At least 50 people were killed or injured when a fuel truck targeted by a bomb erupted in flames in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Wednesday.

"A smaller explosion, caused by a magnet bomb,

Afghanistan's local government directorate on Wednesday announced areas expected to transfer from NATO to Afghan control as part of a second phase of transition due to end across the country in 2014.

Police in Afghanistan shot dead a suicide bomber on Sunday while he was trying to target Afghanistan's Interior Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, Xinhua reported.

"A suicide bomber, who attempted to

Afghanistan on Saturday downplayed the risk to President Hamid Karzai after officials foiled an alleged assassination plot, denying that a bodyguard under arrest ever had free access to the palace.

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Afghanistan marks 10 years since the start of the US-led war against the Taliban on Friday amid heightened security and questions over what the next decade will hold.

Security is being stepped up in

Six people have been arrested after an alleged Al-Qaeda plot to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai involving one of his bodyguards was foiled, officials said on Wednesday.

Those detained, who

One US citizen was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a US embassy annex in Kabul late Sunday, the embassy said on Monday.

"There was a shooting incident at an annex of the US embassy in Kab

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday vowed to persevere with efforts to broker peace with the Taliban as he led thousands of mourners at the funeral of his assassinated peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabb

The head of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was tasked with trying to negotiate a political end to the war, was killed at his home on Tuesday, a senior police officer said.

A loud explosion rocked Kabul on Tuesday close to the US embassy and the home of an Afghan former president who now leads the country's efforts to talk peace with the Taliban, a media reporter said.