'Rebel' governor rejects Karzai offer
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The Herat governor replaced by Afghan President Hamid Karzai refuses his appointment to the cabinet.
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A senior Afghan figure asks the Nato-led military force Isaf for help tackling official corruption, but is denied.
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MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 17: A multi-party alliance fighting Indian rule in Kashmir rejected on Wednesday the economic package offered by Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh during
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai dismissed a powerful warlord from his post as provincial governor in the latest move to solidify the central government's control of wayward provinces ahead of October's landmark polls.
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The main political rival to Afghanistan's  President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday he was forming a new  political party to contest a parliamentary election in April  after refusing to take a cabinet post.
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Powerful regional Afghan commander Ismail  Khan was effectively dismissed as governor of Herat city  Saturday and declined a promotion to the cabinet of President  Hamid Karzai.
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Hundreds of Taliban fighters could  abandon their insurgency in Afghanistan as a result of peace  talks under way between local commanders and President Hamid  Karzai's government, a provincial governor said on Saturday.
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Powerful regional Afghan commander Ismail Khan was effectively dismissed as governor of Herat city Saturday and declined a promotion to the cabinet of President Hamid Karzai.
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The leading Ulfa rebel group in the north-east Indian state of Assam turns down an offer of talks with Delhi.
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The main challenger to President Hamid Karzai said yesterday that he had accepted a proposal by the United Nations and the US ambassador to start an independent
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Maoist rebels in Nepal reject a new appeal by the prime minister for talks to end their eight-year insurgency.
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The main opponent of President Hamid Karzai in Saturday&#39;s elections in Afghanistan is backing off from a boycott of the vote-count.
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Islamabad, Aug 24 (DPA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai cancelled a speech today due to a security threat during his two-day visit to Pakistan, according to Pakistani officials.
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Sunday rejected Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's offer to form a unity government amid continuing violent unrest following last month's disputed presidential election.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai chose  Saturday's third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the  United States to launch his election manifesto and effectively  dismiss a powerful governor just hours after pledging to rein  in regional warlords.
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KARACHI, Pakistan -- A veteran Afghan warlord wanted by the United States has distanced himself from the Taliban and given his strongest indication yet that he was open to talks with President Hamid Karzai.
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Kabul has angrily rejected comments by   Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf that the Taliban had grown   more dangerous than al Qaeda with the support of Afghans,   accusing some in Pakistan of sponsoring the rebels.