KABUL, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghans believe the United States knows about al Qaeda bases in Pakistan, but does not hit them because it wants an unstable Afghanistan to justify its presence for wider regional goals, a state newspaper said on Wednesday. ... > full story
KABUL, Aug. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghanistan has changed the venue for its independence celebration on Monday to an undisclosed location, an official said, after President Hamid Karzai survived an attempt on his life by Taliban in a military parade in April. ... > full story
KABUL, Aug. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — The NATO-led force in Afghanistan has denied reports it killed more than a dozen civilians in an air strike to the northeast of the capital. ... > full story
KABUL, Aug. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — A senior Afghan intelligence official has accused a number of parliamentarians of supporting Taliban insurgents, Afghan newspapers said on Wednesday. ... > full story
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — The Afghan and U.S. governments have broken ground on an agricultural centre and airport in the volatile southern province of Helmand, aimed at helping farmers grow food crops instead of opium poppies. ... > full story
HERAT, Afghanistan, July 31, 2008 (Reuters) — A bicycle bomb outside the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat wounded a police guard and two civilians on Thursday, a Reuters witness said. ... > full story
CHICAGO, July 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Presidential candidate Barack Obama said President George W. Bush's decision to send a senior diplomat to nuclear talks with Iran was a substantive move and should be taken seriously by Tehran. ... > full story
KHOST, Afghanistan, July 27, 2008 (Reuters) — NATO killed dozens of Taliban insurgents in an air strike on Sunday in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost, the provincial governor said. ... > full story
KABUL, July 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran has become the main transit route for militants trying to join insurgents in Afghanistan, an Afghan government daily said on Sunday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. government's former point man in the fight against the heroin trade in Afghanistan has accused Afghan President Hamid Karzai of obstructing counter-narcotics efforts and protecting drug lords. ... > full story
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PM may meet Pakistan counterpart in Lanka July 31, 2008 (Rediff) — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Reza Gilani on the sidelines of the 15th SAARC Summit in Colombo ...
Pakistan rejects links to Taliban July 30, 2008 (Al Jazeera) — Pakistan's military has rejected as "malicious" a report that the CIA confronted Islamabad over allegations the country's intelligence service was ...
Australia offers 'military advisers' to Pakistan July 30, 2008 (Australian Broadcasting Company) — Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith says he has had talks with Pakistani officials about sending Australian military advisers - but not combat ...
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