Posts Tagged ‘Obama’

No U.S. Bailout For Afghanistan’s #1 Bank


A security guard stands outside the main offices of Kabul Bank on September 1.
Radio Free Europe

Obama Administration: No Plans for Afghan Bank Bailout — FOX News

Obama administration officials rejected a call Friday for the U.S.

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Run At The Kabul Bank Alarms Everyone. U.S. Treasury Being Asked To Bail Them Out


Afghan customers inside the main branch of the weakened Kabul Bank, whose losses might exceed $300 million. Adam Ferguson for The New York Times


Afghans Pull Money From Troubled Kabul Bank — L.A Times

Officials say the bank is safe despite reports of massive losses.

Reporting from New Delhi and Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghans on Thursday rushed to withdraw their savings from troubled Kabul Bank despite attempts by officials to reassure nervous depositors that their money was safe.

But the scramble, which followed U.S.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials — September 1, 2010


In Central Asia, A New Headache For U.S. Policy — Andrew Higgins, Washington Post

BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN – Beset by mounting casualties on the battlefield and deepening disquiet at home over the United States’ longest war, President Obama’s Afghan policy now faces another big headache: the unraveling of central authority in Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian nation that hosts a U.S.

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President Obama As Commander In Chief


President Obama in the early hours Thursday morning saluted the remains of a service member killed in Afghanistan.

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