Kabul, Afghanistan News

Officials say the four were killed by indirect fire, likely a mortar or rocket, but they had no other details.

Four American troops were killed Tuesday in an insurgent attack on Afghanistan's Bagram air base, a US defense official said, as Washington announced plans to hold talks with the Taliban.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a press conference during a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

Policemen inspect the site of the suicide car bombing in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan yesterday.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond during a visit to the main British base in Afghanistan, Camp Bastion in Helmand province /MOD/Crown Copyright/PA Wire) The handover of security in Afghanistan to its own armed forces is a "hard-fought milestone", Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said.

Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, as the U.S.-led NATO coalition launched the final phase of the 12-year war with the last round of security transfers to Afghan forces.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security around the country from the U.S.-led NATO coalition.

A police officer named Asadullah said the target was the convoy of Mohammed Mohaqiq, the country's second vice president and leader of the Hazara ethnic minority.

A prominent Afghan lawmaker escaped a suicide attack on Tuesday, aides said, on the day that the handover of security from NATO to Afghan forces was to be announced.

United States Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson smiles during an interview June 17, 2013 at his official residence in Ottawa.

"Afghanistan MASH units are in GREAT NEED of sheets!" said the Facebook page created to help.

Unpaid internships in film and publishing may have once been educational, Alex Footman says, but they often aren't anymore.

In the chapel of the Serenity funeral home, Xavier Rejano peered into the coffin at his murdered father and made a promise no child his age should have to keep.

Kabul, June 17 : Eleven militants have been killed in three separate operations in Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said Sunday.

Afghan Policemen investigate the scene after a suicide attack struck outside the Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul on Tuesday.

A Melbourne exhibition of Afghan treasures is a remarkable affirmation of a troubled land's ancient culture and a tribute to the people who saved them, writes Sue Green It's a tale with the lot: war and destruction, brave heroes, buried treasure.

In this Thursday, June 13, 2013 photo, An Afghan National Army soldier aims his weapon, in Sangin district of Kandahar province southern Afghanistan.

BY THE time British troops start coming home for good some time towards the end of next year, the 12-year campaign in Afghanistan will have cost UK taxpayers at least 40 billion - probably more.

Thousands of people have fled fast-moving wildfires in Colorado as state officials also evacuated more than 900 inmates from a prison threatened by a blaze.

2."And the Mountains Echoed," by Khaled Hosseini A father's decision to give his 3-year-old daughter to a wealthy family in Kabul begins a 60-year Afghan history lesson.