Afghanistan Travel News

This story was written by Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the newly arrived top commander in Afghanistan, has concluded that Afghan security forces will have to expand far beyond currently planned levels if President Obama's strategy for winning the war there is to succeed, according to senior military officials.

Fourteen new cases of the H1N1 flu virus have been reported among U.S. citizens on the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan, the Afghan Health Ministry said on Wednesday, the second confirmed cases in three months.

The lack of quality health services at home is prompting thousands of Afghan patients to travel to India for medical treatment despite the high costs.

Scientists trying to develop drugs that lessen the time it takes for people to adjust to high altitudes ENLARGE The chamber at the center mimics the low atmospheric pressure people experience at higher altitudes so researchers can observe its effects.

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan National Army chief General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi arrived on a four day official visit to India Monday.

Some of the soldiers with the 48th Infantry Brigade "Bravo Company" Second Battalion have completed their first "mission" in Afghanistan -- and it was successful and uneventful.

There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center.

The soldier who oversees U.S. forces in Afghanistan is giving Canada's top soldier an operational briefing while on what is described as a social visit to the Calgary Stampede.

Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galpagos Islands.

KABUL: Poor security in the east and south and a failure to capitalise on gains made after a 2004 poll will make it more difficult for Afghanistan to stage a meaningful presidential election on August 20, a leading think tank has said.

Gov. Habbiba Sarobi of Afghanistana s Bamyan province hosted the grand opening for the countrya s first national park June 18.

Canada's outgoing ambassador to Afghanistan is leaving his post with full confidence that the troubled, war-torn country is on its way to becoming a high-functioning democracy.Ron Hoffmann, a Winnipegger who grew up on Toronto Street in Winnipeg's core, said he sees real progress in Afghanistan that will pay dividends in the years to come.

A new American commander has taken over in Afghanistan , determined to prosecute the war more effectively while setting his face against the excessive use of air power.

Pakistan's military offensive against insurgents appears to be sapping money and weapons that might otherwise be going to militants fighting on the other side of the border in Afghanistan, a U.S. commander said Tuesday.

Afghanistan's first high school for girls was opened in 2006 by Turkish entrepreneurs in Kabul.

Los Angeles Times 06/17/2009 By Laura King in Kabul [Printer Friendly Version] Posters are put up-and ripped down-but otherwise the opening of the two-month campaign period is subdued.

Comments OPINION/ANALYSIS: Regardless of whether Afghan President Hamid Karzai is re-elected in August, of whether the Taliban can adapt to the new counterinsurgency strategy of Central Command leader Gen.

MUMBAIIndian air traffic controllers ordered a cargo plane chartered by the U.S. government and carrying munitions to Afghanistan to land at Mumbai airport after it violated Indian airspace, officials said Saturday.

RAMAZAN BASHARDOST'S election campaign seems better suited for a student government race than a drive for the presidency of Afghanistan.

The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan pedaled a green swan-shaped boat across the deep blue waters of the Band-e-Amir lakes Thursday during a dedication of the country's first national park.