Accusing India of trying to gain influence in Kabul after the planned US withdrawal by 2014, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has also hit out at Afghan president Hamid Karzai for 'going alo

India on Wednesday called for a regional framework for stabilising Afghanistan and ruled out competition - an allusion to Pakistan - as it pressed for collective action in combating terrorism and reli

An Army staff sergeant described by a comrade as 'evil incarnate' cut fingers off the corpses of three Afghan civilians — but he had nothing to do with any plot to slaughter those unarmed men for spor

Three suicide attackers mounted an assault on the offices of a non-governmental organisation in the Afghan city of Kandahar, killing three people today, officials said.

One attacker detonated a truc

Suicide attackers on Monday blew up a truck bomb and raided UN and US charity offices in Kandahar city, killing five Afghans in the latest major attack on American interests in Afghanistan.

The bombe

Accusing India of trying to create anti-Pakistan Afghanistan, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has warned that Islamabad's spy agency will need to take 'counter-measures' if Afghanistan beco

India should avoid playing any military role in Afghanistan, a former Indian diplomat said on Thursday.

"We should avoid getting involved militarily in Afghanistan in anyway. There are better things

At least 50 people were killed or injured when a fuel truck targeted by a bomb erupted in flames in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Wednesday.

"A smaller explosion, caused by a magnet bomb,

Afghanistan's local government directorate on Wednesday announced areas expected to transfer from NATO to Afghan control as part of a second phase of transition due to end across the country in 2014.

After being critical of Pakistan over its links with Taliban militants, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has now said his country would stand by Islamabad in the event of hostilities with any nation, inc