Kabul, Afghanistan News

Moussa Khan had just been making his way back from a long day's work at a copper mine south of Kabul thinking about the son he lost a week earlier to a land mine blast.

Pakistans Ambassador to Afghanistan, Muhammad Sadiq, on Friday accused India of creating problems in the global war on terror, instead of assisting effectively in anti-terror initiatives.

A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has quit the cabinet after being accused of covering up details of an air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan when he was defence minister.

Let's see the e-mails. All of them, unredacted. Post them on a website. Then we'll know who's lying and who isn't. Until Canadians see Richard Colvin's reports to Ottawa in 2006 and 2007, which he says contained explicit warnings that detainees turned over to Afghan forces by Canadian soldiers were routinely tortured, we won't know the truth.

Afghans stand near rubbles caused by Tuesday's explosion in the city of Kandahar, south of Kabul,... Afghans stand near rubbles caused by Tuesday's explosion in the city of Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Aug.

Used cartridge cases of heavy machine guns are seen in the foreground as U.S. soldiers works on an heavy machine gun in the background during training at the U.S. base of Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov.

Unhappy with the behaviour of Pakistan over terrorism, particularly the Mumbai attacks, India [ Images ] is not too keen to have a foreign ministerial meeting with Pakistan, even though both Union Foreign Minister S M Krishna [ Images ] and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi are in Port of Spain in to attend an international summit.

KABUL: An Afghan court sentenced a border police official to 20 years in prison for possessing 40 tonnes of hashish, the tribunal said on Wednesday.

The onset of winter means freezing nights, cold-related diseases and more problems for the children at an informal settlement of internally displaced people in the western outskirts of Kabul city.

Germany's top soldier has resigned over a Nato air strike in Afghanistan in which civilians were killed, the defence minister said.

The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama 's strategy for the region.

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar said on Wednesday any new war strategy decided by Washington, including sending more troops, was doomed to fail and again rejected Kabul's calls for negotiations.

Students at the Teacher Training Centre in Kandahar city write exams on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

Former defence chief Rick Hillier says he didn't see reports by a Canadian diplomat warning that prisoners turned over to Afghan authorities were at great risk of torture.

ThreatsWatch has a scary bit of intel that needs to be confirmed or blown out of the water.

The television set crackles with breaking news: Terrorists have smuggled a nuclear bomb into Kabul and are preparing to take out the Afghan capital.

Barack Obama will announce next Tuesday that the US is sending 34,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to "finish the job", in an announcement that will finally bring to an end three months of deliberation.

Attorney general's office says special court being set up to hear cases against three current and 12 former ministers Associated Press in Kabul guardian.co.uk , Tuesday 24 November 2009 16.15 GMT Hamid Karzai pledged a crackdown on corrupton with government during his inaugural speech for a second term as president.

Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives.

The Conservative government was aware from the first day it took office in 2006 that Taliban suspects, rounded up by Canadian soldiers, might be tortured in Afghan prisons, says Defence Minister Peter MacKay.