KABUL — Afghanistan's government has revised a law that stirred an international outcry because it essentially legalized marital rape, officials...
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
Karzai has shown great political wile in the past year, sugaring up policies, revving up his campaign, maneuvering like a man possessed: he is determined to keep the presidency.
Posted 07.06.2009 | World
Afghanistan is set to hold its presidential election on August 20, and the leading challenger to President Hamid Karzai, a former finance minister and...
AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 06.29.2009 | World
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai accused Afghan guards working for U.S. coalition forces of killing a provincial police chief and ...
GlobalPost | Posted 06.24.2009 | World
On the ground in Afghanistan A GlobalPost Passport Conference Call Nearly eight years after the U.S. invasion in the wake of 9/11, Afghanistan ha...
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 06.23.2009 | World
In a country where little girls are attacked for going to school, Shahla Atta has a very good chance of inspiring hatred and a notion of revenge. That's a high price to pay for standing in an election you have no chance of winning.
AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 06.15.2009 | World
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai and 40 other candidates begin their official campaigns for Afghanistan's top post Tuesday, an election that will ...
GlobalPost | Posted 06.10.2009 | World
Afghanistan's parliament has passed a tough new bill mandating harsh punishments for alcohol. Those who buy, sell, or consume the evil brew can be fin...
nytimes.com | DEXTER FILKINS | Posted 05.21.2009 | World
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Leaders of the Taliban and other armed groups battling the Afghan government are talking to intermediaries about a potential pea...
nytimes.com | HELENE COOPER | Posted 05.19.2009 | World
Zalmay Khalilzad, who was President George W. Bush's ambassador to Afghanistan, could assume a powerful, unelected position inside the Afghan governme...
AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and NOOR KHAN | Posted 05.18.2009 | World
KABUL — Rockets and machine gunfire buffeted an Afghan government motorcade in an apparent assassination attempt on the president's brother on M...
William Bradley | Posted 05.13.2009 | World
The move from McKiernan to McChrystal also seems to signify an end to nation-building fantasies in Afghanistan.
McClatchy | Posted 05.11.2009 | World
The ride to Kandahar airport was tense. The Afghan president's brother had just yelled a litany of obscenities and said he was about to beat me....
AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
KABUL — Video of the aftermath of a disputed incident involving American forces and the Taliban shows bloodied bodies of children laid out with ...
Charlie Rose | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
No single issue that has fueled the flames of anti-Americanism in Pakistan more than the bombings of their country by our Predator drones.
Associated Press | Fisnik Abrashi | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
By Fisnik Abrashi, Associated Press The US military says reports that as many as 147 civilians died in fighting involving American forces and the Tal...
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.07.2009 | World
As rage spreads in Afghanistan after US bombing that killed up to 130 people, unnamed Pentagon officials are spinning another cover-up. Defiant Obama moves ahead with troop increase.
William Bradley | Posted 05.06.2009 | World
Today, Obama, who can be quite warm when he wants to be, was notably cool both to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.06.2009 | World
President Obama will meet with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghani President Hamid Karzai Wednesday. Zardari will be pushed to take a st...
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.05.2009 | World
U.S. intelligence fears an uptick in suicide bombings over the next week directly targeting hotels and high population centers where foreigners populate. The fact is that it easier today to visit Baghdad than Pakistan.
William Bradley | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
After plenty of preliminary work by his top aides, and behind-the-scenes preparation by himself Obama is about to bring the question of Afghanistan and Pakistan back to center stage.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.04.2009 | World
Afghan President Hamid Karzai officially registered his candidacy Monday for the presidential election this August 20th, and in so doing, selected ex-...
AP | Posted 05.01.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama will meet Wednesday with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan President Asif...
Al Jazeera English | Posted 04.27.2009 | World
Afghanistan's president has said that he will soon register his candidacy for August's presidential election....
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AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 07.09.2009 | World