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A landslide triggered by heavy rains and a small earthquake swept through two villages in northern Afghanistan killing four people and destroying around 100 houses, officials said Saturday.

• 13 апреля 2014, 13:24

Afghan President Hamid Karzai cast his vote Saturday in the election that marks the start of his country's first-ever democratic transfer of power, as he steps down after serving the maximum two terms in office.

• 05 апреля 2014, 12:27

Russian missiles on Kazakhstan border - experts express their opinion.

• 04 апреля 2014, 15:23

A female Western journalist was shot dead and another wounded in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on Friday, on the eve of the country's presidential election, police said.

• 04 апреля 2014, 15:22

At least six Taliban suicide attackers stormed a police station in the centre of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Thursday, killing three people in a major assault ahead of the presidential election.

• 20 марта 2014, 14:42

Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for masterminding 9/11 on the night of the attacks, his son-in-law said Wednesday as he unexpectedly testified at his federal trial in New York on terror charges.

• 20 марта 2014, 12:07

A suicide bomber on a three-wheeled motorbike killed at least 15 people at a crowded market in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, as security is ramped up ahead of presidential elections.

• 18 марта 2014, 17:36

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has become a father again at the age of 56 after his wife gave birth to their third child in India.

• 07 марта 2014, 14:47

The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday dropped out of the country's election and endorsed Zalmai Rassoul, a move widely seen as signalling the current leader's prefered choice of successor.

• 06 марта 2014, 18:05

A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers, government officials said, while the coalition said it was investigating reports of the incident.

• 06 марта 2014, 17:18

The next president of Afghanistan will sign a security pact with the United States despite the refusal of outgoing leader Hamid Karzai, Secretary of State John Kerry confidently predicted.

• 27 февраля 2014, 16:22

President Barack Obama told Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that he is now planning for a full US troop withdrawal because of the Afghan leader's repeated refusal to sign a security pact.

• 26 февраля 2014, 13:55

Afghanistan released 65 alleged Taliban fighters from jail on Thursday despite condemnation from the United States, which says the men could return to the battlefield to launch strikes against NATO and Afghan forces.

• 13 февраля 2014, 13:45

Militants stormed a house of anti-Taliban activists and shot dead nine men in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar early Wednesday.

• 12 февраля 2014, 12:54

Kazakhstan’s decision to renounce its nuclear arsenal is a good beacon for nations pursuing nuclear programs: President Nazarbayev.

• 05 февраля 2014, 13:04

Global leaders from politics, defence and diplomacy meet in Germany from Friday to discuss conflict hotspots and looming threats, from Syria and Afghanistan to East Asia and Africa.

• 29 января 2014, 17:35

Afghan President Hamid Karzai suspects the United States may have backed insurgent-style attacks to undermine his government but has no evidence to support his theory.

• 29 января 2014, 11:42

Two Canadians are among those killed in an attack on a popular restaurant in Kabul, the country's foreign minister said Friday.

• 18 января 2014, 10:58

Barack Obama insisted Monday he had faith in the Afghan war mission after former Pentagon chief Robert Gates charged the president lacked passion for military action and soured on his own troop surge.

• 14 января 2014, 11:08

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday condemned US troops for killing a four-year-old boy in the southern province of Helmand, in a fresh strain to troubled relations between Washington and Kabul.

• 11 января 2014, 13:10