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Taliban sit for second day with Afghan leaders in Moscow
No government official is invited, despite President Ashraf Ghani's offers to talk peace, underscoring the Taliban's hostility toward the increasingly marginalized Kabul administration
Ghani takes oath as new Afghan president
The event marks the country s first democratic transfer of power – a benchmark seen by international donors as a key legacy of the costly military and civilian intervention since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001
Afghanistan to inaugurate new president as conflict rages on
The ceremony will be the country s first democratic transfer of power – a benchmark seen by international donors as a key legacy of the costly military and civilian intervention since the fall of the Taliban in 2001
Afghan election in crisis as candidate pulls out of audit
UPDATED The stand off between Abdullah and his poll rival Ashraf Ghani has threatened to revive ethnic violence in Afghanistan as US led NATO troops withdraw
Amnesty slams US over civilian deaths in Afghanistan
The US military justice system almost always fails to hold its soldiers accountable for unlawful killings and other abuses Amnesty director Richard Bennett says
Ghani's Afghan election win engulfed in fraud dispute
Fraud allegations immediately sparked a dispute and stoked concerns of instability after the figures showed Ghani collected 56 4 of the run off vote against ex foreign minister Abdullah s 43 5
Protests in Kabul over Afghan election 'fraud'
Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah held street protests as fears grow of unrest erupting over alleged fraud in last week s runoff elections
Abdullah threatens to reject Afghan election result
Abdullah has focused his fraud claims on the Independent Election Commission s estimated turnout of more than 7 million voters which he believes is too high
Afghanistan celebrates largely peaceful run-off vote
The poll will decide whether former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah or ex World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani leads the country into a new era of declining international military and civilian assistance
Afghans vote in run-off election despite Taliban threats
UPDATED The run off poll will decide whether ex foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah or ex World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani leads the country into a new era of declining international military and civilian assistance
White House defends release of Taliban detainees, Afghans upset
The deal sparked revulsion among Afghans in those parts of the country traditionally opposed to the Islamists
Taliban threaten Afghan election, warn voters to stay away
The Taliban warns voters to stay away from the polling stations on June 14 otherwise they will get hurt or killed
US plans full Afghan withdrawal by end of 2016 –official
The plan depends on the Afghan government agreeing to sign a joint security agreement with the United States
Afghan anger at US monitoring 'nearly all' phone calls
The Afghan government responds to the claims by ordering the interior and telecommunication ministries to stop illegal monitoring of calls saying it would lodge a complaint with the US
Delayed Afghan election result to be released Thursday
Election result will be announced after a one day delay over fraud investigations into the first round of voting to find a successor to Hamid Karzai
Aid rushed to survivors of Afghan landslide
Current death toll is at least 300 but could climb significantly officials say
Search called off after Afghan landslide kills at least 300
UPDATED Officials say the final death toll could rise as high as 500 after Friday s disaster updating earlier information that 2 500 people were feared dead
Afghan presidential hopefuls raise fraud concerns
More than 1 200 complaints had been received by the Election Complaints Commission by Sunday morning its spokesman said
Afghans vote in presidential election as US troops exit
Afghanistan s third presidential election brings an end to 13 years of rule by Karzai who has led the country since the Taliban were ousted in a US led invasion in 2001
Taliban attack Afghan election HQ in Kabul
Ahead of the polls Taliban insurgents attack the Afghan election commission headquarters
Taliban pledge violent campaign to disrupt Afghan election
Previous Afghan elections have been marred by violence with at least 31 civilians and 26 soldiers and police killed on polling day alone in 2009
NATO air strike kills five Afghan soldiers
A NATO air strike in eastern Afghanistan accidentally kills 5 Afghan soldiers the latest incident likely to worsen already fraught relations between Kabul and the US led coalition
Obama warns Karzai of full troop withdrawal
The US threat was the latest twist in a long political struggle with Karzai who appears intent on infuriating Washington until the day he leaves office
Afghan law to be revised after pressure on women's rights
The proposed law will now be amended following criticism and an international campaign for women s rights
US anger as Afghanistan releases 65 'insurgents'
The release of the prisoners further worsened the bitter relationship between Kabul and Washington
Afghanistan's Abdullah says election 'chance for change'
The presidential debate yielded few surprises but Abdullah and four other candidates coalesced on the need to improve the country s dire security situation
Five Afghan volleyball players shot dead: officials
Unknown gunmen shot dead five young Afghan men playing volleyball officials said Friday but Taliban insurgents responsible for much of Afghanistan s unrest denied any involvement in the killings
Afghan president accuses US of killing 7 children in airstrike
Relations between Washington and Kabul have been rocky for years – and the incident is set to further damage frayed ties between the two allies
Killing of 4-year-old boy by US troops frays Afghan ties further
Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemns the killing which comes as the US and Afghanistan wrangle over the bilateral security agreement
Afghanistan to free 72 prisoners who US says are insurgents
The releases will further strain US Afghan relations as pressure mounts for the 2 countries to sign a long delayed security deal
Bleak future for Afghanistan, US intelligence says: report
A US National Intelligence Estimate says progress in Afghanistan may be seriously eroded by 2017
Drones, Taliban on agenda as Hagel heads to Pakistan
Ties between Washington and Islamabad have been seriously strained over US drone strikes in Pakistan s tribal belt as well as Afghan Taliban sanctuaries inside Pakistan s borders
Afghan minister tells Hagel security pact will be signed
UPDATED Washington and its allies have repeatedly appealed to President Hamid Karzai to sign the BSA which lays out the rules for US and NATO troops to operate in the country after 2014
Afghan assembly backs US troops pact, Karzai sets terms
Among Pres Hamid Karzai s conditions for signing the Bilateral Security Agreement is US cooperation in efforts to make peace with the Taliban who have led the 12 year revolt against Karzai s government and its foreign backers
Suicide bomber kills two Afghan police: officials
The act of violence highlights the country s instability as US Secretary of State John Kerry visits Kabul
Progress on US-Afghan deal as Kerry visits Kabul
The talks between Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai come as the US said it had captured a senior leader of the Pakistani Taliban
John Kerry arrives in Kabul on unannounced visit
UPDATED Kerry arrived on Friday to try to advance troubled negotiations with Afghanistan on some US troops staying in the country after 2014
Mosque suicide blast kills Afghan district governor
A suicide bomber detonated himself at a mosque killing the local district governor Other casualties are feared
Karzai heads to Pakistan to seek more Taliban releases
We hope the visit will bear good results in regards to peace negotiations and security of Afghanistan Karzai said
Karzai says US could keep 9 bases in Afghanistan
Karzai said that he could allow the US to keep 9 military bases in the country as part of negotiations over a long term security pact with Washington
Kerry backs Afghanistan despite Karzai outbursts
Kerry s visit came after Karzai launched a series of verbal assaults on US troops and their coalition partners who are withdrawing after more than a decade
Gen. Dunford assumes command of NATO forces in Afghanistan
US general to lead 100 000 strong NATO force in Afghanistan
Kabul considers action vs ICG over 'bias'
Afghanistan is considering action vs the International Crisis Group as it accuses the respected think tank of bias in its reporting on the country
Taliban for Afghan president?
President Hamid Karzai is constitutionally barred from running for reelection and there is no clear candidate to succeed him
Obama looks abroad, with eye on voters back home
US President Barack Obama spent weekend summits trying to end one war in Afghanistan prevent another in Iran and save the global economy knowing that each crisis could impact on his reelection hopes
Obama in Afghanistan: 'Time of war' is ending
In a highly political election year address from outside Kabul Obama posed as a commander in chief who ended two long wars and crushed Al Qaeda and tried to conjure up a new dawn for a nation exhausted by conflict and recession
