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More US troops than planned to stay in Afghanistan

By Robert Burns | December 7, 2014 - 12:00pm

The United States will keep about 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan than planned early next year to fill a temporary NATO troop gap in the new mission to train and advise Afghan security forces, US Defense Secretary...

World

Afghan leader aims to repair ties in Pakistan

By Munir Ahmed | November 15, 2014 - 5:28am

Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani on Friday visited Pakistan's military headquarters in a sign of warming ties after...

World

New Afghan president sworn in after disputed vote

September 29, 2014 - 3:12pm

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan's new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion...

World

SOCHI SCENE: Thoughtful Karzai

February 10, 2014 - 6:08am

Picture this scene: Friday night, just before the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics, in what's called the "presidential lounge" of Fisht Stadium. In the hospitality industry, that phrase "presidential" is often...

World

Afghan president to press for delay in US deal

November 24, 2013 - 3:00pm

A spokesman for Afghanistan's president says Hamid Karzai will press a council of elders to delay signing a security deal with the United States until next year.

World

Afghan president urges peace, despite attacks

September 20, 2012 - 4:03am

The Afghan president on yesterday urged his nation to rally behind the push for peace negotiations with insurgents despite persistent violence, evoking the memory of a former leader who was assassinated while...

UN: Fraud again likely in 2nd Afghan vote

October 23, 2009 - 5:53pm

BRATISLAVA (AP) – The top U.N. official in Afghanistan said Friday that the extensive fraud that marked the first round of presidential elections will be reduced but not eliminated.

Attacks rock Kabul ahead of vote; media restricted

August 19, 2009 - 8:00am

Insurgents struck the Afghan capital two days before national elections, firing rockets or mortars at the presidential palace and unleashing a suicide car bomber on a NATO convoy. Alarmed, the government asked news...

Attacks rock Afghan capital ahead of vote, 8 die

August 19, 2009 - 2:00am

Insurgents struck twice in the Afghan capital yesterday, two days before national elections, firing rockets or mortars at the presidential palace and unleashing a suicide car bomber on a NATO convoy. Eight people...

Karzai orders Afghan forces election cease-fire

August 14, 2009 - 1:20am

KABUL (AP) – Afghanistan's president says he's ordering Afghan security forces to observe a cease-fire during the upcoming election day.