KABUL (AFP) - Thousands of Afghans hurled rocks at a NATO military outpost on Friday as fury built across the Muslim world against a US pastor's threats to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11.
In a turbulent start to the festival of Eid al-Fitr, when Muslims worldwide mark the end of the Ramadan fasting month, leaders of countries including Afghanistan and Indonesia issued dire [...]
KABUL (AFP) - Thousands of Afghans hurled rocks at a NATO military outpost on Friday as fury built across the Muslim world against a US pastor's threats to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11.
In a turbulent start to the festival of Eid al-Fitr, when Muslims worldwide mark the end of the Ramadan fasting month, leaders of countries including Afghanistan and Indonesia issued dire [...]
KABUL (AFP) - With the withdrawal of the final American combat brigade from Iraq, US commanders in Afghanistan are hoping to emulate a strategy used there as they step up the war against insurgents.
The number of US and NATO soldiers in Afghanistan is set to peak at 150,000 in coming weeks following orders from US President Barack Obama for an extra 30,000 troops, a "surge" aimed at speed [...]
KABUL (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai left on Thursday for neighbouring Iran to attend a regional conference, his office said.
Karzai will deliver a speech to the meeting, the fourth to be held between the tripartite group of Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan, which share a language and Persian culture.
The Western-backed Karzai will hold talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton met Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Kabul on Tuesday and expressed her readiness to hold talks with Tehran over its nuclear programme, ISNA news agency reported.
The two met on the sidelines of an international conference in the Afghan capital attended by representatives of 70 organisations and countries, including US [...]
Acting Afghan Health Minister Sorya Dalil (file photo)
KABUL -- Afghanistan's acting health minister has said a Chinese-built hospital will soon open in Kabul, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reports.
Minister Soraya Dalil made the announcement while urging that more funds be given for the country's health-care services when an international donor conference is held in Kabu [...]
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