A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday, killing five children and injuring one other, a police official told AFP.

Pakistan Army under Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is sponsoring a large-scale guerrilla war through Afghan proxies to keep India out of Afghanistan, according to a Canadian diplomat and former deputy head of the UN mission in Kabul.

The Pakistan Army under General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is sponsoring a large-scale guerrilla war through Afghan proxies to keep India out of Afghanistan, according to a Canadian diplomat and former depu

Amid growing clamour against the war in Afghanistan, defence secretary Robert Gates has cautioned that large numbers of US troops will remain even after a “limited” July 2011 drawdown.

Dozens of people were killed and thousands had to be rescued after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains that struck Afghanistan’s northeast, officials said on Saturday.

July 28: A packed bus hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday killing 25 people aboard, as Nato announced another US service member died in a rapidly rising monthly death toll.

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday urged his Western allies to destroy Islamist militant sanctuaries in neighbouring Pakistan after thousands of secret US files were leaked.

Kabul, July 28: Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed 31 people while five others were missing in northern Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Wednesday.

A further 17 were injur

Washington, July 28: Even as it downplays revelations about the "historic relationship" between Pakistan's spy agency ISI and extremist groups, the United States assured New Delhi that its military ai

Kabul, July 28: A roadside bomb tore through a passenger bus in western Afghanistan Wednesday, killing 25 civilians, a provincial governor said.

At least 20 other civilians were injured in the blast