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Karzai begins second term with pledge on corruption

19.11.09
Video: Hamid Karzai was inaugurated as Afghan president for a second term as America and Britain gambled on him tackling government corruption to defeat the Taliban insurgency... more

Miliband: Afghan war is not a fight to the death

17.11.09
Britain is not engaged in a fight to the death with the Taliban, David Miliband said... more

Brown: Afghan war is sapping al Qaeda morale

16.11.09
British action in Afghanistan is inflicting 'long lasting damage' to al Qaeda’s leadership, Gordon Brown said... more

You will lose our backing if corruption goes on, Brown tells Karzai

06.11.09
Gordon Brown warns Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai that the West could pull its support unless he tackled corruption and fast-tracked troop numbers... more

Karzai vows he will stamp out corruption in his government

03.11.09
Afghan president Hamid Karzai pledged to create an inclusive government and banish corruption... more

Karzai named winner as run-off is cancelled

02.11.09
Hamid Karzai was declared Afghanistan's elected president after officials cancelled the second round election run-off... more

Afghan rivals talk about coalition

22.10.09
The US would be receptive to a power-sharing arrangement between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his rival if they can agree upon it, White House officials said... more

The road to peace cannot be built by democracy alone

22.10.09
The chaos of Afghanistan's election has focused minds on a grave and unsolved conundrum of the post-9/11 world: how does a society move from dictatorship to democracy without violence? ... more

Karzai's rival Abdullah backs election run-off in Afghanistan

21.10.09
Hamid Karzai's chief political rival today agreed to stand in Afghanistan's November run-off, removing one crucial obstacle in the race to get the election in place... more

After eight years, all sides face a giant leap backwards

20.10.09
The rejection of one million votes for Hamid Karzai is a leap into the unknown for Afghanistan. It is not good news for Karzai, or for President Obama and Gordon Brown.... more

Second Afghan poll ahead as UN throws out Karzai's votes

20.10.09
Tension was mounting in Afghanistan today as British troops and diplomats prepared for a possible second round of voting after investigators uncovered major fraud in the ballots cast for Hamid Karzai in the presidential election... more

US accepts Karzai but tells him: Earn trust of your people

29.09.09
Hillary Clinton said today that the Afghan president must earn the trust of his people by addressing claims of serious fraud in last month's elections.... more

Pilkington case derails Mr Brown’s agenda

29.09.09
The Prime Minister should bestride the political scene today as he addresses the Labour Party conference but the ground is slipping beneath his feet... more

Miliband hints at UK support for Afghan unity government

11.09.09
David Miliband has signalled that Britain could back a government of national unity in Afghanistan... more

Vote-rigging probe in region where 10 British troops died

11.09.09
Probe into possible ballot rigging has been launched in an area of Afghanistan where British soldiers died fighting the Taliban ahead of the presidential poll... more

It is still right for us to be in Afghanistan

11.09.09
Eight years on from the attacks on New York and Washington of 11 September, 2001, experts say al Qaeda has been greatly weakened... more

Cameron condemns the ‘naked fraud’ of Afghan poll

09.09.09
David Cameron has privately condemned the Afghanistan election for 'naked' voting fraud... more

Afghan poll recount to take months as Karzai faces new fraud claims

08.09.09
Afghanistan's presidential election was plunged into fresh chaos as results giving Hamid Karzai an outright majority were overshadowed by new fraud claims... more

US envoy and Karzai have 'explosive' row over poll fraud

28.08.09
Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan held an 'explosive' meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the country's election... more

Soldier dies in hospital after Afghanistan blast

26.08.09
British soldier died more than a week after he was wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said... more

Both sides in Afghanistan election claim clear victory

21.08.09
Two frontrunners in the Afghanistan election both claimed victory amid mounting evidence that the poll was marred by intimidation and fraud... more

Afghan voters give a lead to president Hamid Karzai

21.08.09
They defied death threats to go to the polls. Now their new government must prove itself worthy of them ... more

WORLD: Afghans defy the Taliban rockets to vote for ‘peace and security’

20.08.09
Hundreds of people defied Taliban threats and rocket attacks to vote in Afghanistan’s most dangerous province... more

The Taliban won't stop us from voting, say defiant Afghanis

19.08.09
Hordes of Taliban gunman are fighting just outside the city, but people in Lashkar Gah are defying insurgent threats by promising to vote in tomorrow's election... more

More bodies flown home as Obama says fight must go on

18.08.09
Barack Obama and David Miliband tried to shore up support for the war in Afghanistan as the bodies of three British soldiers were flown home... more

WORLD: Karzai 'spending his way to victory in Afghanistan'

13.08.09
Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai is facing claims he is trying to 'buy' himself a second term in the country's elections next week... more

Ambush shows Taliban killers were trained by professionals

07.08.09
The deadly ambush of the three members of the Parachute Regiment in Helmand indicates a great improvement in the Taliban’s tactical skills and military professionalism... more

Afghanistan troops 'highest defence spending priority'

29.06.09
Supporting British troops in Afghanistan is the highest priority for the defence budget, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth says... more

Obama warns Pakistan of tough fight against terror

07.05.09
Barack Obama has increased the pressure on Pakistan and Afghanistan to crack down on Taliban and al Qaeda fighters who threaten the stability of the region... more

Jokes about Miliband follow PM to Kabul

21.08.08
Gordon Brown faced fresh embarrassment over his leadership as the Afghanistan president joked about him being replaced by Foreign Secretary David Miliband... more

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