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  More Afghans Fleeing Country, Seeking Asylum Abroad

  World | January 22, 2012 14:47 IST

  Kabul, Jan 22: More Afghans fled the country and sought asylum abroad in 2011 than in any other year since the start of the decade-long war, suggesting that many are looking for their own exit

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  Afghan Family's Desperate Search For Missing Son In Delhi

  India | January 18, 2012 10:19 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 18: A 31-year-old Afghan man, Jalaluddin, who is slightly mentally unstable, has been missing from Delhi's Karol Bagh since last 17 days. His distraught mother Hakima alongwith her other son Kamran, have

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  Tortured Afghan Girl Wants In-Laws Jailed

  World | January 08, 2012 12:43 IST

  Kabul, Jan 8: A 15-year-old Afghan girl who was tortured for months after her arranged marriage has spoken out for the first time since her rescue, saying she hopes her husband and his family are

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  Suicide Bomber Shot Dead Near Afghan Jirga Site

  World | November 14, 2011 19:24 IST

  Kabul, Nov 14: A suspected suicide bomber carrying a bag of explosives was shot dead in Afghanistan today near the site of a major elders' meeting set to discuss relations with the US, officials said.The

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  After Al Qaeda, Haqqanis Are Next Target For US

  World | October 15, 2011 13:57 IST

  Washington, Oct 15: While keeping the option of targeted raids on top Haqqani leaders on the table, US administration has opened a new more aggressive approach towards the Afghan insurgent group, it asserts, is supported

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  Afghan Peace Process In India's Favour Unacceptable : Musharraf

  World | October 02, 2011 18:39 IST

  Islamabad, Oct 2: Claiming that India is being given space in Afghanistan's peace process at the cost of Pakistan, former military dictator Pervez Musharraf has said the US must realise that such a situation would

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  Afghan Employee Kills US National In Kabul CIA Compound

  World | September 26, 2011 15:37 IST

  Kabul, Sep 26: One US citizen was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a US embassy annex in Kabul, the embassy said today."There was a shooting incident at an annex of the US

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  US Commandos From Osama Raid Team Among 38 Killed In Taliban Rocket Attack

  World | August 07, 2011 12:28 IST

  Kabul, Aug 7: In the deadliest day for American forces in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan, insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter on Saturday, killing 30 Americans, including some Navy Seal commandos from

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  Afghan Central Bank Governor Flees To US After Scam

  World | June 28, 2011 14:50 IST

  Kabul, Jun 28 :  Afghanistan's central bank governor has reportedly resigned and fled to the United States, saying his life is in danger over a corruption probe targeting figures connected to the government. Abdul Qadir

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  Afghans Say NATO Air Strikes Kill 52

  World | May 29, 2011 16:53 IST

  Kandahar, May 29: Afghan authorities said today NATO has killed 52 people, mostly civilians, in air strikes against insurgents as violence picked up in recent weeks with the start of the fighting season.In the southern

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  35 Killed As Taliban Attack Afghan Road Company

  World | May 19, 2011 19:24 IST

  Khost (Afghanistan), May 19: Taliban fighters attacked an Afghan road construction company before dawn today, triggering gunbattles that killed 35 people and wounded another 20 in the worst single attack in months. The attack, which

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  Suicide Bomber Kills 36 Near Afghan Army Centre

  World | March 14, 2011 22:10 IST

  Kunduz (Afghanistan), Mar 14 :  A Taliban suicide blast hit an army recruitment centre in northern Afghanistan today, killing 36 people and wounding another 42 in the second attack on the base in three months.The

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  Taliban Set Preconditions For Formal Peace Talks

  World | October 07, 2010 9:37 IST

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ Taliban officials have engaged in periodic, discreet contacts with Afghan and U.S. officials for months but are unwilling to move to formal peace negotiations until the U.S. agrees to a timetable

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  Karzai Weeps On TV

  World | September 29, 2010 16:54 IST

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday broke down in tears as he called on his countrymen to “ come to their senses” or risk seeing the next generation flee the country.Speaking on national television, he

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  India Would Play Role In Afghan 'With Or Without America'

  India | April 10, 2010 23:01 IST

  Amid talk of the US looking for a strategy to exit Afghanistan, India on Saturday made it clear that it would continue to play a role in the war-torn nation "with or without America" as

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  Afghan Policeman Kills 5 British Soldiers In Helmand

  World | November 04, 2009 21:48 IST

  An Afghan policeman opened fire on British soldiers in the volatile southern province of Helmand, killing five before fleeing, British and Afghan authorities said Wednesday, raising concerns about discipline within the Afghan forces and possible

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  Abdullah Pulls Out Of Afghan Vote

  India | November 01, 2009 14:21 IST

  President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election announced in Kabul on Sunday that he was withdrawing from the run-off poll. Abdullah Abdullah had set out conditions he wanted to

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  Pak, Afghan Attacks Raise Heat On Obama, McCain Demands 'Act Fast'

  India | October 29, 2009 10:32 IST

  Taliban suicide bomb attacks  in Pakistan and America's bloodiest month in Afghanistan are sharpening President Barack Obama's dilemma on troop deployments while stoking political demands for swifter action. "We watch this situation continue to deteriorate

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  ISI Behind Attack On Indian Embassy: Afghan Envoy To US

  World | October 10, 2009 8:42 IST

  Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI was behind the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul which killed 17 people and wounded more than 60 others, Afghan envoy to the US has claimed.   "Yes, we do," Afghan

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  Two Afghan Policemen Prevented Greater Damage In Kabul Attack

  World | October 10, 2009 8:36 IST

  Had it not been for the alertness of two Afghan policemen, the damage caused by the suicide bomber who struck at the Indian embassy on Thursday could have been much worse.  Constables Alam Khan and