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Car bomb targets foreign convoy in Afghan capital

Afghanistan: A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign advisers in the Afghan capital on Thursday, police said. The number of dead and wounded was unclear. The powerful explosion rattled

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Karzai: US gives funds to national security team

KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that his national securityteam has been receiving payments from the U.S. government for the past 10 years. Karzai confirmed the payments when

6 Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military’s top officer began a

UN condemns Afghan attack that killed at least 46

Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials released harrowing new details on Thursday about an attack in a western province where assailants shot everyone in their path, sending terrified people jumping from

Taliban attack Afghan courthouse, leaving 53 dead

KABUL, Afghanistan: Insurgents wearing Afghan army uniforms launched a suicide attack and stormed a courthouseWednesday in a failed bid to free Taliban inmates, killing at least 44 people, half of

Afghan teenager fatally stabs US soldier

Afghanistan: An Afghan teenager fatally stabbed an American soldier in the neck as he played with children in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, as the U.S. death toll rose sharply

Karzai opponents talk to Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghan political parties united against President Hamid Karzai recently opened talks with the Taliban and U.S.-declared terrorist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, hoping to broker peace ahead of next year’s exit

Bombing hits sports event in Afghanistan, 7 killed

KABUL, Afghanistan: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of Afghans watching thetraditional sport of buzkashi on Wednesday, killing seven people in the north of the country, officials

Hagel meets Karzai after security threat, friction

KABUL, Afghanistan: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagelencountered political tension with the Afghan president and a series of security problems during his first visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, but he met

Afghanistan: Two suicide bombers strike on first day of Hagel’s visit

KABUL: About 20 people were killed in two suicide bombings in Afghanistan Saturday. A Taliban spokesman said the attacks were a message for Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, who is