France's new president said today that his country's troops had carried out their mission in Afghanistan and that it was time for them to leave, an early pullout that will be coordinated with the United States and other allies.
Two Taliban militants hiding handguns in their shoes slipped into a provincial governor's compound in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, setting off a fierce gunbattle that left two security guards and both attackers dead.
A total of 16 Taliban militants have surrendered before the Afghanistan government and joined its peace process, a government official said.
US President Barack Obama said that America had "turned the tide of war" in Afghanistan in the last three years, asserting that his goal to defeat al-Qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild was now "within reach".
Taliban attacks Kabul after Obama's visit; 6 killed
Taliban bombers attacked a heavily fortified guesthouse used by Westerners in Kabul today, in deadly defiance of US President Barack Obama's call that war was ending during a visit to Afghanistan on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death.
Obama in Afghanistan, says al-Qaeda defeat within reachUS President Barack Obama marked the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death with a trip to Afghanistan, signing a strategic pact with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The pact sets out a long-term US role in Afghanistan.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said today the long-term strategic pact he signed overnight with visiting US President Barack Obama would pose no threat to neighbouring countries.
The fighting is over at a major foreign guesthouse complex used by Westerners in Kabul and all attackers have been killed, a spokesman for the US-led NATO mission in Afghanistan said today.
Nato says a bomb has killed three of its service members in Afghanistan.
Leading Afghan women's rights champion, author, lawmaker and Presidential hopeful Fawzia Koofi has a revealing anecdote about life as a woman in a man's land.
Nato forces in Afghanistan today admitted responsibility for the deaths of a civilian family of six in an airstrike in the southern province of Helmand last week.
A man dressed in Afghan army uniform opened fire at NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan today, killing one service member, the military said.
A flash flood swept through villages in a mountainous area of northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 17 people, authorities said.
A gunman shot dead a top member of the Afghan peace council Sunday at a traffic intersection in the nation’s capital, police said. The assassination strikes another blow to efforts to negotiate a political resolution to the decade-long war.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday announced a new transfer of security control from NATO that will see local forces take responsibility for 75 percent of Afghanistan's population.