Details from deadly attack: US says insurgents breached base during Kamdesh battle. Insurgents fought their way inside an American base in Afghanistan last weekend in a rare security breach before they were driven back under heavy fire during the deadliest battle for U.S. troops in more than a year, a U.S. official said Wednesday.

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize triumph praised by many despite doubts that it may be premature. The choice of President Barack Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize was cheered Friday by a global chorus from European leaders to minibus passengers in Kenya ? but it also elicited criticism over the decision to break with tradition and recognize hopeful promise over concrete achievement.

UN chief in Afghanistan acknowledges fraud in presidential vote, denies aiding Karzai. The top U.N. official in Afghanistan on Sunday acknowledged "widespread fraud" in the disputed presidential election and rejected allegations from a former deputy that he covered up cheating to smooth the path to victory for President Hamid Karzai.

Afghan opposition accuses president of delaying results of election fraud probe. Afghanistan's political opposition accused President Hamid Karzai on Sunday of delaying release of a U.N.-backed investigation into fraud in the August presidential balloting and pressuring election officials to declare him the winner.

Afghan President Karzai effectively handed a 2nd term when challenger drops out. President Hamid Karzai was effectively handed a second five-year term Sunday when his only challenger dropped out of the race, and the Obama administration said it was prepared to work with the man it has previously criticized to combat corruption and confront the Taliban insurgency.

President Karzai pledges corrupt officials will have no place in his new Afghan government. The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration ? a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government.

The Taliban killed 10 people and critically injured a local police chief in western Afghanistan's main city on Monday with a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a trash can, officials said.

Taliban threatens to attack polling stations in this week's election, Afghan official says. The Taliban are threatening to attack polling centers in the key southern province of Kandahar, a warning likely to have a chilling effect on potential voters in this week's presidential election.

CBS radio journalist wounded in Afghanistan by bomb that killed US service member. A CBS Radio News correspondent was being treated Saturday at Bagram Air Base after being seriously wounded by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan that also killed a U.S. service member, officials said.

US envoy plays down worries over Afghan president amid charges of election fraud. U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke tried to play down worries about Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday as mounting charges of election fraud raised questions about years of costly international efforts to help his country.

Defiant Afghan voters trickle to polling centers, express hope, fear and pride. Some Afghans voted eagerly Thursday in the presidential election, even though threats of violence kept many from the polls.

Ascetic ex-minister campaigning out of a tent is running 3rd in Afghan election. Presidential candidate Ramazan Bashardost works out of a tent, eschews meat and refuses bodyguards. With a message of asceticism and charity, he has struck a chord with Afghan voters, disillusioned with candidates tainted by ties to warlords and government corruption.

Rising Taliban control in Afghanistan's north cuts through US supply route. Growing Taliban influence in northern Afghanistan is threatening a new military supply line painstakingly negotiated by the U.S., as rising violence takes hold on the one-time Silk Road route.

Hidden behind the burqa, female candidates struggle to campaign in Afghanistan. Sima Matin's burqa limits her vision. It gives her migraines. Now it's causing another problem: It's hiding her from the voters she hopes will elect her in next month's provincial election.

Afghan, NATO forces slam newly released Taliban military code of conduct. A new Taliban code of military conduct that tells fighters to limit suicide attacks and avoid killing civilians is a sham that doesn't reflect the true nature of the insurgents, NATO and Afghan officials said.

AP Interview: Karzai offers peace to Taliban who renounce violence; seeks new rules for troops. A confident President Hamid Karzai on Monday offered peace talks to Taliban militants if they renounce violence and called for a new relationship with the West if he wins a second term in next month's presidential election.

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Karzai tells incoming US commander in Afghanistan to protect civilians. President Hamid Karzai told the incoming commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday that the most important part of his new mission was to protect Afghan civilians.