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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Taliban storm Afghan district southwest of capital, 100 killed
By Mustafa Andalib Hundreds of Taliban fighters have stormed a strategic district in an Afghan province southwest of the capital and are on the verge...
Taliban reject Afghan unity government pact as U.S. ‘sham’
By Hamid Shalizi Afghanistan’s Taliban militants on Monday decried a pact by rival election candidates to form a government of national unity as a “sham”...
Afghanistan’s presidential rivals sign deal for power-sharing government
By Hamid Shalizi and Jessica Donati Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates signed a deal on Sunday to share power after months of turmoil over a disputed...
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...
Taliban insurgents set oil tankers ablaze in Afghanistan
By Mirwais Harooni Taliban insurgents set fire on Saturday to about 200 oil tanker trucks supplying fuel for NATO forces in an attack just outside...
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 government protests against US deal to free Taliban prisoners
By Jessica Donati and Mirwais Harooni Afghanistan’s government protested against a US deal to free five high-ranking Taliban militants in exchange for a US soldier arguing the transfer of the...
2,000 missing after Afghan landslide (Updated)
By Mirwais Harooni Hundreds of people have been killed and more than 2,000 are missing after a landslide smashed into a village in a mountainous...
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...
Foreigners escape Taliban siege in Kabul, one Afghan child killed
By Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi Taliban gunmen stormed a Kabul guesthouse used by a US-based aid group and held four foreigners hostage for several hours on Friday, just...
Swedish journalist shot dead in central Kabul
A gunman shot dead a Swedish journalist outside a restaurant in a brazen attack in one Kabul’s most heavily guarded districts on Tuesday, police and embassy sources said, underscoring growing insecurity threatening...
Obama prepared to leave no troops in Afghanistan after 2014
US President Barack Obama has told the Pentagon to prepare for the possibility that the United States will not leave behind any troops in Afghanistan after its troop draw down at the end...
Afghan inmates deemed a threat by US to be freed
Afghanistan has enough evidence to try only 16 of 88 prisoners that the United States considers a threat to security and plans to free the remaining detainees, the...
US says may pull out all troops as Afghan leader holds up deal
By Jessica Donati and Mark Felsenthal Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign a security deal with the United States, the White House said,...
Afghanistan rejects US call for quick security deal
By Jessica Donati and Hamid Shalizi The future of U.S. troops in Afghanistan remained in doubt on Friday after a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai...
Karzai says Afghanistan needs US security deal, but little trust
By Hamid Shalizi and Jessica Donati Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a meeting of tribal elders and political leaders on Thursday they should support a...
US, Afghanistan agree security pact ahead of key meeting
By Jessica Donati The United States and Afghanistan have agreed a final version of a crucial security pact outlining where and how many U.S. troops...
Afghanistan prepares for elections
By Louise Arbour As Western troops withdraw from Afghanistan, Afghan security forces’ ability to contain the Taliban insurgency relies on a reasonable degree of political...