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The European Union threw its weight behind developing Afghanistan's small but promising private sector this week, in the hope that business can usher in stability and peace once foreign troops leave by the end of next year.

If you missed it, this photo by AP's Anja Niedringhaus from Afghanistan has circulated widely the last few days.

Afghan commandos practice a quick disembark from a transport helicopter prior to an air assault.

An encyclopaedia of Italian political slang has shone a light on a colourful world where lawmakers and journalists speak a language you won't find in any ordinary dictionary.

A homicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosives late last week killing 15.

The Reagan administration gave Hikmatyar billions in the 1980s because he was effective in fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan, but in 2001 the old guerrilla switched sides and allied with the Taliban in an effort to get the US back out of his country.

In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013, photo, Afghan Army soldiers gather at a military training facility in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.

A technician shapes a cast mold for a prosthetic limb at the Red Cross orthopedic clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan.

A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital.

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Militancy and violent incidents have been on rise since April 28 when the Taliban launched its so-called spring offensive in Afghanistan.

Two of Guam's soldiers who are deployed in Afghanistan were killed by a suicide car bomb while part of a convoy in Kabul this week.

Nawaz Sharif's victory in Pakistan's general elections is being seen with some alarm in Afghanistan, where some fear it may mean more instability.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience.

An Afghan worker helps excavate part of the mountaintop copper works above the ancient city at Mes Aynak in February.

KABUL: A roadside bomb Saturday in western Afghanistan killed four soldiers, the government said.

Kenny Hall, former Vol basketball player is talking about his dealings with a University of Tennessee administrator in trouble for possible inappropriate relationships with student athletes.

The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Khaled Hosseini at his home in San Jose, Calif., Oct. 18, 2005. His latest book on his homeland is "A Thousand Splendid Suns." Khaled Hosseini at his home in San Jose, Calif., Oct.

Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next year, is considering deploying border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border, Moscow's envoy to Kabul told Reuters in an interview.