Afghan police sifted through one of Kabul’s landmark hotels room by room on Wednesday for any more casualties or security threats after an overnight assault by at least six Taliban suicide bombers killed 10 Afghan civilians.

A suicide bomber blew up his sport utility vehicle outside a small clinic in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, bringing the building down on those inside, Afghan authorities said. At least 35 people were reported killed.

President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused Pakistan of firing 470 rockets into two eastern Afghan provinces over the past three weeks, a deadly rain of artillery that Afghan officials said killed 36 peo

The United States is in contact with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the near decade-long war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the first official confirmation of US involvement in negotiations.

President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as insurgents stormed a police station near the presidential palace, ki

Two policemen were among seven people killed on Wednesday in a suicide car bomb attack in Afghanistan's northeastern Kapisa province, Xinhua reported.

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden

Afghan President Hamid Karzai left Kabul on Tuesday for Kazakhstan to deliver a speech at a summit of Central Asian nations and hold talks with other regional powers, his office said.

A series of bombs and explosions killed 20 people in Afghanistan's southern and eastern flashpoints on Saturday, among them at least eight children and four women, government officials said.

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At least 16 people were killed in two separate bomb blasts in Afghanistan on Saturday, Xinhua reported quoting officials.

Defence secretary Robert Gates, wrapping up a final visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, said on Tuesday that US-led forces are on the verge of securing a “decisive blow” against the Taliban.