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Afghanistan elections 2014: Abdullah Abdullah demands halt to vote-counting

Afghanistan’s presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has demanded an immediate halt to vote-counting over allegations of widespread fraud. Ballot boxes had…

10 years ago

Afghanistan elections 2014: Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani face second round

Voters in Afghanistan are deciding who will succeed President Hamid Karzai after run-off polls. The choice was between former Foreign…

10 years ago

Barack Obama makes surprise visit to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan

President Barack Obama was cheered by soldiers during a surprise visit to Bagram Airfield outside Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. Barack Obama…

10 years ago

Afghanistan elections 2014: More than 7 million people voted in presidential poll

More than 7 million people out of an estimated eligible 12 million voted in Afghanistan's election for a new president,…

11 years ago

Afghanistan: Loya Jirga elders back US security pact

Afghan elders Loya Jirga has backed a security pact with the US allowing thousands of American troops to remain after…

11 years ago

Latif Mehsud: Pakistan Taliban commander captured by US forces

Pakistan Taliban commander Latif Mehsud has been captured by US forces in a military operation, the state department has confirmed.…

11 years ago

NATO forces hand over control of security operations to Afghanistan

NATO has handed over security for the whole of Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban were ousted in…

11 years ago

Ten Afghan children killed by NATO raid in Shigal district

Up to 12 Afghan civilians, 10 children and two women, have been killed in a NATO air strike in Shigal…

12 years ago

Hamid Karzai issues stinging rebuke to US and Taliban

President Hamid Karzai has issued a stinging rebuke to the US and the Taliban, saying they are both guilty of…

12 years ago

Key Afghan ministers sacked by parliament

The Afghan parliament has passed a vote of no confidence in two of its most senior ministers and demanded that…

12 years ago

Arsala Rahmani, senior Afghan peace negotiator, shot dead in Kabul

Arsala Rahmani, a senior Afghan peace negotiator, has been shot dead in Kabul, officials say. Arsala Rahmani was a former…

12 years ago

Sgt. Robert Bales is the US soldier suspected of Kandahar massacre

Senior US officials have revealed the identity of the suspect soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar as…

13 years ago

Hamid Karzai accuses US of not fully co-operating with a probe into the Kandahar massacre

Afghan President Hamid Karzai accuses the US of not fully co-operating with a probe into the Kandahar massacre of 16…

13 years ago

Afghan massacre US soldier had received body and brain injuries while serving in Iraq

The US soldier accused of the Afghan massacre on Sunday, when he shot dead 16 civilians, had received body and…

13 years ago

US soldier who shot dead 16 Afghan civilians has been flown to Kuwait

The American soldier who shot dead 16 civilians, including women and children, in Afghanistan on Sunday has been flown to…

13 years ago

President Hamid Karzai asked NATO troops to leave Afghan villages

President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves to major bases after 16 civilians…

13 years ago

Afghanistan: Taliban militants suspended peace negotiations with US

Taliban militants in Afghanistan have suspended preliminary peace negotiations with the United States. The militants blamed the Americans' "ever-changing position".…

13 years ago

Leon Panetta has arrived in Afghanistan after a US soldier shot dead 16 civilians

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has arrived in Afghanistan in a surprise visit after a NATO soldier shot dead 16…

13 years ago

Afghan militants attacked government delegation visiting Kandahar massacre site

Afghan militants have launched an attack on a government delegation visiting the site where a US soldier killed 16 civilians.…

13 years ago

NATO troops in Afghanistan on high alert after US soldier shot dead 16 civilians in Kandahar

NATO troops in Afghanistan have been placed on high alert after the Taliban militants vowed to avenge the deaths of…

13 years ago

US soldier shot dead 16 Afghan civilians including 9 children

Sixteen Afghan civilians, including nine children and three women, have been shot dead by a US soldier in Afghanistan entering…

13 years ago

Two of US Marines urinating on Taliban corpses have been identified

Two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine…

13 years ago

Sahar Gul, a teenage Afghan bride, was tortured by her in-laws for more than 5 months

Sahar Gul, a teenage bride from Afghanistan, who was tortured for months after her arranged marriage, has spoken out for…

13 years ago

Kabul: at least 54 people killed after a bomb explode at a packed mosque during Ashura festival

At least 54 people have been killed after a bomb exploded at a packed mosque in Afghanistan as people celebrated…

13 years ago

NATO Helicopter Crashes in Wardak, Eastern Afghanistan. Recovery is Underway.

Taliban who shot down the Navy SEALs helicopter in Afghanistan were killed. [googlead tip="patrat_mare" aliniat="centrat"]   A helicopter for the…

13 years ago