Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai says an adviser to the minister of tribal and border affairs has been assassinated.
Abdul Baqi Raghbat, the former director of border and tribal affairs in Kandahar province, was killed Saturday by a gunman as (...)
An unknown attacker threw hand grenades at a police station in the Afghan capital late Friday, an official said.
According to dpa, nobody was injured in the attack in the western Khushal Khan area of Kabul, said Interior Ministry spokesman Seddiq (...)
Two soldiers with the NATO-led international forces were killed Sunday in an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan, dpa cited the military coalition as saying.
The alliance did not specify the nationality of the deceased nor (...)
The highest-ranking Afghan military officer in southern Afghanistan, Gen. Abdul Hameed, has survived an assassination attempt -- but just barely.
After the general rose from his seat to hand out certificates at a graduation ceremony for Afghan (...)
Afghan authorities say five civilians have died in three explosions in southern and northern Afghanistan.
Spokesman for the southern Kandahar province Zalmai Ayubi says the first explosion occurred Saturday morning in Khakrez district, when a (...)
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai cancelled a trip Wednesday to Britain a day after suicide bombings in the Afghan
capital and a northern city killed 63 people, his palace said in a statement.
Karzai arrived in Kabul Wednesday morning, an (...)
Four Afghans were killed Tuesday in a bomb blast in the north of the country, officials said.
"A blast took place in Alokozai Square of Mazar-e Sharif city, killing four people, including a soldier, and injuring four others," Sher Mohammad Durani, (...)
A roadside bombing killed three NATO service members Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, AP cited the U.S.-led coalition as saying.
The coalition recently shifted its focus from southern Afghanistan to the east, where militants are fighting Afghan and (...)
Three policemen were killed when their patrol
vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan on
Thursday, dpa quoted police as saying.
Four policemen were injured in the bombing in the Nawrozak area of
Baghlan province, (...)
NATO says two of its service members have been killed in Afghanistan, one in combat operations in the east and the other by a roadside bomb in the south.
NATO statements issued on Sunday did not include any further details, according to a report of (...)
A roadside bomb in Afghanistan has killed at least three security guards, dpa quoted a senior police official as saying Saturday.
The incident took place on Friday evening in the south-central province of Logar, where a bomb placed on the highway (...)
AlHijjah 28, 1432, Nov 24, 2011, SPA -- A spokesman for Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai said he has nominated a new central bank governor, AP reported.
Spokesman Hamid Elmi said Thursday that Noorullah Delawari has been nominated to head the (...)
AlHijjah 28, 1432, Nov 24, 2011, SPA -- A NATO helicopter made a safe emergency landing inAfghanistan on Thursday, the alliance said, denying a Taliban claim that it had shot down the aircraft, according to dpa.
The Taliban said in a statement its (...)
AlHijjah 25, 1432, Nov 21, 2011, SPA - NATO says one of its service members has been killed in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan.
The alliance says the bombing took place Sunday, but did not provide further details or the nationality of the (...)
AlHijjah 24, 1432, Nov 20, 2011, SPA - More than 1,000 university students are blocking a main highway in eastern Afghanistan in protest against a proposed agreement to keep thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan past 2014.
An Associated Press (...)
AlHijjah 23, 1432, Nov 19, 2011, SPA - A majority of delegates at a national assembly are endorsing a call by Afghanistan's President for a long-term security pact with the United States.
By midday Saturday, more than two-thirds of the delegates (...)
AlHijjah 23, 1432, Nov 19, 2011, SPA - Afghan officials say that Germany's foreign minister is in Kabul for meetings with the country's president and the leadership of international military forces.
An Afghan foreign ministry official said in a (...)
AlHijjah 23, 1432, Nov 19, 2011, SPA - Two Afghan policemen were killed and three injured in a "misunderstanding" with NATO troops, officials said Saturday.
Foreign soldiers shot them at a checkpoint in eastern province of Ghazni due to "lack of (...)
AlHijjah 23, 1432, Nov 19, 2011, SPA -- Afghan delegates meeting at a national assembly on Saturday backed President Hamid Karzai's plan to negotiate a
long-term security pact with the United States - with certain
conditions attached, dpa (...)
AlHijjah 20, 1432, Nov 16, 2011, SPA - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai asked tribal elders on Wednesday to advise the government what it should do about the peace process.
"In light of your consultations, we will take the necessary steps (...)
AlHijjah 19, 1432, Nov 15, 2011, SPA - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $129 million credit facility to Afghanistan, the Afghan Ministry of Finance said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The approval of the (extended credit facility) (...)
AlHijjah 19, 1432, Nov 15, 2011, SPA -- The International Monetary Fund said it has approved a nearly $134 million loan for Afghanistan, saying its government has made progress in addressing governance and accountability issues during the Kabul Bank (...)
AlHijjah 18, 1432, Nov 14, 2011, SPA - Afghan officials say they believe they have arrested a spokesman for the Taliban.
Ministry of Interior spokesman Sediq Sediqi says a person arrested Monday in Sar Hawza district of Paktika province in eastern (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA - A service member of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) died after a bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the coalition said in a statement.
The statement gave no further (...)
AlHijjah 16, 1432, Nov 12, 2011, SPA - A provincial official in Afghanistan's eastern Langhman province says a roadside bomb has killed six civilians.
Faizanullah Patan, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said Saturday's explosion completely (...)
