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13 foreigners among victims of Kabul bombing

Sat Jan 18, 2014 16:23:57

At least 21 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed in a suicide bombing and gun attack on a popular Lebanese restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul, police said.

Gates: US tried to oust Karzai in 2009 elections

Sat Jan 11, 2014 16:30:56

Former US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has revealed Washington‘s efforts to oust Afghan President Hamid Karzai by attempting to manipulate the country's election in 2009.

US troops kill Afghan toddler amid tension on security pact

Sat Jan 11, 2014 08:44:00

US forces stationed in Afghanistan have gunned down a four-year-old boy, and the incident prompted a rebuke from President Karzai who is refusing to sign a security pact with the US unless it gives assurances of civilian safety.

Car bomb hits Afghan NATO convoy, killing 3 troops

Fri Dec 27, 2013 16:45:59

A car bomb in Kabul killed at least three NATO troops and injured eight civilians on Friday, Afghan and NATO officials said.

‘Afghans not to be intimidated over US security deal’

Fri Dec 13, 2013 16:41:02

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in India on Friday that he would not be “intimidated” into signing the pact which would allow 12,000 US troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014.

Large blast outside of US embassy in Kabul: ISAF

Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:37:58

A massive explosion hits an area near the US embassy and the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the central part of the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Afghanistan to sign regional security pact with Iran

Mon Dec 9, 2013 19:43:23

Afghanistan has decided to sign a joint cooperation agreement to boost “regional security” amid American efforts to force the Afghan president to seal a security pact with Washington.

Karzai: US forces should stop going in our homes

Mon Nov 25, 2013 08:09:12

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has laid out several conditions to sign a controversial security deal with the United States.

Amnesty asks Afghans to seek US war crimes accountability

Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:56:45

Amnesty International has urged Afghanistan’s loya jirga, or council of about 3,000 tribal elders, to demand accountability for US war crimes in the past and future before they agree to any status of forces agreement.

US, Afghanistan agree security draft pact: Report

Thu Nov 21, 2013 09:04:50

The US and Afghanistan reached a draft agreement on Wednesday laying out the terms under which US troops may stay beyond 2014, one day before Afghan elders are to debate the issue.

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