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President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though likely not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to ready bases and provide equipment the troops would need in a country with scant resources.

Leaders from 48 Islamic states met Monday in Turkey to begin an economic summit which may see its stated purpose overshadowed by some controversial guests, and the decades-old quest for peace in the Middle East.

The United States and Germany are stepping up pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to implement major reforms and crack down on rampant corruption.

Senior commanders say public not convinced British troops can succeed as MoD announces deaths of two more soldiers British troops in Helmand province, Afghanistan.Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Growing frustration among Britain's most senior military commanders over the government's handling of the war in Afghanistan burst into the open today as they ...

BRINGING Afghanistan's disastrous presidential election to a close, ten weeks after the voting, the chairman of the country's Independent Election Commission said he would only accept three questions.

In this Jan. 21, 2008 file photo, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir seen during a news conference with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, not pictured, in Ankara, Turkey.Turkey should arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir if he visits Istanbul because of an international warrant against him for atrocities in Darfur, human rights groups said ...

KABUL: Investigations were under way Sunday into the deaths of seven soldiers and police killed in what Afghan officials called a mis-targeted NATO air strike, one of the worst "friendly fire" incidents of an eight-year war.

Maintaining public support is "crucially important" to the success of the international military mission in Afghanistan, the senior British commander in the country has warned.

When the main challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai dropped out of a planned runoff, it did more than end two months of election disputes.

Karzai Government Corruption Hobbles Obama Afghan War Strategy Interview with Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, conducted by Scott Harris In a blow to Washington's efforts to restore credibility to a tainted election process, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main challenger dropped out of the presidential run off election scheduled for Nov.

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan announced plans on Thursday to relocate hundreds of foreign staff members, sending some out of the country, in the wake of a lethal attack on its workers at a guesthouse last week.

Hearing the newsA of President Hamid Karzai's win by default in the Afghan election, I remembered what an Afghan friend had told meA about the death of his cousin, a tribal leader in Afghanistan's troubled south, who had endorsed and taken part in the recent election.

Three former defence chiefs have launched a scathing attack on Gordon Brown's Afghanistan policy.

Canada and its international allies in Afghanistan must do a better job of developing local police officers and curbing corruption if their counter-insurgency strategy is to succeed, the senior Canadian police official in the country said Friday.

Election officials on Monday declared Hamid Karzai the winner of Afghanistan's disputed presidential poll after cancelling a planned run-off. Here is a timeline of major Afghan developments since 2001.

The re-election of President Hamid Karzai creates new headaches for the Obama administration.

It's been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman.

The killing of five British soldiers by an Afghan police officer has "struck at the heart" of Britain's entire exit strategy for Afghanistan, a former Labour minister has said.

If I owned a cable news network, the Mullings News Network, this is what I would demand every anchor, analyst, guest, floor director and cameraman say: The Democratic Party in America is officially dead.

A United Nations flag is raised at the United Nations multi-agency compound near Herat Nov.