Afghans prepare to sign deal with US allowing troops to stay
By Jessica Donati Afghanistan’s new government led by President Ashraf Ghani was on Tuesday due to sign a long-delayed bilateral security agreement with the United...
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Afghanistan swears in new leader amid dispute, violence
By Kay Johnson Afghanistan inaugurated its first new president in a decade on Monday, swearing in technocrat Ashraf Ghani to head a power-sharing government just...
Afghanistan’s Karzai criticises US, Pakistan in farewell speech
By Kay Johnson and Hamid Shalizi Outgoing President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday blamed the United States for Afghanistan’s long war in a final swipe at...
Afghan presidential inauguration delayed with candidates deep in conflict
By Jessica Donati Afghanistan’s next president was due to take over on Monday but an inauguration deadline has been pushed to September as rival candidates...
Kerry pushes for a deal in second day of talks on Afghan vote crisis
By Lesley Wroughton and Maria Golovnina US Secretary of State John Kerry scrambled to produce a deal by the end of Saturday to end Afghanistan’s...
Kerry, other diplomats try to resolve disputed Afghan vote
By Lesley Wroughton US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday Afghanistan’s transition to a self-reliant state hung in the balance after a contested...
US warns Afghans not to form ‘parallel government’ (Updated)
By Mohammad Aziz and Mirwais Harooni The United States warned on Tuesday that it would withdraw financial and security support from Afghanistan if anyone tried...
Thousands march across Kabul to protest election fraud
By Mirwais Harooni and Praveen Menon Thousands of angry protesters marched on the Afghan president’s palace on Friday in support of candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s allegations...
Abdullah calls on election officials to halt Afghan vote count
By Maria Golovnina Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said on Wednesday that he had suspended work with the country’s electoral bodies and asked them to stop counting...
Afghans ignore Taliban threats and vote again in final test
By Praveen Menon and Mirwais Harooni Millions of Afghans voted in a mostly peaceful run-off to elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai on Saturday,...
Afghan candidate survives bombing (Updated)
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati Abdullah Abdullah, front-runner in Afghanistan’s presidential election, escaped assassination on Friday when two bombs blew up outside a hotel where he...
Under shadow of violence, Afghans vote in landmark election
By Hamid Shalizi and Jessica Donati Voting was peaceful during the first few hours of Afghanistan’s presidential election on Saturday, with only isolated attacks on polling...
