Bay Ledger News Zonebill@blnz.comtag:www.blnz.com,2009:cities/kabultag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Karzai_claims_victory_over_abuse_733f

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday claimed victory in his latest dispute with the US after accusing its special forces of abusing civilians in the key strategic province of Wardak.

2013-03-21T13:17:44ZAFP South Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/Kabul_reach_deal_pullout_forces_9280

The United States and Kabul appeared Wednesday to reach an agreement on withdrawing coalition forces from part of a strategic province, after an ultimatum from Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

2013-03-20T16:39:54ZAFP Global Editionby Usman Sharifitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/Nearly_many_Afghan_troops_killed_5683

Almost 3,000 Afghan police and soldiers have been killed in the last 12 months, nearly the same as the number of NATO deaths in Afghanistan in the last 11 years of war, Kabul said Wednesday.

2013-03-20T15:35:53ZAFP South Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/Kabul_reach_deal_forces_pullout_cdf8

The United States and Kabul appeared Wednesday to reach an agreement on the pullout of coalition forces from a strategic province, nearly a month after an ultimatum from Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

2013-03-20T13:54:04ZAFP American Editionby Usman Sharifitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/19/Afghan_government_says_NATO_aimless_be84

Afghanistan's presidential spokesman on Tuesday described the NATO-led military operation in the war-torn nation as "aimless and unwise", in the latest broadside by Kabul against the international coalition.

2013-03-19T20:17:15ZAFP Asian Editionby Ben Sheppardtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/16/Afghan_clerics_warn_heed_Karzai_aa45

Afghanistan's leading religious body on Saturday warned the presence of US troops in the country would soon be treated as an "occupation" unless the United States hands over detainees.

2013-03-16T16:55:21ZAFP South Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/16/Hundreds_protest_Kabul_over_special_7cfd

Hundreds of Afghan demonstrators on Saturday marched to the parliament complex in the capital Kabul demanding US special forces withdraw from Wardak province after allegations of abuse.

2013-03-16T13:29:42ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/15/Huge_truck_bomb_plot_foiled_31a4

Afghanistan's intelligence agency said Friday that it had foiled a massive truck bomb plot in which 7,800 kilogrammes of explosives could have wiped out an area of Kabul.

2013-03-15T08:39:25ZAFP South Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/15/commander_warns_Karzai_remarks_troops_834c

The US commander in Afghanistan has warned his troops face an increased threat of attack from militants and rogue Afghan forces after a series of inflammatory anti-US comments from President Hamid Karzai.

2013-03-15T04:28:42ZAFP American Editionby Usman Sharifitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/14/Karzai_says_wants_correct_US-Afghan_c112

President Hamid Karzai on Thursday said he wanted to "correct" rather than damage US-Afghan relations, after a storm of protest over his recent anti-US remarks.

2013-03-14T16:32:57ZAFP South Asian Editionby Usman Sharifitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/14/commander_warns_Karzai_remarks_fuel_1c4d

The US commander in Afghanistan has warned troops that they face an increased threat of attack after a series of inflammatory anti-US comments by President Hamid Karzai.

2013-03-14T11:38:34ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/13/Afghan_suicide_bomb_kills_buzkashi_bc5a

A suicide bomb exploded in crowds at a traditional horse-back game of buzkashi in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, police said.

2013-03-13T18:36:35ZAFP Global Editionby Gul Rahimtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/13/Afghan_suicide_bomb_kills_buzkashi_a7ac

A suicide bomb exploded in crowds at a traditional horse-back game of buzkashi in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least six people, police said.

2013-03-13T16:43:32ZAFP Global Editionby Gul Rahimtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/13/Afghan_suicide_bomb_kills_buzkashi_38db

A suicide bomb exploded in crowds at a traditional horse-back game of buzkashi in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least six people, police said.

2013-03-13T15:52:34ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/12/agencies_more_pessimistic_Afghan_69d4

After 12 long years of war in Afghanistan the best US intelligence can say is that a reslient Taliban is "diminished in some areas," spy agencies said Tuesday in a notably pessimistic report.

2013-03-12T18:25:13ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/12/Five_troops_Afghan_chopper_crash_826d

Five US troops fighting Islamist insurgents in southern Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash in bad weather, the coalition and provincial authorities said Tuesday.

2013-03-12T10:18:55ZAFP Global Editionby Mamoon Durranitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/12/Afghan_web-TV_pioneers_seek_screen_5cf1

Trying out a new spa in Kabul, testing the latest spiky hairstyles and swapping gossip -- Afghanistan's first Internet TV station tackles subjects that the mainstream channels prefer to ignore.

2013-03-12T06:05:02ZAFP Global Editionby Joris Fiorititag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/12/Five_NATO_troops_Afghan_chopper_ca1b

Five members of the NATO-led international force fighting in Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash in bad weather in the country's south, the coalition and provincial authorities said Tuesday.

2013-03-12T04:24:33ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/11/troops_killed_Afghan_insider_attack_916b

Two US soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in a suspected insider attack in Afghanistan on Monday, after President Hamid Karzai accused Washington of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in the country.

2013-03-11T20:14:38ZAFP Global Editionby Sardar Ahmadtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/11/Hagel_displays_caution_minefield_Afghanistan_6cb3

Faced with inflammatory remarks from Afghan President Hamid Karzai and insurgent bombings, Chuck Hagel showed an abundance of caution in his first visit to Afghanistan as America's new Pentagon chief.

2013-03-11T16:58:37ZAFP American Editionby Mathieu Rabechault