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Afghanistan began registering voters Monday for next year’s presidential polls, an election likely to be the most dangerous and challenging since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001.
Taliban representatives met with Afghan government officials last month in Saudi Arabia, a former high-level Taliban ambassador said Monday, but he denied the meeting could be construed as peace talks.
President Hamid Karzai’s brother denied Monday that he has ever been involved in Afghanistan’s heroin trade, and accused U.S. officials of fabricating allegations to harm the president.
The British government on Saturday denied a claim that it believes the military campaign in Afghanistan is doomed to failure after a French newspaper published what it said were comments made by London’s ambassador to Kabul.
The U.S. coalition says its forces have killed five militants in two operations targeting al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan.
The U.S. military says a militant attack on their patrol in eastern Afghanistan killed an Afghan civilian and wounded four others.
The U.N. declared the Pakistani capital unsafe for the children of its international staff Thursday and ordered them out, putting the once tranquil city on a par with Kabul and Somalia.
An Afghan police chief says French NATO troops have wounded four Afghan civilians on a road outside capital.
Afghanistan’s president said Tuesday he has repeatedly asked Saudi Arabia’s king to facilitate peace talks with the Taliban.
The truck drivers who risk their lives everyday in Kabul have a singular important question; why can’t the Americans stop this? Once again Taleban are gaining grounds in Afghanistan and are zeroing in on Kabul. This time they are not confronting or...
Most international travelers would shriek at the very thought of visiting Afghanistan. The image of Afghanistan popularized by the international media is mostly of a dusty terrain inhabited by suicide bombers and the Taliban. Despite the risks,...
The US government knew from the start that Afghanistan was a lost cause. That is why the Bush regime focused on Iraq. Now its worse fears have been confirmed by the new ’super envoy’ to Afghanistan, Lord Ashdown. The UK Telegraph reports Lord Ashdown...
In a fresh incident, a suicide bomber, claimed to be Talibani bomber, attacked on a police bus in Kabul on Sunday morning. In this violent suicide attack, at least 35 people were killed in the blast that is being called as one of Kabul’s deadliest...
Internal strife in Afghanistan, be it Al-Qaeda or the unrelenting warlords, is continuing. On Monday, nine people were killed and another 32 injured in northern Afghanistan when police was forced to fire to disperse the violent supporters of Uzbek’s...
Afghanistan under the Taliban regime saw the decline of the international relations and the rise of the extremism in the country. The nation saw the breach in the diplomatic ties and the tourism industry was one of worst affected domain and faced the...
A young Afghan refugee dangles a cigarette from his mouth outside his temporary shelter in Kabul. Yes, its quite real, the little one would soon be lighting it and puffing the smoke.
Is the picture not enough to shake the international communities...
Carved into a mountainside above the central city of Bamiyan in the third and fifth centuries, were the Buddhas, considered international cultural treasures. The larger of the two, at 175 feet high, is thought to have been the world’s tallest standing...
Throughout the world, women are victims of violence on a daily basis whether in the context of peace or in conflict. Perpetrators may be officials of the state, armed opposition groups or individuals - including family members.
Here, in Afghanistan,...
Two girl karate players compete in the First Women’s Olympics of Afghanistan in the capital city of Kabul, Nov. 6, 2006.
The games, which last from Nov. five to nine included basketball, karate, judo, volleyball and taekwondo competitions. ...
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