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KABUL  - President Francois Hollande on Friday defended France's imminent exit from Afghanistan, saying 2,000 combat troops will leave in a coordinated withdrawal this year but vowing not to abandon the country.Hollande met French soldiers deployed in the volatile province of Kapisa and held talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on his first visit to the country where French troops ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Earlier this week, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker confirmed that he would be stepping down from his post at some point this summer.The official cause was "health reasons," but it is no small matter that Crocker's departure almost immediately follows the final approval of an international military drawdown plan at last weekend's NATO summit in Chicago, and the ...

François Hollande, arrived in Kabul on Friday to meet with French troops stationed in the country and hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

The US ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, is to step down this summer due to ill health after a year in his position, the state department says.

Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post as ambassador to Afghanistan this summer, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday.

There is one hospital in Kabul that treats anyone, from any side, no questions asked. The horrors of the war blow through its doors every day.

KABUL (Reuters) - Clouds of hashish and cigarette smoke float across a screen showing a dancing Pakistani woman, who evokes yowls of excitement from the hundreds of Afghan men passing their time in one of the capital's rundown cinemas. Once a treasured luxury for the elite, Afghan film connoisseurs are deeply distressed by the dilapidated state of their cinemas, which reflect an industry on the...

Afghan police officer stands guard at Arsala Rahmani's home in Kabul after the Taliban peace negotiator was assassinated, which could deal a major blow to peace talks.Officials Confirm 2 NATO Soldiers Shot in Afghanistan Were British

Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, negociador principal del Alto Consejo de Paz, fue asesinado cerca de la Universidad de Kabul, la capital afgana; ningún grupo ha reivindicado hasta el momento el ataque, los talibanes se deslindan del ataque

Un alto representante del Alto consejo de paz (HCP) de Afganistán y cercano asesor del presidente Hamid Karzai ha sido asesinado a balazos por un hombre a bordo de un automóvil en Kabul, según un responsable de la seguridad.

A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a U.S. service member in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed on Friday, military officials said. The Taliban took credit for the attack.

Despite the recent partnership agreement, the United States has less power than it thinks over future events in Afghanistan.

Attack happens only hours after US president leaves Afghanistan after unannounced trip to Kabul.

At least seven people, including children, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on a residential compound in the Afghan capital.

Drei Explosionen haben die afghanische Hauptstadt Kabul erschüttert. Wenige Stunden zuvor hatte US-Präsident Barack Obama einen unangekündigten Kurzbesuch in Afghanistan beendet.

Symbolträchtiger konnte der Zeitpunkt nicht sein: Am Jahrestag der Tötung von Terrorchef Bin Laden flog US-Präsident Obama überraschend nach Afghanistan, um die Modalitäten des Truppenabzugs zu regeln. Kurz nach seinem Besuch wurde Kabul erneut von Explosionen erschüttert.

US President Obama has marked the anniversary of Bin Laden's death with a surprise visit to Kabul, where he said the end of the war is in plain sight.

PRESIDENT Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan overnight to sign a deal outlining America's long-term partnership with Kabul.

Republican rival Mitt Romney accuses president of politicizing anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death

KABUL (Reuters) - Hackers have for the third time in less than a year crippled the main website of the Afghan Taliban, with a Taliban spokesman on Friday blaming Western intelligence agencies amid an intensifying cyber war with the insurgents.

Die Taliban greifen das Botschaftsviertel in Kabul an. In Pakistan befreien sie hunderte ihrer Kameraden aus einem Gefängnis. In verschiedenen Teilen des Landes flammen Kämpfe auf. Die Frühjahrsoffen...

Taliban claim responsibility, saying main targets were German, British embassies and NATO headquarters.

Alors que se confirme le retrait progressif des troupes étrangères d'Afghanistan, l'avenir de cet Etat ravagé par les conflits reste incertain : le niveau de corruption à Kaboul dépasse l'entendement et compromet la reconstruction. / Afghanistan, Criminalité financière, Aide au développement, Banque, (...) / Afghanistan, Criminalité financière, Aide au développement, Banque, Finance, Corruptio...

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Der Verteidigungsminister ist in die afghanische Hauptstadt gereist. Nach einem Truppenbesuch vergangene Woche stehen diesmal politische Gespräche an.

THE LATEST CRISIS in Afghanistan strikes at the heart of the U.S. strategy for preventing the country from reverting to Taliban rule or becoming a base for al-Qaeda. If those goals are to be achieved, the Afghan security forces that have been recruited, trained and equipped at enormous cost over the past several years must be sustained — something that will require continued training and advisi...

In Kabul, Afghanistan, artifacts of the Soviet era are hidden in plain sight around the city’s jumbled hillsides.

KABUL (Reuters) - Dozens of Afghan political parties launched a new coalition bloc on Thursday hoping to pose a stronger challenge to the government of President Hamid Karzai, which they say is corrupt and misuses funds meant to rebuild their war-torn state.In a room packed with hundreds of representatives from Afghanistan’s provinces and ethnic groups, speakers said the bloc had secured enough...

In the two years before the government in Kabul takes responsibility for its own security, the Canadian officer responsible for training the Afghan National Army must stem an attrition rate that sees one-third of the troops deciding not to re-enlist - or simply abandoning their posts

KABUL (Reuters) - In a dusty, dimly lit Kabul basement, British cinema fan club 'Secret Cinema' launched their first movie event outside Britain on Thursday evening, bringing costume, audience participation and light-hearted mystery to the high-security Afghan capital.

KABUL (Agencies) - A cross-border incident involving Nato and Pakistani forces was quickly defused early on Wednesday with no loss of life, according to Brig Gen Carsten Jacobson, the spokesman for the American-led international coalition here.According to The New York Times, few details of the incident were immediately available but it apparently involved heavy artillery fire across the Afghan...