Kabul, Afghanistan News

The body of a Northern Kentucky veteran who was killed in Afghanistan last week will return to his hometown Wednesday.

"What separates me from someone in the streets of Kabul is such a thin line," says the Afghan-American author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns." "What I have is, in many ways, an undeserved gift." His amazing run continued Tuesday night as he appeared before an overflow crowd at the Barnes & Noble on Manhattan's Union Square.

More women imprisoned for 'moral crimes' as fears grow that hard-won rights are at risk as western troops head home Women demonstrate in Kabul: religious conservatives have blocked a landmark law protecting women from violence.

A police officer who served in Craven has spoken of his latest role teaching Afghan police officers in war-torn Kabul.

The body of a U.S. Army veteran from New Mexico is coming home Tuesday following his death in Afghanistan.

Maj. Gen. Paulino speaks about difficult task of n...: The late Sgt. Eugene Aguon's parents were in the Philippines when a Guard notification team approached their Mangilao home Friday.

As of Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at least 2,091 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

Kabul--Since 2009, Voices for Creative Nonviolence has maintained a grim record we call the "The Afghan AtrocitiesUpdate" which gives the dates, locations, numbers and names of Afghan civilians killed by NATO forces.

A powerful roadside bomb has killed seven policemen in western Afghanistan as forces were engaged in a deadly battle with large groups of Taliban fighters who attacked police checkpoints in the south, officials have said.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.

UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova , toured the Ayesha-e-Durrani school in Kabul as part of her three day visit to Afghanistan.

A deadly bomb attack also caused him to his miss classes - transmitted live via the Internet - but he persevered and earned a master's degree in engineering from the His class graduated on Friday, as he joins a growing number of service members earning college degrees while deployed in a war zone.

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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.

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.

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

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

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

A soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army patrols the streets as he walks past a traditional Afghan bread shop in Ghazni city, yesterday.

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