A Taliban attack has killed 18 people and wounded around 150 in Afghanistan, while Nato has warned that accords over Afghan troops have to be signed.
India said it transferred a diplomat to its UN delegation in an attempt to protect her from prosecution for visa fraud and underpaying a maid.
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/ 26 December 2011
Afghanistan will accept a Taliban office in Qatar to help peace talks but no foreign power can get involved in the process without its consent.
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/ 14 September 2011
An assault by Taliban insurgents on the heart of Kabul’s diplomatic enclave has ended after 20 hours, when security forces killed six attackers.
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/ 8 September 2008
The US military said it planned to reopen an investigation into civilian deaths in a coalition air strike in western Afghanistan last month.