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Afghan presidential candidate on runoff election against President Karzai
President Hamid Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah both have roughly 40 percent of the nationwide vote for president with 10 percent of ballots counted, the...
Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week's runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai following a breakdown in talks on how to fix the ...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Abdullah Abdullah's call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in Afghanistan will not aff...
President Obama has run out of "excuses" for delaying a decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan , House Minority Leader John Boehner said Monday ...
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says it's up to Afghan officials to decide the way ahead after the top challenger to President Hamid Karzai pulled o...
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is still weeks away from deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan , the White House said Sunday amid pressure from lawmakers...
Afghans will elect a new president in the spring of 2014 in a ballot considered crucial for their country's stability and security after more than 11 years of war.Af...
Pakistan has increased efforts to reach out to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make his case against Iran before the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, arguing that time is quickly runnin...
Former opponent Abdullah Abdullah says President Karzai is not an adequate strategic partner for the U.S.
Afghanistan's president has branded his U.S. allies as corrupt, wasteful and contemptuous of Afghan lives. Once he even threatened to join the Taliban. Nonetheless, ...
President Hamid Karzai said Thursday his nation's youth will stand up and defend the Afghanistan as the U.S. begins to pull its troops out, while France announced it...
Afghan political parties united against President Hamid Karzai recently opened talks with the Taliban and U.S.-declared terrorist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, hoping to brok...
Sen. LeMieux on meeting with Gen. McChrystal, President Karzi and Abdullah Abdullah in Afghanistan
There's still no preliminary winner in Afghanistan 's presidential vote.Election officials released just a sliver of new results Saturday, showing President Hamid Ka...
The United States appears to be bracing for a rocky election in Afghanistan Thursday, a vote that could pose security challenges long after the polls close. While an...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's top challenger called for a "dramatic increase" in troops to ensure security in his country, suggesting a failure to send in reinforc...
KABUL -- A main political rival accused Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday of undermining the war against the Taliban by blaming the international community for...
President Hamid Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah positioned themselves Friday as the likely winner of Afghanistan's presidential election, one day after m...