International Business News - Afghanistan http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Opposition fears of an unfair election in Afghanistan this year are well-founded, and a rigged poll would fuel political instability and undermine support for democracy, a top U.N. envoy has warned. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211025-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090320/afghanistan-unfair-election-united-nations-fears.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090320/afghanistan-unfair-election-united-nations-fears.htm Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:04:03 EDT NATO's secretary-general said on Wednesday 4,000 more soldiers were needed to secure Afghanistan's presidential election in August and to make sure the vote was credible and fair. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210924-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090318/afghanistan-nato-soldiers-taliban.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090318/afghanistan-nato-soldiers-taliban.htm Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:28:48 EDT A suicide bomber killed 11 people, including nine police officers, in southern Afghanistan on Monday, a day after one of the deadliest attacks against foreign troops in recent weeks, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210802-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090316/afghanistan-suicide-bomber.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090316/afghanistan-suicide-bomber.htm Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:12:37 EDT Presidential polls in Afghanistan cannot be held next month as demanded by President Hamid Karzai and August 20 must remain the polling day as originally scheduled, the election commission said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210237-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/afghanistan-elections-hamid-karzai.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/afghanistan-elections-hamid-karzai.htm Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:06:26 EST NATO warned on Monday that an early presidential election in Afghanistan would have implications for security and said it would be better able to protect the poll if it were held in August. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210101-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090302/nato-afghan-election.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090302/nato-afghan-election.htm Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:05:03 EST The Taliban are willing to work with all Afghan groups to achieve peace, but the problems of Afghanistan can only be solved if foreign troops withdraw from the country, a senior insurgent leader said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209989-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090226/taliban-afghanistan-nato.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090226/taliban-afghanistan-nato.htm Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:36:32 EST Four soldiers with U.S.-led coalition forces and an Afghan civilian working for them were killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb, the U.S. military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090224/afghanistan-blast-soldiers-killed-vehicle.htm Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:31:36 EST NATO forces in Afghanistan are confident member states will provide thousands of extra troops as temporary reinforcements for presidential elections in August, the deputy commander of NATO-led forces said on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209805-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090223/nato-afghan-election-confident.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090223/nato-afghan-election-confident.htm Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:04:42 EST Afghanistan is turning a new page in relations with the United States, an Afghan presidential spokesman said on Wednesday, as U.S. President Barack Obama ordered 17,000 more troops deployed to battle Taliban insurgents. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209601-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090218/afghanistan-barak-obamas-troops.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090218/afghanistan-barak-obamas-troops.htm Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:12:21 EST On Wednesday eight Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked three Afghan government buildings killing twenty people. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209380-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090211/afghanistan-killed-attacks-government-suicide-taliban.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090211/afghanistan-killed-attacks-government-suicide-taliban.htm Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:10:03 EST