Afghan court sentences Kabul Bank execs to 5 years

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan tribunal sentenced two top executives to five years in prison Tuesday for misappropriating hundreds of millions of dollars from the nation's largest bank in a scandal that caused it to fail and threatened the country's fragile economy.

US designates Afghanistan as major ally: Hillary Clinton

KABUL: The United States has designated Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally, giving the war-torn country special privileges as the US prepares to pull its troops out in 2014, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today.