LONDON, April 3 - Afghanistan, mired in its eighth year of conflict, has announced that it will launch its first ever bidding round for oil and gas exploration and production in a tender document obtained...
March 27 - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to announce on Friday the United States will deploy 4,000 extra troops to train Afghan security forces in a strategy to disrupt al Qaeda and roll back...
KABUL, Feb 26 - Devastated by nearly three decades of war, Afghanistan's isolation from world trade and global finance might for once be to its advantage, shielding the country from the economic and financial meltdown...
KABUL, Feb 26 - Devastated by nearly three decades of war, Afghanistan's isolation from world trade and global finance might for once be to its advantage, shielding the country from the economic and financial meltdown...
BEIJING, June 11 - China and Afghanistan have agreed to study opening the border between the two countries, Afghanistan's foreign minister said on Thursday, urging greater Chinese investment and support for his nation. Minister Rangeen...
KABUL, May 26 - Isolated by poverty and war from the global recession and heavily dependent on expensive imports, Afghanistan can offer healthy profits to investors with a strong stomach for risk, one of the...
* Civilian deaths in Afghanistan cast a pall over talks * U.S. talking to Pakistan president as well as opposition * No more weekly videoconferences with Karzai WASHINGTON, May 6 - There was no backslapping...
WASHINGTON, May 6 - Afghanistan and Pakistan will commit on Wednesday to a trade and transit agreement aimed at increasing commerce and foreign investment in the two countries, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said....
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 - KBR Inc was sued on Tuesday in three states on accusations that the company exposed U.S. soldiers and contractors at U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan to toxic smoke, court...
KABUL, April 4 - Afghanistan is looking for mining firms to open up a huge iron deposit, holding an estimated 1.8 billion tonnes of high quality ore, but potential bidders face a volatile security situation...