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US military forces in Afghanistan have released 53 prisoners after declaring that they were no longer considered threats. The release, made Tuesday, came just a few days after Afghan President Hamid Karzai called for Afghan custody of...

President Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met in the White House East Room Monday to discuss US military operations in Afghanistan . The leaders were able to agree on a joint declaration that US...

The United Nations has condemned the alleged abuse of Afghan detainees by US military forces and called on the military to allow an investigation by human rights officials inside Afghanistan. The Sunday statement comes in response...

Afghan president Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he wants custody of all Afghan prisoners after being "shocked" by US newspaper reports of prisoner abuse released Friday. The US has over 500 Taliban and other prisoners...

As anti-US violence continued for a fourth day in Afghanistan on Saturday, Afghan Chief Justice Fazl Hadi Shinwari called for an American apology and punishment for those responsible if recent allegations about desecration of the...

Nine more people were killed in spreading anti-US riots across Afghanistan Friday despite new US assurances that American authorities would not tolerate disrepect for the Koran at Guantanamo Bay or anywhere else and Pentagon insistence that the...

Riots erupted across Afghanistan Wednesday in response to a recent report by Newsweek magazine that in an effort to infuriate Muslim prisoners US troops at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran by placing copies on toilets and in one...

An Afghan court has sentenced two deputy ministers and six others to prison on corruption charges, a court official said Tuesday. The case was the first major corruption case under the new government, since President Hamid Karzai ...

Afghanistan parliamentary elections originally slated for May will be held in September, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday. Karzai's announcement only confirmed the delay, which had been anticipated by observers for some...

Drug trafficking in Afghanistan threatens to undermine the rule of law and democracy in the country, according to a report released Wednesday by the International Narcotics Control Board , the independent body charged with monitoring implementation of UN...