NATO hopes for economic integration of Afghanistan with Central Asia by 2014
Chairman of NATO Parliamentary Assembly Karl Lamers exchanged his opinion after the meeting with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Kazykhanov.
Australia says Karzai 'wrong' on Afghan operation
Australia Monday flatly rejected comments from Afghan President Hamid Karzai that a recent night-time raid which left two men dead was carried out without the approval of local authorities.
US suspends Afghan police recruit training
US special forces in Afghanistan have suspended training for about 1,000 Afghan police recruits to vet existing members, the military said Sunday, after a surge in insider attacks on NATO.
Australia says killings will not speed up Afghan exit
Australia said Friday it would complete its mission in Afghanistan despite suffering its deadliest day in combat since the Vietnam War and the prospect of further deaths caused by rogue soldiers.
Afghans among 54 rescued from asylum boat
Afghans were among the 54 survivors from an asylum-seeker boat that disappeared two days ago off the Indonesian coast, but hopes of finding about 100 more missing were fading fast on Friday.
Three US Marines punished over Taliban urination video
Three US Marines have pleaded guilty and been sanctioned for urinating on the corpses of Afghan Taliban fighters and posing for pictures with the dead.
17 beheaded in bloody day across Afghanistan
Seventeen civilians were beheaded, 10 Afghan soldiers killed and two NATO troops shot dead in a new insider attack in a bloody few hours across Afghanistan.
Insiders focus of US military chief's Afghan trip
The top US military officer Martin Dempsey flew Sunday to Afghanistan to hold talks with senior commanders amid a spate of attacks by Afghan soldiers on their NATO counterparts.
US Senate confirms Obama's new envoy to Kabul
The US Senate late Thursday confirmed career diplomat James Cunningham as President Barack Obama's new ambassador to Afghanistan.
Kazakhstan considers participation in development of Afghanistan railroads
Kazakhstan supports regional international projects in energy sector and development of the regional transport infrastructure: Kazykhanov.
NATO troops watch Games with weapons at hand
After 30 years of war, the London Olympics are a distant dreamworld for most Afghans -- and even the 130,000 NATO-led troops from 50 countries watch the television broadcasts with weapons close at hand.
Taliban executes four Afghans 'for Western links'
Taliban insurgents near the Afghan capital Kabul executed four civilians working for a Western security company, officials said Wednesday, days after a similar execution in the area.
Afghan construction way behind schedule: report
A new US government report has found major reconstruction projects in Afghanistan are so behind schedule they will not yield results before most combat troops leave.
From Kabul to Istanbul: the rickshaw circus
Canadian man and his German girlfriend are braving the Taliban to take a rickshaw on one of the world's most dangerous road trips to bring the circus to children in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.
Afghan wedding suicide attack kills prominent MP
A suicide bomber killed a prominent Afghan lawmaker and 12 other people at his daughter's wedding party in the north of the country Saturday.
Afghan women protest over woman's public execution
Dozens of Afghan women's rights activists took to the streets Wednesday to protest against the recent public execution of a young woman for alleged adultery, which was captured in a horrific video.
VIDEO: Britain shocked by Afghan execution video
British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Sunday said he was "shocked and disgusted" by reports that the Taliban publicly executed an Afghan woman accused of adultery.
Clinton in plea for rights of Afghan women
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a powerful plea Sunday for the rights of women in Afghanistan, using a global forum to insist that they must be part of the country's future growth.
Afghan President hails aid, calls for help on graft
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Monday hailed international donors for pledging $16 billion in aid to the war-torn nation, but called for more help to clamp down on corruption.
US designates Afghanistan as major ally: Clinton
The United States has designated Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally, giving the war-torn country special privileges as the US prepares to pull its troops out in 2014.