A suicide car bombing targeting a Nato convoy in Afghanistan has killed three American contractors.

At least nine members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in a suicide vehicle bomb attack in eastern Logar province.

An Afghan policeman has turned his gun on his colleagues at a checkpoint in the south, killing seven policemen, a local official said.

THIS year, Western troops will withdraw from Afghanistan after 13 years of war.

America and Afghanistan have agreed on a security pact that could clear the way for thousands of US troops to train and assist Afghan forces after the Nato combat mission ends in 2014.

Taliban militants have staged a suicide car bombing and a gunfight with Afghan security forces outside the American consulate in the western city of Herat.

Afghan officials have accused Nato of killing civilians in an airstrike that left at least 10 people dead in the country’s remote east.

Two Afghan gunmen have killed a police commander and six of his men at a checkpoint in a remote district in the country’s south.

Taliban suicide bombers blew up a car and stormed the traffic police headquarters in Kabul early today, setting off a gun battle which raged for six hours and left at least 10 people wounded, police said.

President Barack Obama and Afghan president Hamid Karzai have agreed to speed up the schedule for moving Afghanistan’s security forces into the lead across the country, with US troops shifting fully to a support role.

An Afghan policewoman has killed an American adviser at Kabul’s police headquarters.

A suicide attacker detonated a car laden with explosives in eastern Afghanistan, killing two civilians and wounding about 60 others.

A suicide attacker detonated a car laden with explosives in eastern Afghanistan, killing two civilians and wounding about 60 others.

A gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot and killed a service member fighting with US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, according to Nato.

As Britain’s Prince Harry returns to Afghanistan to fly attack helicopters on the frontline, senior Taliban commanders have said they would use Afghan army recruits to try to either kidnap or assassinate him.

At least nine passengers were killed when a remote-controlled bomb struck a bus in Afghanistan today, police said.

Dozens of militants from Afghanistan have taken scores of villagers hostage in Pakistan’s north west, sparking fighting that killed at least 10 people, Pakistani officials said.

For eight-year-old Rasoul Khan, a cleaning job at a favoured weekend relaxation spot for Kabul’s wealthy was meant to help bring a better life in a country stricken by widespread poverty.

Heavily armed Taliban insurgents have killed 18 people – most of them civilians - in an attack on a lakeside hotel just north of Kabul.

Nato has been accused of misleading the public over success in Afghanistan by saying operations involving only its troops are led by local forces.

Fifteen people have been killed after suicide bombers struck two government offices in southern and western Afghanistan as militants step up attacks across the country, authorities said.

At least 10 people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a suicide bomb attack outside a government office in western Afghanistan during rush-hour today, authorities said.

A suicide bomber in a four-wheel-drive vehicle detonated his cache of explosives in western Afghanistan today, killing nine people and wounding 21.

Gunmen have attacked an outpost of a government-sponsored militia force in western Afghanistan, killing 10 people, officials said.

A third Nato service member was killed by a member of the Afghan security forces today, it has emerged.

International forces in Afghanistan will shift into a “support role” from next year, British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama confirmed today following talks in the White House.

Thousands staged new demonstrations today over the burning of Korans at a US military base in Afghanistan, evidence that President Barack Obama’s apology has failed to quiet the outrage over the incident.

Afghanistan’s president has appealed for Pakistan’s help in negotiating a peace deal with Taliban militants before a summit today that will also include Iran’s leader.

The presidents of Afghanistan and Iran have convened in Pakistan for a three-way summit that is expected to focus on steps Islamabad can take to bring about peace talks with the Afghan Taliban.

Nato’s top official has joined the US and France in calling for Afghan forces to take the lead in all combat operations by mid-2013, while continuing to help in fighting the Taliban.

An Afghan investigative commission has accused the US military of abusing detainees at its largest prison and said those held without evidence should be freed.

Two members of the French Foreign Legion have been shot dead by a soldier in the Afghan National Army.

Pakistan state TV said the death toll from an alleged Nato helicopter attack on a Pakistani army checkpoint near the Afghan border has risen to 25 soldiers.

Support for the Taliban among Afghans has steadily declined in recent years and people strongly back a government peace initiative, according to a survey funded in part by the US government.

Thirteen people killed when a suicide bomber rammed a military convoy in Afghanistan included five coalition troops and eight civilian contractors, Nato has said.

AFGHANISTAN will need financial and military support for many years after a 2014 deadline for foreign combat troops to return home.

The Taliban attacked the US Embassy, Nato headquarters and other buildings in the heart of Kabul today while suicide bombers struck police buildings.

Suicide attackers stormed a British compound in the Afghan capital Kabul today, killing at least eight people in a series of explosions and more than eight-hour gunfight.

The US Navy SEALs whose helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan had rushed to the mountainous area to help a US Army Ranger unit that was under fire from insurgents, officials say.

A BOMB exploded near a police station outside a crucial city in Afghanistan’s south yesterday where Afghan forces are readying to assume security responsibility within hours, another worrying sign as insurgents seek to disrupt a gradual transition process.

The Taliban released a video today showing fighters executing 16 Pakistani tribal police officers who were captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan earlier this summer.

A suicide bomber hiding explosives in his turban blew himself up inside a mosque during a memorial service for Afghan president Hamid Karzai's assassinated half brother, officials say.

Taliban gunmen have stormed one of Afghanistan’s premier hotels, sparking a five-hour battle that left 19 people dead, including all eight attackers.

President Hamid Karzai acknowledged today that the US and Afghan governments have held talks with Taliban emissaries in a bid to end the nation’s nearly 10-year war, even as suicide attackers launched a bold assault in the heart of the county’s capital, killing nine people.