Afghan women walk past an election poster for Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul. Abdullah was poised Saturday to boycott Afghanistan's run-off presidential election unless incumbent Hamid Karzai has a last minute change of heart and bows to a series of demands from his rival(AFP/File/Shah Marai)
Sources: Abdullah to pull out of Afghan runoff
Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week's runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai following a breakdown in talks on how to fix the country's electoral crisis, two people familiar with the discussions said.
Afghan vote in the balance, Abdullah cancels trip
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election rival Abdullah Abdullah cancelled a planned trip to India on Saturday, his advisers said, heightening speculation he would pull out of next week's disputed run-off vote.
After 2 Years, a Sign of a 9/11 Suspect
Mr. Bahaji was part of the Hamburg cell of Al Qaeda, a tightly knit group of young Arab men who met in Germany in the mid- to late 1990s under the leadership of Mohamed Atta, who eventually became the central planner of the 9/11 attacks.
Pakistan not safe unless Qaeda disposed of: Hillary
As rescue workers searched for more bodies in the wreckage of one of the country’s biggest bomb attacks in Peshawar on Wednesday, visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Pakistan would never escape terror without disposing of Al Qaeda.
Iraq: US military contractor burns recyclables, violating contract
KBR was contracted to recycle cafeteria waste at Forward Operating Base Warhorse. Such spotty accountability is coming under new scrutiny; an Oct. 30 report reveals that transactions worth $10.7 billion are being audited.
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