- 09 Apr 2013 09:55 - Kathy Gannon
- More than two-thirds of the inmates at the Badam Bagh prison are serving sentences for leaving their husbands or refusing arranged marriages.
- 16 Apr 2012 12:07 - Sardar Ahmad
- Afghanistan says its regained control of Kabul, killing all the Taliban militants who launched one of the biggest attacks on the city in a decade.
- 08 Jan 2012 16:48 - Staff Reporter
- Afghanistan will open an embassy in Greece to help thousands of Afghan asylum seekers stranded while seeking a better life in Europe.
- 07 Jan 2012 17:05 - Staff Reporter
- Inmates in Afghanistan's US-run Bagram Prison have faced abuses including torture, beatings and other mistreatment, according to a government report.
- 29 Oct 2011 17:43 - Hamid Shalizi
- A car bomber killed 13 American troops in Kabul on Saturday, the deadliest single ground attack against the Nato-led force in 10 years of war.
- 19 Aug 2011 13:54 - Staff Reporter
- The UK's PM says a "cowardly" attack on a British cultural centre in Kabul on Friday will not stop the country's "vital work" in Afghanistan.
- 09 Jun 2011 11:56 - Usman Sharifi
- Worrying questions hang over a plan to start switching from Nato to local control in Afghanistan, just weeks before the process is due to start.
- 11 Apr 2011 14:59 - Jon Boone
- Justice ministry proposes that ceremonies be policed for modesty to crackdown on lavish events that put families in debt.
- 26 Feb 2010 11:02 - Michael Georgy
- At least 14 people were killed and 32 wounded in Taliban attacks in Kabul on Friday, the latest audacious assault in the Afghan capital.
- 18 Jan 2010 08:16 - Staff Reporter
- Taliban gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, launched a commando-style assault on government buildings in the centre of Kabul on Monday.
- 15 Dec 2009 11:39 - Lynne O'Donnell
- A suicide bomber struck an upmarket district of Kabul on Tuesday near a hotel and guest house frequented by foreigners, killing eight people
- 08 Sep 2009 09:23 - Staff Reporter
- A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle outside a Nato military base at Kabul's main airport on Tuesday killing at least two civilians.
- 03 Aug 2009 15:38 - Sher Ahmad
- The Taliban have warned Afghans that possessing pictures of "unrelated women and handsome boys" was against Islamic law.
- 03 Aug 2009 12:52 - Sharafuddin Sharafyar
- A bomb attack claimed by the Taliban killed 12 people on Monday, officials said, amid worsening security before this month's presidential poll.
- 18 Mar 2009 12:25 - Staff Reporter
- President Hamid Karzai warned the international community on Wednesday to stay clear of getting involved in governance within Afghanistan.
- 11 Feb 2009 13:13 - Staff Reporter
- Taliban insurgents attacked two government buildings in Kabul on Wednesday killing at least 19 people, officials said.
- 12 Jan 2009 13:54 - Staff Reporter
- Afghanistan will not be able to reach its goal of being free from landmines by March 2013 unless urgent funding is received, the UN said on Monday.
- 07 Jan 2009 08:56 - Staff Reporter
- US-led coalition forces killed 32 insurgents in fighting that erupted in a village in Afghanistan following a raid on a hideout of bomb-makers.
- 26 Nov 2008 12:59 - Staff Reporter
- President Hamid Karzai has criticised the US and other foreign countries for creating a "parallel government" in Afghanistan's countryside.
- 09 Nov 2008 08:19 - Staff Reporter
- A joint Afghan and US military investigation has concluded an air strike last week killed 37 civilians and wounded 35 more.
