Afghanistan

ANDKHOI, Afghanistan, May 26 (UPI) -- At least 12 Taliban militants were killed in clashes between militants and local residents in northern Afghanistan, local authorities said. Deputy provincial council member Abdul Jame Jame said 15 other ...  

A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier died in Afghanistan Thursday, the fourth JBLM soldier to die there since May 18.

Pfc. Cale C. Miller, 23, of Overland Park, Kan., died near Maiwand, Kandahar Province, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device, according to the Department of Defense.

 

KABUL, (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliament approved on Saturday a strategic pact between Kabul and Washington, clearing the way for a U.S. presence in the country for at least a decade after most foreign combat troops leave in 2014. "This was done for the interest of Afghanistan," said Daoud Kalakani, an MP from Kabul. Around 180 MPs were present and only four voted against, Kalakani said. The deal, signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and...  

The top American official in the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, Peter Galbraith, has been vocal about the allegations of voting fraud that apparently gave incumbent President Hamid Karzai a victory. Galbraith wanted the Afghan Independent Election ...  

French President François Hollande made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Friday to meet with French troops and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Hollande defended his decision to withdraw French forces from the country by the end of the year.  

France's new president said on Friday 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.Francois Hollande arrived early that day in Afghanistan to meet with troops and Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss plans to pull out 3,300 troops more than a year earlier than scheduled. His visit was not...  

At the recent NATO Summit in Chicago, Alliance leaders agreed that the Afghan National Security Forces will move into the lead for combat operations in mid-2013, allowing the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, to shift to a support ...  

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — France's president defended his decision to pull the country's 2,000 combat troops out of Afghanistan two years early, telling French soldiers stationed in the east on Friday that "the time for Afghan sovereignty has come." While Paris will still support Kabul and keep some trainers behind, France's decision to leave ahead of oth...  

Kabul, May 4 (ANI): Afghan President Hamid Karzai, explaining his signing of a strategic pact with the United States, said Washington has bowed to many of his demands. Karzai said the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed Tuesday evening in Kabul ...  

The second day of their two-day summit focused on Afghanistan, with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the heads of other countries contributing to the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force also in attendance. Obama wanted NATO to commit to long ...  

WASHINGTON: Days after the NATO Summit in Chicago endorsed his exit plan from Afghanistan, US President Barack Obama today said that he would end the Afghan war by 2014. "Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to this country and al-Qaeda is on ...  

Chicago   - The international community will continue partnership with Afghanistan after the withdrawal of Nato-led forces by 2014, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. Ban made these remarks after meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the sidelines of the two-day Nato summit.The secretary-general said the Chicago summit was an important milestone that underscored, and that the ...  

HERAT, Afghanistan, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of 15 Taliban insurgents laid down their arms and ... "Fifteen Taliban fighters gave up fighting and joined the peace process in Chasht district, Herat today," police spokesman of the province Noor Khan ...  

KABUL (Reuters) - People in Afghanistan were surprisingly optimistic on Tuesday about NATO's plan to pull combat troops out of their war-ravaged nation by the end of 2014, but warned Western leaders to stick to aid and security promises. A Chicago summit meeting of the 28-member bloc, attended also by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other world leaders, endorsed an exit strategy on Monday that calls for handing control of Afghanistan to its...  

The DOD also reported the deaths of four other soldiers late Monday: Sgt. Michael J. Knapp, 28, of Overland Park, Kan., and Sgt. JaBraun S. Knox, 23, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died Friday in Asadabad, Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy ...