U.S. Base in Afghanistan Targeted During Cheney Visit
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Vice President Cheney was shuttled into a bomb shelter at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan this morning after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the main gate in an attack Taliban officials say was aimed at the vice president.
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The visit to Washington of Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister spurred a new salvo Thursday in the battle for the White House. Vice President Dick Cheney offered a pointed rebuke of Sen. John
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A Taliban suicide bomber killed up to 12 people at the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday in an attack the rebels said was aimed at Dick Cheney, but the visiting U.S. vice president was not hurt.
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Vice President Dick Cheney visited Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday to discuss with officials there a planned spring offensive against the Taliban after the most violent year since the hard-line group was ousted in 2001.
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Vice President Dick Cheney will attend the first Afghan presidential inauguration in Kabul on Tuesday, a month before his own re-investiture.
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A rocket attack aimed at Kabul's  international airport showed the Taliban have the ability to  target anywhere in Afghanistan, the group said on Friday,  warning the Americans the country would become their "burial  ground."
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Vice President Dick Cheney congratulated U.S. troops for helping give democracy a chance to take root in Afghanistan.
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The Taliban threatened Monday to launch  attacks during the swearing in of Afghan President Hamid Karzai  while the U.S. military said every precaution was being taken  to protect a ceremony to be attended by top U.S. officials.
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Vice President Dick Cheney's aircraft made an unscheduled landing Friday evening at an Air Force base outside Dayton, Ohio, to avoid stormy weather on the East Coast.
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Two people die in a blast near the main US base in Afghanistan, during a visit by Vice-President Dick Cheney.
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American officials warned US citizens Monday to avoid high-profile locations and government facilities in the Afghan capital after Sunday&#39;s car bombing outside
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The Taliban has said that it is aiming to disrupt the inaugaration ceremony of Afghanistan&#39;s new president, Hamid Karzai, which will be attended by Dick Cheney, the American vice-president, Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary.
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Vice President Cheney made an unannounced trip to Pakistan today and urged President Pervez Musharraf to step up efforts to counter resurgent Taliban and al-Qaeda activities in the lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan ahead of the radical Islamic groups' impending "spring offensive."
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan government on Thursday blamed drug smugglers - not Taliban or al-Qaida fighters - for a bomb attack on interim leader Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running mate, saying the country's landmark el ections are a threat to their business.    The attack Wednesday in the mountainous northeastern poppy-growing region of Badakhshan killed one person and wounded at least five others - including the former governor...
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With a low-profile, tightly secured arrival at Bagram Air Base, Vice President Dick Cheney became the highest-ranking United States official to visit Kabul since the Taliban&#39;s overthrow.
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A suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan Tuesday targeted Vice President Cheney as he stumped for the war on terror.
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There has been more violence in Afghanistan where one of the country&#39;s vice presidents has narrowly avoided assassination. Attacks are escalating as Afghanistan prepares