Karzai wins amid cries of fraud
Afghanistan's election commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country's tumultuous ballot Monday, canceling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis that began with a...
View ArticleAfghan officials: Insurgency growing in southwest
The governing council of a once peaceful province in southwestern Afghanistan has fled to Kabul after the Taliban killed one of their members and threatened the others with death. They fear U.S.-led...
View ArticleU.S. ambassador to Afghanistan calls for unity
The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan pledged Thursday to move forward in a unified mission with Gen. David Petraeus after the ouster of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top commander in the war.President...
View ArticlePetraeus: Taliban have reached out to reconcile
The top commander in Afghanistan says Taliban leaders have reached out to the Afghan government seeking reconciliation.Gen. David Petraeus told reporters Monday that very high-level Taliban leaders...
View ArticleSen. Kerry upbeat after talks on Pakistan detention
U.S. Sen. John Kerry said he is hopeful that Washington and Islamabad can make progress "in the next few days" toward resolving the bitter dispute over an American embassy worker detained in...
View ArticleTaliban tunnels more than 480 out of Afghan prison
Taliban militants tunneled more than 480 inmates out the main prison in southern Afghanistan overnight, whisking them through a 1,000-foot-long underground passage they had dug over months, officials...
View ArticleAfghan forces recapture 65 from Kandahar jailbreak
Afghan forces have recaptured at least 65 of the prisoners who escaped from the south's largest prison, the government said Tuesday as it scrambled to recover from the massive security breach that...
View ArticlePakistan protests after clash with NATO helicopter
Pakistan's military said Tuesday its ground forces exchanged fire with a NATO helicopter in another possible flashpoint with Washington, but also claimed it arrested a senior al-Qaida operative...
View ArticleAfghan rally over NATO raid turns violent, 12 die
Hundreds of protesters, angered by an overnight NATO raid that they believed killed four civilians, clashed on Wednesday with security forces on the streets of a northern Afghan city. Twelve people...
View ArticleTaliban denies leader has been killed in Pakistan
The Taliban denied a report in the Afghan press that the insurgent group's leader had been killed in neighboring Pakistan, saying Monday that Mullah Mohammad Omar is alive and in Afghanistan."This is...
View ArticleBomber targets service for Afghan leader’s brother
A suicide bomber concealing explosives in his turban blew himself up inside a mosque in southern Afghanistan on Thursday during a memorial service for the president's assassinated half brother,...
View ArticleU.S. ambassador: Haqqani group behind Kabul attack
The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan on Wednesday blamed the Pakistani-based Haqqani network for the coordinated attack against the American Embassy and NATO headquarters in the heart of Kabul.Ryan...
View ArticleAttack on Kabul CIA office kills 1 American
An Afghan employed by the U.S. government killed one American and wounded another in an attack on a CIA office in Kabul, officials said Monday.The shooting Sunday evening is the most recent in a...
View ArticleUS drawdown in Afghanistan includes many trainers
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (AP) — For today's drill, an instructor explains, the Taliban will be played by U.S. Marines, and the "village" will be just down from the driving practice loop.An Afghan...
View ArticleSeven U.S. troops die in crash
Seven American troops and four Afghans died in a Black Hawk helicopter crash on Thursday in southern Afghanistan, the NATO military coalition said. The Taliban claimed their fighters shot down the...
View ArticleAfghan police officer kills 2 U.S. troops
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A police officer opened fire on U.S. and Afghan forces inside a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, sparking a firefight that killed two U.S. troops and two...
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