Afghan leader in key Rome talks
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President Hamid Karzai is meeting the Italian prime minister to discuss the fight against Afghan militants.
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Letting Arab leaders figure out what to do about Hezbollah's weapons and assembling a strong international peacekeeping force along Israel's border are among proposals to be discussed at a meeting of key Mideast players in Rome on Wednesday.
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ROME, Sep 27 (IPS) - Italian politics is once again torn by bitter  controversies over Rome's military presence in Afghanistan  after Giorgio Langella, a 31-year-old Italian soldier, was killed  and another five were injured Sep. 26 near Kabul.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he wants to hold a jirga (council) among Pashtun tribes  to end Taleban violence.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai plays down tensions over the role of Nato powers operating in his country.
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Italy's president holds crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can still head a government or must be replaced.
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KABUL, Dec 6: President Hamid Karzai has held discussions with arch rival Yunus Qanuni over a possible position in the next Afghan government, a spokesman for Mr Karzai said on Monday.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for talks on eradicating Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters from their common border, a key issue in his bid for re-election.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi flew to Afghanistan on Sunday for a Christmas visit with Italian troops, whom he praised for their efforts to bring peace to a country gripped by a growing insurgency.
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In a TIME interview, the Afghan President talks about extremists, the opium-poppy problem and whether he is too "nice" to run his troubled country
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ISLAMABAD  - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is due to arrive here Monday for talks with Pakistani leaders during which the sensitive issue of nationals detained in Afghan jails during the US-led war will be discussed, officials said.
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Defence and foreign ministers arrive in Edinburgh to discuss the future of Afghanistan.
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BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan  - Vice President Dick Cheney, in Afghanistan for talks with President Karzai who faces a Taliban spring offensive, breakfasted with troops at the main U.S. base north of Kabul on Tuesday.
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By Stephen Brown and Silvia Aloisi Rome - Italy's president held crisis talks on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned after only nine months in power after losing a Senate vote, has enough support to ...Comment
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Pakistan's president will hold talks with Hamid Karzai as he starts a  two-day visit to Afghanistan.
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Italy's president met party leaders on Friday to see whether Romano Prodi can stay on as prime minister and guarantee a stable centre-left government to end the country's political crisis.
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The US president is due to host talks between the Pakistani and Afghan leaders to try to ease tensions.