With Afghanistan's UN electoral watchdog poised to announce within days the result of a vote-rigging probe into the August 20 presidential ballot, we look back at the build-up to one of the country's most disputed votes.
At least 18 people were killed in a series of deadly bombing attacks, marring the start of newly re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai's second term in office and highlighting the challenges that lie ahead.
Afghani President Hamid Karzaï has been sworn in this morning. As he didn't gather an overhaul majority in the - in the end - one-turn election, will he be considered as legitimate?
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been sworn in for a second term in office, vowing to fight corruption and inviting his chief rival Abdullah Abdullah to join the government.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pictured) said in a speech Monday that he wanted London to host a meeting to discuss a handover to Afghan forces as early as 2010.
A rocket attack on a crowded marketplace in north-eastern Afghanistan on Monday killed 10 civilians and wounded 28 others as a French general attended a meeting of tribal elders nearby, French and Afghan officials say.
A growing majority of Britons want British troops to pull out of Afghanistan within 12 months, a poll released Saturday shows, as a NATO commander spoke out to say troops should get working with local communities.
