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Afghan officials say rescue operations are under way in Kabul and several eastern provinces, where heavy floods have killed dozens of people.
A powerful blast has wounded 16 people in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.
The dream of a northeastern Afghan province to become a regional trade hub has taken a knock after officials confirmed that Konduz -- for now -- will be bypassed by a much-anticipated railroad linking northern Afghanistan to neighboring Central Asian countries.
Afghan police say they have arrested a village mullah after a woman was publicly executed in accordance to a fatwa issued by the religious authority in northwestern Badghis Province.
The owner of an Afghan radio network dedicated solely to women says one of its regional stations has been shut down after he refused to pay bribes to officials.
Kevin Rudd arrived on July 27 accompanied by Defense Ministry officials, his national security adviser, and the Australian ambassador to Kabul.
A suicide bomber riding on a donkey has reportedly killed three NATO soldiers and their Afghan interpreter.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's spokesman has dismissed a "New York Times" report claiming U.S. President Barack Obama is considering an expedited and complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan as a tactic "aimed at putting pressure on Afghanistan."
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that a recent Taliban attack on the presidential palace will not deter him from moving ahead with the peace process.
Afghan security forces have fought off an attack naer the presidential palace in Kabul, reportedly killing all the attackers.
Local officials say at least 18 Taliban militants were killed by Afghan security forces in the northern province of Konduz.
U.S. officials say they will sit down with the Taliban "within days" to begin the "first step on a long road" toward ending the 12-year-old war in Afghanistan.
The governor of Afghanistan’s northern Jowzjan Province says his house has been attacked by ethnic Uzbek commander Abdul Rashid Dostum's militia.
Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says roadside bomb attacks have killed 10 Afghan soldiers since June 16.
The police chief of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province has escaped a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy.
Six policemen have been shot dead at an outpost in southern Afghanistan.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office says 17 people have been killed and 39 wounded by a Taliban suicide attack at the entrance of the Supreme Court in Kabul.
Provincial officials say at least 18 people were injured in a suicide attack in Afghanistan's southern Zabul Province.
Four foreign soldiers have been killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan.
The government of Afghanistan says it has reached out to neighboring Iran as the Taliban confirmed it had held talks with Iranian officials.
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