Afghanistan's minister of mines accepted a 30-million-dollar bribe to award a huge development project to a Chinese state firm, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing a US official.

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KABUL (Reuters) - NATO's top defense officials will examine proposals Saturday for a big troop surge to contain Afghanistan's escalating insurgency but any such move hinges on a decision by the U.S. president, NATO military officials said.

"My family name means justice and that is what I am determined to get for my country," says Mohammad Ibrahim Adel, Afghanistan's minister of mines.

The Taliban called on Saturday for a boycott of the upcoming run-off in Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential election as top US and UN envoys predicted fewer problems with the second round.

The Taliban called on Saturday for a boycott of the upcoming run-off in Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential election as top US and UN envoys predicted fewer problems with the second round.

The Taliban called Saturday for a boycott of the upcoming run-off in Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential election as US and UN envoys predicted fewer problems with the second round.

US troops who have died while serving in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. Army Sgt. Ryan C. Adams

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oversight and controls for more than $40 billion in U.S. funds to rebuild Afghanistan have been "sloppy" so far despite lessons from Iraq, the U.S. chief inspector for Afghanistan reconstruction said on Tuesday.

AP Source: Gitmo detainees, including 9/11 mastermind, coming to NY for criminal trial. Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said Friday.

AP Source: Gitmo detainees, including 9/11 mastermind, coming to NY for criminal trial. Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, and five other suspects will be sent to military commissions, an Obama administration official said Friday.

A look at the 10 Guantanamo detainees headed to the US to face trials, military commissions. Ten high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are being transferred to face justice in the United States.

Taliban armed with rockets and a suicide bomber attacked an Afghan government and police headquarters near Kabul on Monday, in an audacious assault 10 days before nationwide elections.

CBS radio reporter wounded in Afghanistan flown to Germany for additional treatment. A CBS Radio News correspondent wounded in eastern Afghanistan was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday for additional medical treatment, the military and her employer said.

A CBS Radio News correspondent wounded in eastern Afghanistan was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday for additional medical treatment, the military and her employer said.

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.

International soldiers in Afghanistan to wipe out a Taliban insurgency were Thursday issued tips on how to minimise civilian casualties as the war intensifies and foreign troop deaths hit record numbers.

As Afghans await the results of a bitterly contested election, their country is caught in a complex guessing game about who will be their next president and how solid his mandate will be.

The inhabitants of Logar province remember election day very clearly -- a day when they stayed at home, frightened by rockets and rebel threats, and the ballot boxes remained empty.

As the results in Afghanistan's bitterly contested election trickle out, Afghans are caught in a complex guessing game about who will be their next president and how solid his mandate will be.