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Joao Silva came of age as a photographer as his native South Africa was navigating a treacherous path to democracy. Twenty years later, he reflects on what has — and has not — changed....

Officials in Afghanistan are urgently speculating about the absence of Taliban attacks since Election Day, suggesting the militants are either paralyzed by infighting, or worried about bad publicity....

William Hague rejects Taliban claims and says deaths of five Britons were likely a tragic accident Relatives and colleagues of five British military personnel who died when their helicopter went down in southern Afghanistan on Saturday have paid tribute to them after their names were released by the Ministry of Defence. The British government has rejected claims that the Taliban shot down the helicopter,...

Five men from Army Air Corps, Royal Air Force and Intelligence Corps died when aircraft went down in Kandahar province Five British servicemen who were killed when the Lynx helicopter in which they were travelling crashed in southern Afghanistan have been named by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Captain Thomas Clarke, Warrant Officer Spencer Faulkner, Corporal James Walters, all of the Army Air Corps...

Whatever the final outcome, voters in Afghanistan's presidential election have delivered a powerful mandate Provisional results from the first round of Afghanistan's presidential election look as if they will stand the test of tortuous fraud checks and complaint processes. Decisive margins make them robust. Although Abdullah Abdullah, who emerged in the lead , has raised serious concerns about fraud,...

Five British servicemen named as William Hague says deaths in Lynx aircraft in southern Afghanistan were likely a tragic accident The British government has rejected claims that the Taliban shot down a helicopter which crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing five British military personnel, saying the deaths appeared to have been a tragic accident. The local Afghan governor said no insurgents were...

Coalition force Isaf confirms heaviest death toll in single day this year for foreign forces following alleged technical failure Five British servicemen were killed on Saturday when their Lynx helicopter crashed in a mountainous area of southern Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence said the four soldiers and one airman were on a routine flight when it came down in Kandahar province. The Taliban said...

In preliminary results released Saturday, Abdullah Abdullah, a longtime opponent of President Hamid Karzai’s and an ardent supporter of the United States, won 45 percent of the votes in the presidential election, but not enough to avoid a runoff....

The commission appointed by President Hamid Karzai said it discovered unlawful prisons run by American and British forces....

Five dead in incident, with coalition security force saying it is looking into the circumstances Five Nato troops have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, the Nato-led security force Isaf said on Saturday. "Isaf is still in the process of reviewing the circumstances to determine more facts," the International Security Assistance Force said. It did not provide details...

MoD investigating circumstances of the crash but cannot confirm nationality of troops who were killed Five military personnel were killed when the UK helicopter they were travelling in crashed in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Saturday. The MoD said it was investigating the circumstances of the crash but could not confirm the nationality of the troops who were killed, but...

Ex-foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah leads with nearly 45% but poll officials suggest there may be second round of voting The former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah has received the most votes in the Afghan elections, although he has failed to win a majority. The chairman of the independent election commission, Ahmad Yousuf Nouristani, said on Saturday that Abdullah had 44.9% of the vote and ex-finance...

Over 100 people have been killed and thousands have been left homeless by flash floods in northern and western Afghanistan, officials said Friday....

The United States built Twitter-like programs in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but like a similar program in Cuba, they were shut down for lack of money, officials said....

An account of Pakistan’s role in the Afghanistan war, and an argument that the country’s intelligence service supports the Taliban....

Through the lives of three Afghans, a journalist looks at American policy and the missed opportunities in the war in Afghanistan....

Police chief in Jawzjan province appeals for assistance, saying 1,500 people have been carried to safe areas by helicopter More than 100 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by flash floods in north and west Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, prompting desperate pleas for help from the impoverished provincial authorities. Thousands of homes have been engulfed by flood waters in four...

The attack took place at a hospital in Kabul that specializes in the treatment of disabled children and women’s health issues, official said. The gunman had recently been assigned there....

Preliminary election results, which are due Saturday, will not be official until the Electoral Complaints Commission rules on 746 complaints of serious fraud in the presidential race....

Afghan police officer at Kabul's Cure hospital opens fire on group of foreigners, killing three men and wounding a woman Three Americans belonging to one family were among the casualties of a deadly shooting at a Kabul hospital on Thursday morning. An Afghan police officer who had recently started working as an armed guard at Kabul's Cure hospital opened fire on a group of foreigners entering the hospital,...