Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 14:28
Billions have been invested on promoting human rights in Afghanistan over more than 12 years of war and donors fear that hard won progress, particularly for women, may be eroding.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 16:04
An Afghan grand Assembly on Sunday endorsed a crucial security agreement allowing some US troops to stay on after 2014, although President Hamid Karzai set conditions for signing the deal.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 13:20
An Afghan grand assembly began delivering its verdict on a crucial security pact with the United States on Sunday, following concern over conditions attached by President Hamid Karzai and warnings from Washington.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 15:38
Pakistan Saturday closed its border with Afghanistan ahead of protests against US drone attacks, official sources said.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 12:41
A meeting of top defence official of the US and Pakistan have agreed to continue their counter-terrorism co-operation and strengthen their military to military ties in coming years, much beyond their cooperation in Afghanistan.
Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 09:12
A two-and-a-half-year old girl was allegedly raped inside her rented house here Thursday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 12:56
The United States will maintain exclusive legal jurisdiction over American soldiers and contractors in Afghanistan after 2014 as part of a draft US-Afghan security pact, congressional aides have said, providing details of an agreement that entails key concessions for each side.
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 15:52
Up to 12,000 Afghan Taliban fighters have been killed, wounded or captured this year, according to a UN report, which said violence in the war-torn nation was at a three-year high.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 17:55
The death toll from a suicide vehicle bomb attack on the site of a key national council in Afghanistan`s capital has risen to 12, officials said on Sunday.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 22:43
As congratulatory messages for Sachin Tendulkar poured in from around the world, Afghanistan`s Ambassador to India, Shaida Abdali on Saturday said the cricketing legend deserved much more than what is being given to him "anywhere" in the world.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 21:42
30-year-old Afghan national, who cheated Rs 21.8 lakh from his partner back home and had been in hiding in Delhi for last 6 months, was arrested following a complaint from the Embassy of Afghanistan.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 18:11
A car bomb blew up on Saturday near the site in Kabul, killing at least six and wounding dozens where contentious US-Afghan security pact is to be discussed next week.
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