Topic: Ghazni

Karzai blasts US, NATO for 'using' Afghanistan, announces Taliban talks

Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s tendency to oscillate between support for NATO and harsh criticism of it has confounded and irked friend and foe alike.

Karzai worried about electoral fraud... really?

Final Afghan election results show Hazara minority trumped dominant Pashtuns

Hazaras' strong showing is concerning to majority Pashtuns – many of whom couldn't get to the polls because of insecurity – and casts doubt on how fair the election was.

Afghanistan's President Karzai names Taliban outreach group

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai announced the creation of a council that he hopes will successfully convince members of the Taliban to lay down their arms.

An Afghan governor dies and Hamid Karzai cries. Is that a problem?

Bob Woodward's recent book amplified US whispers that Afghan President Hamid Karzai is unstable. There is a problem, but it isn't his brief show of emotion today.

Pakistan will fight Aafia Siddiqui's sentencing in US

Pakistan's prime minister announced Friday that he will work for the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman convicted of attempted murder by the US and believed to have ties to Al Qaeda.

Aafia Siddiqui, alleged Al Qaeda associate, gets 86-year sentence

Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neurosurgeon who the US says has ties to Al Qaeda members, was sentenced to 86 years in prison for attempted murder today.

Afghan reporter arrested for talking to the Taliban

An Afghan reporter was arrested, apparently because of his contacts with Taliban representatives. For local reporters, covering the war is a minefield.

Afghanistan election: How to campaign in a war zone

Parliamentary candidates in the Afghanistan election to be held Saturday say the only way to campaign safely is by telephone.

Afghanistan mental health: Treatment caught between ancient and modern worlds

While Afghanistan mental health treatment has improved in cities, many rural residents still opt to send the ill to shrines, where they may be chained and poorly fed. Aid workers are trying to expand training for community health workers.

Before David Rohde escaped, a flurry of efforts to win his release

The team working to free the New York Times reporter reached out to kidnappers and debated whether to go public.

The most deadly US foe in Afghanistan

The Haqqani network, born of the Russian war and nurtured by the CIA, is behind many spectacular assaults in Afghanistan.

US military tweets, Facebooks from Afghanistan

Some Afghans live under Taliban rule – and prefer it

In provinces just south of Kabul, the insurgents have a shadow government that polices roads and runs courts.

No Afghan-Taliban peace talks, for now

Kabul may have tried to reach out to current insurgents by meeting with former Taliban in Saudi Arabia late last month.

New York court indicts Pakistani scientist seized in Afghanistan

Aafia Siddiqui, who went missing in Pakistan for five years before her arrest, is accused of trying to kill US Army and FBI officers.

Terror suspect's court appearance raises questions about U.S. military conduct

The US military has rejected claims that Pakistani doctor Aafia Siddiqui, who has been missing for the past five years, was being illegally detained and tortured.