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“Art Amongst War” at the College of New Jersey Art Gallery includes “war rugs,” photographs, a silk-screen calligraphy and more....

A look at the extraordinary career of the Afghan president, the leader first hailed by the west who is now widely attacked for his perceived weaknesses, as he prepares to give up power Amid the dust and traffic of today's Kabul, three things remain almost as they were a decade or so ago. In winter, and when the wind clears the smog that is a side-effect of years of economic boom, the blue sky above...

Gun and grenade attack in Kabul as insurgents try to disrupt presidential ballot on 5 April Taliban fighters who were disguised under burqas stormed the heavily fortified headquarters of Afghan election organisers on Saturday the second suicide attack in Kabul in less than 24 hours, as the country prepares for a crucial but much threatened election. At least three men took over a campaign office of...

Five Taliban fighters killed during four-hour gun battle in latest in spate of attacks ahead of 5 April presidential election Five Taliban fighters were killed after they launched an assault on the Kabul headquarters of the Afghanistan's independent election commission (IEC) headquarters on Saturday, the latest in a spate of attacks before next week's presidential vote. Two police officers were injured...

Explosions could be heard afterward at the house used by an American aid contractor, where three Americans and two other foreigners were trapped....

Photos from South Korea, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Tanzania....

One child and driver killed in latest attack before April's elections One child and a driver were killed and five people injured after a suicide attack on an aid agency in Kabul on Friday, the third bloody assault to hit the Afghan capital in a week as insurgents stepped up a campaign of violence ahead of presidential elections. The girl and the driver died when a suicide bomber detonated his car outside...

An event on the National Mall was part of an awareness campaign aimed at lowering the number of suicides among veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan....

A Manhattan exhibit celebrates Chang Lee’s 20 years as a photographer for The New York Times, a career that has taken him around the world and back in time....

Why Is President Obama's Foreign Policy Unpopular? - NYTimes.com Sections Home Search Skip to content Ross Douthat Why Is President Obama’s Foreign Policy Unpopular? Search Log In Settings Close search search sponsored by Search NYTimes.com Clear this text input Go Loading... See next articles See previous articles Search Why Is President Obama’s Foreign Policy Unpopular? March 28, 2014, 12:01 pm Writing...

Independent Election Commission alleges state resources in eastern Paktia province are being used to back presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul Afghan election organisers have warned president Hamid Karzai that government employees have thrown state resources behind one of the main candidates vying to replace him, a senior official said. The president should fire the man responsible, who was backing...

Hassan Rouhani speaks of 'two occupations' that have brought violence and extremism to the country The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, described Afghanistan as an occupied nation while in Kabul to celebrate the Persian new year on Thursday, saying Soviet and Nato forces had brought violence and extremism to the country. Relations with the west have warmed slightly since Rouhani took office, but...

The attack at the Serena Hotel in Kabul that left Sardar Ahmad, his wife and two of their three children dead has devastated his colleagues and prompted an unusual apology from the Taliban....

Peace talks held in 'cordial atmosphere', though many militant groups who carry out violence are not linked to Pakistani Taliban A Pakistani government team held direct talks with the Taliban after travelling on Wednesday to a secret location in the country's northwest, part of a push by prime minister Nawaz Sharif to strike a peace deal to end an insurgency that has killed thousands of people in recent...

Dozens killed and many more injured as election commission office and bank targeted in bloody day of violence Taliban suicide attackers have left a trail of blood across Afghanistan , storming an election office in Kabul, shooting at a bank in the east and detonating a bomb at a sports event in the north. An unidentified gunman also killed a policewoman in Helmand. The violence came less than two...

With the presidential election to be held next week, the Taliban have stepped up their efforts to derail the vote, sending suicide bombers to offices in eastern Kabul....

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, is charged with conspiring to kill Americans and providing material support to terrorists....

Workers considered under threat for helping Americans during the war face a shortage of visas, despite efforts to address a backlog of applications....

Referendum reflected people's 'free will' to decide their future, says President Karzai in unexpected move The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has backed Russia's annexation of Crimea, saying a much-criticised referendum on its future reflected its people's "free will" to decide their future. That stance, announced at a meeting with a US congressional delegation, puts Afghanistan in company with Venezuela...

Afghanistan’s president cites “the free will of the Crimean people,” in a statement issued shortly after he met with three members of the United States Congress....