It is the Afghan nation’s business to decide how to run their affairs as well as the state, like any other sovereign state. And even though as of now the country is under foreign occupation, the political government has the liberty to exercise it's rights. No one would find fault with ...

KABUL  -  A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months.Forty people were wounded in the blast during ...

A suicide car bomb targeted a foreign military convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 14 people including six NATO personnel and two children in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for nearly a year.The powerful explosion, which struck at 8:00 am (0330 GMT) in the Shah Shaheed southeastern ...

WASHINGTON : The Afghan government has levied “illegitimate” taxes on contractors working on US-funded reconstruction projects, possibly disrupting US military operations, a watchdog said Tuesday.Kabul’s Ministry of Finance has violated agreements with Washington that are supposed ...

ISLAMABAD  (Our Staff Reporter/Agencies) - Pakistan warned Afghanistan on Tuesday that it would not be responsible for the consequences if a border spat between the two countries escalated further.The Foreign Office summoned the Afghan Charge d’Affaires and conveyed protest of the ...

ISLAMABAD/JALALABAD - Pakistan on Monday said Durand-line was a settled issue and opening discussions on this issue was a distraction from the more pressing issues requiring the priority attention and cooperation of Pakistan and Afghanistan.Responding to a query regarding Afghan President Hamid ...

kabul - Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Saturday said the Afghan government would never recognised Durand Line as the international border between the two countries.He said that the government of Pakistan was trying to force Afghanistan to accept Durand Line as the formal border by creating issues ...

lahore - The presence of American and NATO forces in the areas of Iraq and Afghanistan can give Pakistani businessmen a chance to spread out their businesses by supplying food items like rice, pulses, vegetables, meat, chicken and fruits etc. to these soldiers. “Supply of clothing to the ...

KABUL  - US Secretary of State John Kerry held a second round of talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Tuesday after the two put on a public show of unity in a bid to repair damaged ties.Kerry visited Afghanistan as the United States ceded to a key long-standing demand of Karzai ...

KABUL - Hundreds of Afghan demonstrators on Saturday marched to the parliament complex in the capital Kabul demanding US special forces withdraw from Wardak province after allegations of abuse. President Karzai ordered elite US units to pull out of the strategic province after he alleged that US ...

The weekend attacks on Kabul, blamed by the US on the Pakistan-linked Haqqani network, will strengthen Washington's hand in talks with Islamabad over drone strikes and NATO supply routes, analysts say.The US ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said Thursday the attacks -- the biggest to hit the ...

Automatic gunfire and several explosions rocked the central diplomatic area of Kabul on Sunday, near a supermarket frequented by foreigners, local media said. Local media reports said that dozens of militants equipped with heavy weapons and rocket launchers entered into the area at around 1:30pm ...

An American citizen was killed and another was wounded on the grounds of an annex to the United States Embassy here in Kabul by an Afghan employee, an embassy spokesman said on Monday. The gunman was killed and the motivation for the attack is under investigation, said Gavin Sundwall, the embassy ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday left here for Kabul to condole with Afghanistans leadership over the death of Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, Chairman of High Peace Council. Talking to reporters prior his departure, Gilani described Prof Rabbani a personal friend and a great leader ...

Former Governor of Afghanistan's Central Bank has accused President Hamid Karzai of having role in Kabul Bank crisis. Abdul Qadir Fitrat, former governor of Afghanistan's Central Bank, told Aljazeera television from Washington that Kabul Bank shareholders covered the costs of Karzai's Presidential ...

With Osama bin Laden's killing has left India nervous about the endgame in Afghanistan and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is ready for a short-notice visit to Kabul in this regard. Sources indicated that the trip may take place as early as next week, considering that is the "immediate window" ...

A pedestrian was killed by a U.S. army vehicle in Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday. "A U.S. army vehicle hit a pedestrian in Masoud Square Kabul city this morning and killed him on the spot," said Afghan based news channel. Quoting eye witnesses, the television added that the reckless driving of ...

Two kidnapped professors were released by militants on Sunday in the Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber Agency, a private TV reported. According to security officials, Inamullah Mehsud and Moinudeen were kidnapped two days ago in Landi Kotal from near the Pak-Afghan border. The militants released the two ...

The brother of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a half-million pound profit in eight months on a luxury villa in Dubai bought with a loan from the bank at the centre of a financial and political crisis in Kabul. Mahmoud Karzai, a high-profile businessman in Afghanistan, borrowed seven million ...

At least one suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of a guesthouse in central Kabul on Tuesday, police told a foreign news agency, killing a guard. "We know that at least one suicide bomber attempted to enter the guesthouse. He was encountered by a guard at the guesthouse and detonated. ...

Afghanistans vice and virtue police have raided Western bars and restaurants in Kabul, seizing thousands of gallons of alcohol and arresting at least six waitresses, accusing them of being prostitutes. In scenes reminiscent of the Taleban, officers armed with AK47 rifles targeted four well-known ...

The controversial American security company Blackwater is facing new allegations of gross misconduct after two former employees said that it had repeatedly defrauded the US Government, including charging it for the use of a Filipina prostitute in Afghanistan. In a federal lawsuit, Melan Davis, one ...

The planned departure of Kai Eide from his position as the top U.N. envoy to Afghanistan was involuntary, said his former deputy, Peter Galbraith. Eide last week called on U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to start looking for someone to take over his post in Kabul. Eide insists he did not intend ...

The State Department said Friday that several managers and eight guards at a security firm hired to protect the U.S. embassy in Kabul had been removed after lurid party photos and new alleged oversight lapses emerged this week. Two other guards for the firm, ArmorGroup North America, a unit of ...

The US Embassy in Kabul has banned alcohol from the camp where supervisors are alleged to have indulged in drunken hazings, nude drinking bouts and abuse of subordinates. The move was a belated attempt at damage limitation after video footage and photographs emerged to back up allegations by ...

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is expected to bolster the U.S. military leadership in Afghanistan by appointing a three-star general to Kabul, according to senior defense officials. The move underscores growing concern in the military over the course of the conflict and marks the first time ...

The designated US ambassador to Afghanistan, Lt Gen Karl Eikenberry, has retired from the Army to become one of the few generals in American history to switch directly from soldier to diplomat. After being sworn in at the State Department on Tuesday as the top US envoy to Kabul, Eikenberry will ...

The UN has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Kabul that killed at least 26 people and asked for stringent punishment for the perpetrators of the dastardly act. Noting that the Taliban has claimed responsibility, for the attacks, the Security Council on Wednesday underlined the need to ...

Gunfire broke out near the presidential palace in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday and several people were wounded, a security official said. The incident occurred when Afghan security forces exchanged fire while chasing a group of Taliban insurgents, he said.

Two US soldiers were killed and 12 wounded in a suicide attack in the Afghan capital Saturday, the US military said. "Two US servicemembers were killed and 12 others have been wounded," the force said in a statement, adding initial reports were that the blast was caused by a suicide car bomb. ...