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It is perhaps the only solution in the search for a better future for Afghanistan that world leaders have not yet considered: gardening.

It is perhaps the only solution in the search for a better future for Afghanistan that world leaders have not yet considered: gardening.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday ordered a review of security in the capital after audacious attacks by Taliban militants highlighted the vulnerability of the city's defences.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday ordered a review of security in the capital after audacious attacks by Taliban militants highlighted the vulnerability of the city's defences.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday ordered a review of security in the capital after audacious attacks by Taliban militants highlighted the vulnerability of the city's defences.

UN says Taliban attacks cause Afghan civilian deaths to soar to highest annual level of war. Taliban suicide bombings and other attacks caused Afghan civilian deaths to soar last year to the highest annual level of the war, a U.N. report found Wednesday, while deaths attributed to allied troops dropped nearly 30 percent. Many Afghans now blame the violence on the Taliban rather than foreign forces.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's second attempt to form a cabinet has raised concerns of a return to patronage politics with a batch of largely unknown figures who appear to come with useful connections.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai suffered a new blow to his authority when parliament rejected most of his nominees for a new cabinet, including the only woman and a warlord.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai suffered a new blow to his authority when parliament rejected most of his nominees for a new cabinet, including the only woman and a warlord.

Afghanistan's parliament showed its teeth Saturday by rejecting the majority of President Hamid Karzai's nominees for cabinet posts, state television showed.

Afghanistan's parliament showed its teeth Saturday by rejecting the majority of President Hamid Karzai's nominees for cabinet posts, state television showed.

Afghanistan's parliament showed its teeth on Saturday by rejecting the majority of President Hamid Karzai's nominees for cabinet posts, state television showed.

Afghanistan's parliament on Saturday rejected the majority of President Hamid Karzai's nominees for cabinet posts, state television showed.

Afghan parliamentarians showed their teeth on Saturday, rejecting a number of President Hamid Karzai's nominees for cabinet posts in a vote of confidence aimed at finally forming a government.

Afghan parliamentarians showed their teeth on Saturday, rejecting a number of President Hamid Karzai's nominees for cabinet posts in a vote of confidence aimed at finally forming a government.

Afghanistan's war exited 2009 on a sour note for an international community that has committed thousands of troops and billions of dollars into transforming the country into a peaceful, modern democracy.

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghans said on Wednesday they were resigned to the same daily grind of security fears and hardship after President Hamid Karzai is sworn in for a new term following his victory in a fraud-marred election.

The 10 weeks of chaos that dogged Afghanistan's tumultuous election were accompanied by a string of diplomatic blunders that ended with the scrapping of a run-off imposed on President Hamid Karzai.

The 10 weeks of chaos that dogged Afghanistan's tumultuous election were accompanied by a string of diplomatic blunders that ended with the scrapping of a run-off imposed on President Hamid Karzai.

Kabul remains on edge, with suicide bombings shattering any peace and the growing strength of the Taliban-led insurgency on everyone's mind.