Karzai condemns killing of boy, 4, by US troops: Spokesman

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 00:13

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday condemned US troops for killing a four-year-old boy in the southern province of Helmand, in an incident set to add fresh strain to troubled relations between Washington and Kabul.

Afghanistan to free most inmates seen by US as threat

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 09:43

Afghanistan has enough evidence to try only 16 of 88 prisoners that the United States considers a threat to security and plans to free the remaining detainees, the president`s spokesman said on Thursday.

Afghan`s Karzai not seen meeting US deadline on security deal: Report

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 08:59

US efforts to persuade Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a long-term security agreement according to Washington`s timetable will likely fail, the lead American negotiator has warned the Obama administration, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

US wants Afghanistan to sign security deal in `weeks not months`

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 08:22

The United States wants the Afghanistan government to sign a bilateral security agreement in matter of weeks if a contingent of US troops is to remain there after 2014, the White House said.

Nawaz Sharif asks hardline cleric to facilitate talks with Taliban: Reports

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 15:57

Pakistan`s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked a radical cleric known as the "father of the Taliban" to initiate talks with banned militant groups, according to media reports.

Foreign convoy attacked in Kabul, no official reports of casualties

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 16:00

A suspected suicide bomber attacked a foreign military convoy on the eastern outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, but there were no official reports of casualties, police said.

Top Afghan army general warns of high risk over US pact delay

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 17:47

A top Afghanistan general has warned the country of high risk, if it further delays signing the security pact with the United States on its military withdrawal in 2014.

NATO opens post-2014 talks with Afghanistan

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 23:06

NATO opened negotiations with Afghanistan over proposed military force to stay in country after next year, but said no deal would be signed until after a separate agreement with the US was completed.

`Pyar kiya to darna kya`: Karzai on ties with India

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 16:16

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, acknowledging the “love affair” between India and Afghanistan, has said if India continues with its current levels of support to his government for the next 20 years, his country would "stabilise”.

Hamid Karzai lauds India for its financial aid to Afghanistan

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 23:35

Afghan president Hamid Karzai said on Sunday that India`s financial assistance to the tune of USD 2 billion would go a long way in building developmental infrastructure and economic regeneration in Afghanistan.

India not shying away from providing military equipment: Karzai

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 15:45

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and he were in full agreement on “all issues”, including the terms he has set for signing a security agreement with the US, and that India was “not shying away” from providing military equipment and training to his country.

India not shying away from providing military equipment: Hamid Karzai

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 15:14

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and he were in full agreement on “all issues”, including the terms he has set for signing a security agreement with the US, and that India was “not shying away” from providing military equipment and training to his country.