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Afghanistan claims control of Kabul after Taliban attacks

Afghanistan claims control of Kabul after Taliban attacks

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.

Afghan election body clears the table

Afghan election body clears the table

Afghanistan’s election body has cleared the table by throwing nine lawmakers out of Parliament in a bid to settle a year of disputes over elections.

Afghan militants ramp up suicide strikes

A wave of Afghan suicide attacks with civilian casualties shows that insurgents waging a war now in its tenth year are resorting to "soft" targets.

Intimidation

Intimidation, fraud claims cast shadow over Afghan poll

Concerns were growing on Monday about intimidation and fraud in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election.

Abdullah: Karzai’s re-election as Afghan leader ‘illegal’

Former presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah accused Hamid Karzai on Wednesday of lacking a mandate to deliver on pledges of unity and reform.

Afghan opium production has deadly side effect

Living in Afghanistan, the world’s unrivalled producer of heroin, Faqirullah has no problem finding drugs to feed his habit. What concerns him is getting the cash to buy them. No…

Suicide attack on US embassy convoy in Kabul

A suicide attacker rammed an explosives-filled car into a United States embassy convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Monday, wounding five embassy staff and guards and at…

At least 12 dead in Afghan suicide blast

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded area of the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding scores in the latest in a series of such attacks on…