President hopes CIA payments will continue

Karzai would not say how much assistance his government had received because it was being used for intelligence work, but said monthly receipts had been given to the CIA.

Senior Insurgent Leader Killed in Baghlan Operation

As the security force approached Jamal’s location, a group of fighters opened fire on the Afghan and coalition troops. The security force returned fire, killing Jamal and three other insurgents.

Italian and ANSF Military Find Weapons and Ammunition During Combined Operations

the Afghan 'route clearance' team of the convoy found an improvised explosive device placed on the road, probably aimed at striking the column.

Reward and punishment system needed to tackle corruption in Afghanistan

According to a recent report by the Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, graft has increased at the government level.

Karzai urges Taliban to fight Afghan enemies after Pakistan clash

Instead of destroying their own country, they should turn their weapons against places where plots are made against Afghan prosperity.

Karzai hold talks on Pak-Afghan border clash with John Kerry

Hundreds of Afghans protested against the Pakistan following clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistani troops that left one Afghan border guard dead.

Taliban Senior Commander Killed

the clash continued for 2 hours, as a result of which a senior commander of Taliban was killed and his two men wounded.

US military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan

The refuelling plane took off from the US Manas airbase and crashed near the mountain village of Chaldovar, around 200 kilometres from the capital Bishkek and close to the border with Kazakhstan.

Hamid Karzai signs cooperation agreements with European countries

Finland, Estonia and Denmark will provide Afghanistan to improve after post-2014.

US names Dobbins new Afghan-Pakistan envoy

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday named veteran diplomat James Dobbins to be the new special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan at what he called a "pivotal moment" for the two nations. Dobbins, who has served in difficult posts such as Kosovo and in 2001 raised the US flag over ...

Afghanistan's Karzai urges closure of Guantánamo

Obama signed an executive order for its closure, but Congress has used its budgetary power to block detainees from being moved to the United States.

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Iraq's monthly death toll at highest level since 2008

The military operation against the sit-in camp in Hawijah sparked further clashes across the country's predominantly Sunni provinces between the Sunni tribes and the security forces.

KP Interior Ministry orders to shut Torkham border on May 11

the KP Interior Ministry has instructed the Additional Chief Secretary FATA to restrict the Afghan refugees to their camps from May 10 to 12 in the backdrop of general elections for security reasons.

Innovative ICT helps aid workers in Afghanistan

Afghan farmers can access the latest prices from 15 provincial markets on their mobile phones.

Taliban abduct 28 Afghan local police officers in Faryab

Taliban militants have abducted around 46 local police officers during the attack which continued for several hours.

Afghan MPs want Karzai to share info on CIA payments

After a long debate, Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi ruled the members would take a decision on the issue during a closed-door meeting.

Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the chief of Helmand high council for peace assassination

Hamid Karzai vehemently condemned the terrorist attack left Mualem shah Wali Khan, the Helmand chief of high council for peace, killed.

Afghan police kill 6 militants

He also added that the killed militants were involved in organizing terrorist activities and killing three police including a senior officer couple of days ago.

Senior peace envoy killed in blast

Taliban fighters have targeted HPC leaders in the past. In 2011 a suicide bomber with explosives hidden in his turban killed the council’s chairman Burhanuddin Rabbani.

Heavy clashes between Afghan and Pakistani troops in Goshta

one Afghan border police officer was killed and at least three others were injured during the clashes.