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Ahmed Wali Karzai, half-brother of Afghan president, assassinated 45 weeks 3 days ago

Ahmed Wali Karzai, one of the most powerful figures in southern Afghanistan, and half-brother of President Hamid Karzai, was shot and killed by a security guard early Tuesday in what is being called a well-planned attack amid tight security.

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Epoch Times - Karzai Extends Afghan Vote Lead; Run-off Indicated 2 years 38 weeks ago

KABUL—Partial Afghan election returns released on Saturday showed President Hamid Karzai extending his lead in last week's vote, but still falling short of the 50 percent needed to avoid a run-off.

Afghanistan has been on tenterhooks since the Aug 20 election, with official results coming out in slow drips, Karzai's camp claiming victory and his main rival, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, alleging widespread fraud.

With results from about a third of polling stations tallied, Karzai leads Abdullah by 46.3 percent to 31.3 percent.

NATO attack kills 12 Afghan children, sends ‘heartfelt’ apology 51 weeks 4 days ago

A NATO-led airstrike in Afghanistan targeting insurgents has killed 14 civilians, including 12 children and two women, with President Hamid Karzai calling it a big mistake and NATO's International Security Assistance Force offering "heartfelt apologies."

Can you hear me now? Not in Afghanistan 1 year 8 weeks ago

Reuters reported on the shutdown of all cell phone service in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. In Afghanistan there is very little in the way of infrastructure and next to no land line phones, as a result, almost all telephone communication is done by cell phones. This is not just an inconvenience, a large section of the country is without and phone service at all due to the Taliban orders. I'm thinking that this might be a glaring neon sign that we are nowhere close to being ready to hand over security duties to the Afghanistan national forces.

8 NATO troops killed in 24 hours in southern Afghanistan 20 weeks 5 hours ago

Eight NATO troops were killed in southern Afghanistan in a 24-hour period ending Friday, Western military officials said.

NATO’s International Security Assistance Force did not disclose the nationalities of the troops, but most of those serving in southern Afghanistan are American or British. The south of Afghanistan includes the volatile provinces of Helmand and Kandahar, the traditional heartland of the Taliban.