Obama administration functionaries are struggling to measure success in achieving stability, emphasizing that their aim is fighting al Qaeda, and not building a U.S. based admiration.

U.S. functionaries have played down revelations which drew a dismal picture of the U.S. led war and raised new doubts on their ally 'Pakistan'.

Transcripts of lawmakers' meetings during the Vietnam War offer useful lessons for the discussing the Afghanistan war, says U. S. Sen. John Kerry.

The Boston Globe reported on Thursday that Kerry said, "Some of the parallels are almost eerie," "and I think all of us can learn an enormous amount from the way our predecessors dealt with questions very similar to those we face today."

Kunduz (Afghanistan), July 11 : A district governor was killed by a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan where two separate insurgent attacks killed at least 11 policemen, officials said Sunday.

Maalem Aziz, administrative chief of Qaleh Zal district in Kunduz province, was killed Saturday night when his vehicle was struck by a bomb in Pangark area, Mohammad Omar, the provincial governor, said.

Aziz's driver was also killed in the blast, while his son and bodyguard were injured, Omar said.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid took responsibility for the attack.

Leaders have said that U. S. Marines are moving into the central Afghan province of Helmand to boost the security presence as British forces redeploy.

The 1,000 British marines deployed to the Sangin area of Helmand province are moving to the central part of the province by the end of 2010, said British Defense Secretary Liam Fox.

According to reports, early in 2008, the Atlantic Council released a report over the signature of its chairman, retired U. S. Marine Gen. James L. Jones that began, "Make no mistake: NATO is not winning in Afghanistan."

Doubts has been expressed by CIA Director Leon Panetta whether the Taliban or other insurgent groups will give up their al-Qaida allegiance to reconcile with Afghan's government.

Panetta said on Sunday on ABC's "This Week", "We have seen no evidence that they are truly interested in reconciliation, where they would surrender their arms, where they would denounce al-Qaida, where they would really try to become part of that society."

It has been reported that U. S. Sen. John McCain on Sunday sharply questioned President Barack Obama's decision to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan by July 2011.

McCain, R-Ariz., said on NBC's "Meet the Press", "I'm against a timetable. In wars you declare when you're leaving after you've succeeded."

No military adviser recommended Obama set the date for the start of the drawdown.

It has been reported that anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is calling for an end to both offshore drilling and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It has been reported that RELYANT LLC, a Tennessee firm providing strategic support services, won a contract to help with mine clearance and unexploded ordnance disposal in Afghanistan.

The company expects to hire 200 additional people to work in Afghanistan and at its headquarters as a result of the award, which is worth $49 million.

According to it, the contract has two 1-year renewal option periods following the initial 1-year base period.

Officials have said that Britain's special envoy to Afghanistan, often at odds with NATO and the United States over the conduct of the war with the Taliban, has resigned.

The Guardian reported on Monday that a spokesman for the British government said Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles has taken an "extended leave."

The newspaper further said that Cowper-Coles has clashed with senior NATO and U. S. officials by insisting the military campaign against the Taliban was destined to fail and that direct talks with the insurgents should be a priority.

A top military general said in Islamabad that international forces need secure supply lines through Pakistan for operations in Afghanistan.

It has been reported that U. S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander of U. S. and international force in Afghanistan, met Monday with Pakistani Army Gen. Ashfaq Kayani in Islamabad.

Pakistani newspaper The Nation has reported that both leaders during their meeting at the Pakistani army headquarters discussed the security of supplies traveling across Pakistan to international forces in Afghanistan.

The top NATO commander in the country has said that a NATO-led operation to drive the Taliban from Afghanistan's Kandahar province will take longer than planned.

The BBC reported on Thursday that U. S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal said the operation was moving at a slower pace to help garner local support.

It has been reported that two senior Afghan government officials resigned on Sunday after President Hamid Karzai blamed them for failing to prevent last week's attack on the "peace jirga."

The Washington Post has reported that Karzai accepted the resignations of Interior Minister Hanif Atmar and National Security Director Amrullah Saleh, both of whom had close ties to Washington.

The provincial governor has said that a roadside mine struck a police vehicle in Afghanistan's northeastern Badaksan province, killing six policemen and wounding two.

CNN, quoting Gov. Baz Mohammad Ahmadi, has reported that the incident Sunday occurred in the province's Darayoum district.

Ahmadi further said that the police officers were on a counter-narcotics patrol when their vehicle was struck by the mine, suspected to have been planted by drug smugglers.

A NATO commander has said that the coalition forces' goal in the upcoming Kandahar campaign in Afghanistan is to help raise citizens' trust in their government.

The American Forces Press Service reported on its Web site that speaking from Afghanistan to reporters at the Pentagon in a video news conference Wednesday, British Army Gen. Nick Carter said: "It's about connecting the population to its government. That requires building representative governance from the bottom up."