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The Taliban has claimed responsibility for opening fire on the convoy of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul.
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and his Taliban rivals have both condemned the recent assassination of a former Taliban leader in northwestern Pakistan.
Afghan presidential candidates have concluded their second consecutive day of a televised debate.
Afghanistan’s High Peace Council has welcomed news that a first round of peace talks has begun between Pakistan’s government and Pakistan’s Taliban.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's new remarks about Washington's commitment to Afghanistan's future.
A spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of failing to support the peace process.
Afghan authorities say they have decided to release 37 prisoners blamed by the U.S. military for deadly attacks on foreign and government troops.
Afghanistan's former Minister of Water and Energy Mohammad Ismail Khan was at the entrance to a mosque in the western city of Herat when a suicide bomber detonated explosives nearby.
Afghan officials say an attack involving multiple suicide bombers at a base in the southern Kandahar Province has killed at least one NATO soldier.
Four Afghan soccer players have been killed and at least three others injured in a rocket attack in the southern Kandahar Province.
The Hizb-e Islami militant group says its leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has urged supporters to vote in the upcoming elections in Afghanistan.
Colonel Jamila Bayaz told RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan that she accepted the historic appointment after she was granted "full authority," and said she got "strong backing" from the country's interior minister.
Afghan officials say U.S. forces have accidentally shot dead a 4-year-old boy, further straining relations between Kabul and Washington.
Afghanistan says it will release scores of prisoners despite objections from the United States, which considers them a security threat.
Details begin to emerge about the circumstances around a young Afghan girl, now thought to be about 10, who was allegedly forced by a family member or members to wear an explosives-packed vest for a suicide-style attack.
The Pakistani government's top national security advisor says Islamabad is trying to impose greater control over the country’s porous western borders with Afghanistan.
Afghan police are investigating the kidnapping and brutal killings of a female police officer and a pregnant teacher in the southern province of Oruzgan.
Afghan officials say eight people were killed in two separate roadside bomb blasts in the country's eastern provinces on December 15.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in the Indian capital on December 12 seeking New Delhi's support as foreign forces in Afghanistan start their planned drawdown next year.
Afghan leader says Kabul and Tehran will soon sign a "long-term partnership" pact that focuses on political, economic, and security cooperation.
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