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
The situation in Afghanistan was brought into sharp perspective yesterday when we learned of the death of five British servicemen at the hands of one of the Afghan policemen they were helping to train... more
Barack Obama has pledged not to 'rush the solemn decision' to send more troops to Afghanistan as he weighs military options on what to do next in the eight-year-old war... more
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Afghanistan's presidential election was plunged into fresh chaos as results giving Hamid Karzai an outright majority were overshadowed by new fraud claims... more
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called for an international conference on the future of Afghanistan to be held before the end of this year... more
Afghan troops fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a Nato convoy in an apparent "road rage" incident on Kabul's busiest highway, it has been revealed... more
As few as 150 people may have voted in the Afghanistan presidential poll in an area of the country seized from the Taliban by British forces at a heavy loss... more
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
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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