AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FINISH REGISTRATION
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan men offer funeral prayers near the bodies of civilians killed in a NATO air strike, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, east of Kabul,…
Hamid Karzai
PAKISTAN RELEASES TOP AFGHAN TALIBAN PRISONER
By MUNIR AHMED and KATHY GANNON FILE – This March 4, 2001, file photo shows Taliban’s then-Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Muttawakil, who served as foreign minister…
GUNMAN KILLS AFGHAN PROVINCIAL ELECTION OFFICIAL
By AMIR SHAH Afghan men wait at a voter registration center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Afghanistan’s presidential race kicked off Monday as election authorities began accepting the…
TALIBAN KILL 12 AFGHAN CIVILIANS, AID WORKERS
By RAHIM FAIEZ An Afghan man looks at the lifeless bodies of his relatives at a hospital in Heart west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Afghan officials say…
AFGHAN LEADER IN PAKISTAN TO DISCUSS PEACE TALKS
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hand with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Afghanistan’s president urged…
AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAY 32 DEAD IN CLASHES IN WEST
By RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan President Hamid Karzai stands at attention during Independence Day celebrations at a Defense minister office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug 19, 2013. Karzai and cabinet members…
AP INTERVIEW: US GENERAL SAYS AFGHAN DEAL VITAL
By PATRICK QUINN Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, who commands the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul,…
BOMB KILLS 14 AS AFGHAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR PEACE
By AMIR SHAH and PATRICK QUINN Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday,…