Frist: Taliban should be in Afghan gov't
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday that the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and called for efforts to bring the Islamic militia and its supporters into the Afghan government.
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Afghanistan is not getting enough cooperation from neighboring Pakistan as it battles a Taliban insurgency, the chief of the Afghan National Army said on Monday.
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A HARDLINE faction of the Taliban that claims to be holding Annetta Flanigan, a hostage from Northern Ireland, has threatened to kill her and two other captives if British troops do not pull out of Afghanistan, writes Tom Coghlan in Kabul.
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6 December 2004 -- Remnants of the ousted Taliban regime have threatened to launch attacks during the swearing in of Afghan President-elect Hamid Karzai.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Clashes and bombings killed 34 Taliban fighters and one policeman in Afghanistan, while President Hamid Karzai told the United Nations yesterday that terrorist sanctuaries elsewhere must be destroyed to eliminate the violence engulfing his country.
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The United States and its allies must launch their own offensive this spring against the Taliban in Afghanistan, a senior defense official said Thursday, calling this a pivotal time in the nearly five-year-old war there.
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KABUL, Afghanistan  - The Taliban warned Monday of  more deadly attacks in the run-up to Afghanistan's first  presidential election after a car bomb in the heart of the  capital killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more.
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NATO and US forces in Afghanistan must match Pakistan's commitment to preventing the cross-border infiltration of Taliban militants, a Pakistani provincial governor said.
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KABUL: Frustrated by his dealings with regional rivals, Afghan President Hamid Karzai reiterated on Saturday that he would not form a coalition government if he won the countryâs first direct presidential election on Oct 9.
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Opposition candidates in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential elections have called for a repeat because of irregularities. It&#39;s a demand that could seriously harm the country&#39;s budding democracy, according to DW&#39;s Karen Fischer.
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Taliban suicide attacks are setbacks but will not prevent coalition forces from squeezing insurgents out, the British commander in Afghanistan told BBC radio on Tuesday.
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The United States called on Taliban  guerrillas to lay down their arms Thursday, saying Afghans had  voted against violence and those who gave up their insurgency  would not be punished unless they were guilty of major crimes.
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Afghanistan's defense minister asked on Thursday for more money and equipment to fight soaring Taliban violence as America's Pentagon chief criticized NATO allies for failing to deliver promised aid.
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Afghanistan&#39;s Islamist Taliban militia will have to be involved in the country&#39;s peace process, Britain&#39;s defence minister has said.
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An Afghan provincial governor has lashed out against the government of President Hamid Karzai, saying there was a "vacuum of authority" in remote areas that the Taliban or criminals would fill.
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As the hometown of the current Afghan president, Kandahar should be wrapped up for Hamid Karzai. But look around, and
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The top US official in Afghanistan called Thursday on the Taliban to give up their three-year insurgency against American forces, pledging &quot;non-criminal&quot; fighters will