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/ 2 September 2009
A suicide bomber struck in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people.
Taliban militants are filling gaps and winning support to their cause, a top counter-insurgency expert said on Monday.
A fierce gunfight paralysed a district in eastern Afghanistan after Taliban forced their way into a clinic seeking treatment for their leader.
Incumbent Hamid Karzai is running neck and neck with his main rival in the fraud-tainted race for the Afghan presidency.
The UN special envoy to Afghanistan on Monday threw his support behind the Electoral Complaints Commission as it probes allegations of fraud.
Afghanistan election monitors are reporting irregularities and violence — including an attack on voters with ink-stained fingers.
Hamid Karzai and his chief rival, who have both claimed election victory, have assured US officials they will respect the outcome of the poll.
President Hamid Karzai’s campaign and chief rival Abdullah Abdullah both claimed victory on Friday in Afghanistan’s election.
Hamid Karzai’s campaign manager claimed victory on Friday in the country’s presidential election, saying there would be no need for a run-off.
”The Afghan people dared rockets, bombs and intimidation and came out to vote,” President Hamid Karzai said after polls closed on Thursday.
Millions of Afghans went to the polls on Thursday, defying Taliban threats of violence and sporadic attacks across the country to choose a president.
Pride mixed with trepidation as Afghans voted on Thursday, an oddly formal atmosphere counterbalanced by fear the Taliban would disrupt the poll.
Streets in Afghanistan were mainly quiet and tense early on Thursday as Afghans headed to the polls for an anxiously awaited presidential election.
The UN has asked Afghanistan to lift a ban on media reporting of violence during Thursday’s election, saying the Constitution guaranteed a free press.
The turnout of voters in Afghanistan’s south will be crucial in judging the credibility of Thursday’s presidential elections.
Gunmen stormed a bank building in the Afghan capital and battled police for hours on Wednesday on the eve of a cliffhanger election.
Afghanistan’s 17-million voters are set to go to the polls on Thursday with security forces on high alert against a threatened Taliban onslaught.
A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a Western military convoy in the Afghan capital on Tuesday.
A Taliban rocket struck the grounds of Afghanistan’s presidential palace on Tuesday, just two days before incumbent Hamid Karzai seeks re-election.
Top candidates in the Afghan presidential race on Monday addressed rallies attended by thousands of cheering supporters.
The Taliban on Sunday threatened for the first time to attack Afghan polling stations, escalating their bid to derail key elections.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is relying on ethnic affiliations for a crucial victory in Pashtun heartland, but the Taliban have threatened voters.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a large suicide car bomb that detonated on Saturday in the heart of Kabul’s most secure neighbourhood.
Two journalists from Associated Press have been seriously wounded in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, the media group said on Wednesday.
Royal Marine Peter Dunning, who lost both legs when his vehicle was blown up, talks about his experience of soldiering — and soldiering on.
Britain could play some role in Afghanistan until 2050, the next head of the British army said in an interview published on Saturday.
The reported death of the chief of Pakistan’s Taliban movement will not hurt the Taliban cause in Afghanistan, a spokesperson said on Friday.
Nato and US forces said they had carried out a strike in Afghanistan, but denied allegations on Wednesday that civilians were killed in their sleep.
The Taliban have warned Afghans that possessing pictures of ”unrelated women and handsome boys” was against Islamic law.
A bomb attack claimed by the Taliban killed 12 people on Monday, officials said, amid worsening security before this month’s presidential poll.
For more than a year British intelligence officers have been advocating and instigating contacts with Taliban commanders and their entourage.
A Taliban code of conduct that pledges to limit attacks on civilians and curb suicide bombings appears aimed at mustering support among Afghan people.