Kabul, Jan 8: A 15-year-old Afghan girl who was tortured for months after her arranged marriage has spoken out for the first time since her rescue, saying she hopes her husband and his family are
Kabul, Nov 14: A suspected suicide bomber carrying a bag of explosives was shot dead in Afghanistan today near the site of a major elders' meeting set to discuss relations with the US, officials said.The
Washington, Oct 15: While keeping the option of targeted raids on top Haqqani leaders on the table, US administration has opened a new more aggressive approach towards the Afghan insurgent group, it asserts, is supported
Islamabad, Oct 2: Claiming that India is being given space in Afghanistan's peace process at the cost of Pakistan, former military dictator Pervez Musharraf has said the US must realise that such a situation would
Kabul, Sep 26: One US citizen was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a US embassy annex in Kabul, the embassy said today."There was a shooting incident at an annex of the US
Kabul, Aug 7: In the deadliest day for American forces in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan, insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter on Saturday, killing 30 Americans, including some Navy Seal commandos from
Kabul, Jun 28 : Afghanistan's central bank governor has reportedly resigned and fled to the United States, saying his life is in danger over a corruption probe targeting figures connected to the government. Abdul Qadir
Kandahar, May 29: Afghan authorities said today NATO has killed 52 people, mostly civilians, in air strikes against insurgents as violence picked up in recent weeks with the start of the fighting season.In the southern
Khost (Afghanistan), May 19: Taliban fighters attacked an Afghan road construction company before dawn today, triggering gunbattles that killed 35 people and wounded another 20 in the worst single attack in months. The attack, which
Kunduz (Afghanistan), Mar 14 : A Taliban suicide blast hit an army recruitment centre in northern Afghanistan today, killing 36 people and wounding another 42 in the second attack on the base in three months.The
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ Taliban officials have engaged in periodic, discreet contacts with Afghan and U.S. officials for months but are unwilling to move to formal peace negotiations until the U.S. agrees to a timetable
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday broke down in tears as he called on his countrymen to “ come to their senses” or risk seeing the next generation flee the country.Speaking on national television, he
Amid talk of the US looking for a strategy to exit Afghanistan, India on Saturday made it clear that it would continue to play a role in the war-torn nation "with or without America" as
An Afghan policeman opened fire on British soldiers in the volatile southern province of Helmand, killing five before fleeing, British and Afghan authorities said Wednesday, raising concerns about discipline within the Afghan forces and possible
President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election announced in Kabul on Sunday that he was withdrawing from the run-off poll. Abdullah Abdullah had set out conditions he wanted to
Taliban suicide bomb attacks in Pakistan and America's bloodiest month in Afghanistan are sharpening President Barack Obama's dilemma on troop deployments while stoking political demands for swifter action. "We watch this situation continue to deteriorate
Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI was behind the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul which killed 17 people and wounded more than 60 others, Afghan envoy to the US has claimed. "Yes, we do," Afghan
Had it not been for the alertness of two Afghan policemen, the damage caused by the suicide bomber who struck at the Indian embassy on Thursday could have been much worse. Constables Alam Khan and
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