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The 62-year-old came out of retirement last July to take over the post. KABUL, Afghanistan - Veteran U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post as ambassador to Afghanistan this summer, an embassy spokesman said Tuesday.

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama two years ago, when he called Obama "a transformational figure." Pressed in a network interview to say whether he's... Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, ... (more)

Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, is expected to step down this summer after a year in the job, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter told CNN early Tuesday.

A U.S. soldier stands next to a line of military vehicles during a ceremony on the outskirts of Kabul.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand says it will withdraw its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned.

How badly are things going in Afghanistan? The top U.S. and NATO commander, Gen.

Luke Mogelson, a contributing writer for the magazine, wrote this week's cover story on a hospital in Kabul .

Authors of the book Shakespeare in Kabul, Qais Akbar Omar and Stephen Landrigan will be reading from their work and talking about what inspired them to write it, at Morden Library on Friday, May 25.

Afghans look at a National Army soldier patrolling Thursday on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.

President Obama won't meet with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. U.S. officials are furious over Pakistan's refusal to reopen supply routes to Afghanistan.

President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai reaffirmed their commitment to creating a "transformational decade" in Afghanistan - despite reports Obama has all but abandoned hopes of reforming the corrupt and ineffective Afghan army before with withdrawal of U.S. ground troops.

The photograph of Aesha Mohammadzai, whose nose and ears were hacked off as punishment for attempting to flee an abusive forced marriage, came to embody the appalling abuse suffered by many at the hands of the brutal Taliban regime.

The international community must decide who is going to pay for Afghan security forces, including soldiers, after NATO withdraws forces in 2014.

Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Julie McCarthy in Islamabad and Quil Lawrence in Kabul about the situation on the ground in that region of Afghanistan.

If only "What to Expect When You're Expecting" had focused on the dads' group, and didn't just drop... KABUL, Afghanistan - Flood waters ravaged a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials said Sunday.

Lt. Col. John Church, pictured with dog Rudy, returned to his home in Mount Airy in late April after a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan.

Iran, Pakistan and other South Asian countries are a fast-rising force in the global methamphetamine market, with drug cartels thriving off the weak governance and law enforcement that have long fueled the region's heroin trade.

President Barack Obama on Saturday pointed again to the multi-billion-dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase as a reason Congress should retain and continue to implement Wall Street reforms.

Canadian soldiers in Kabul in 2005. Although Canada's combat mission ended in 2011, NATO wants our government to commit money to fund the Afghan army and police forces.