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Karzai says Afghanistan doesn't need US troops

By Kathy Gannon and Rahim Faiez | March 16, 2014 - 4:44am

In his final address to Afghanistan's parliament yesterday, President Hamid Karzai told the United States its soldiers can leave at the end of the year because his military, which already protects 93 percent of the...

World

Original 'Abu Sayyaf' wants to be next Afghan president

By Cassandra Vinograd | February 7, 2014 - 1:16pm

He has been called a mentor to accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the man who welcomed Osama bin Laden to...

World

Top US general: negotiations done on Afghan deal

By Patrick Quinn | December 12, 2013 - 3:05am

America's top military officer said the US has no intention to renegotiate a security deal with Afghanistan and that a full withdrawal of US forces from the country at the end of 2014 could reverse gains made by...

World

Top US commander apologizes for Afghan airstrike

By Patrick Quinn | November 30, 2013 - 4:36am

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan apologized to President Hamid Karzai for a drone strike that killed a child and NATO...

World

Afghan president to press for delay in US deal

November 24, 2013 - 3:00pm

A spokesman for Afghanistan's president says Hamid Karzai will press a council of elders to delay signing a security deal with the United States until next year.

World

Afghan spokesman rebuffs US troop deal deadline

By Patrick Quinn | November 23, 2013 - 6:23am

Afghanistan's president on Friday rebuffed American demands that he sign a security pact allowing U.S. forces to stay in the...

World

Afghanistan preparing for meeting over US deal

By Patrick Quinn | October 11, 2013 - 2:11am

Preparations are underway to secure a key meeting of Afghan tribal elders that will advise the nation's president on whether to sign a long-foundering security deal with the United States, an official said yest...

World

News Analysis: Will inking strategic pact with US lead to viable stability in Afghanistan?

November 26, 2011 - 11:00pm

In its latest efforts to achieve durable peace in the militancy-plagued country, the Afghan government convened the traditional Loya Jirga or grand assembly of chieftains, notables and functionaries last week to...