Afghan President Hamid Karzai is asking donors to support a $50 billion development project over the next five years as he meets representatives of over 80 countries in Paris. (Report: A. Georgian, J. Creedon)
The United States admitted carrying out a military air strike in Pakistan that resulted in the death of eleven Pakistani soldiers, defending the action it says was aimed at militants and coordinated with Pakistan. (Report: C. Casali)
Following opposition to a US-led air strike on Wednesday that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers, Pakistan's ambassador to the US said that the country did not consider it an intentional act.
In an unusually frank interview with FRANCE 24, the UN’s aid chief in Afghanistan says too much Western aid goes back to the donor countries, instead of the Afghan people it was intended to help. (Report: N. Germain)
A border missile fired from Afghanistan has killed at least 11 Pakistani soldiers and wounded nine in a border post, following fighting with Afghan forces. Pakistan has accused the US of firing the missile in an "unprovoked and cowardly" air strike.
Three British soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in the south of Afghanistan, the British defence ministry has said. This incident brings the death toll of British soldiers in Afghanistan to 100 since the 2001 invasion.
The 50,000 NATO troops serving in Afghanistan have a new commander as of Tuesday: US General David McKiernan, who vows to continue the mission "without missing a beat".
The French businessman kidnapped along with his three colleagues in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday is currently held by the Taliban, a spokesperson for the Islamic militant organisation told our correspondent in the country. (Report: C.Billet)
Authorities stated that more than 100 rebels had been killed in operations in the southwest of the country. Meanwhile, two NATO soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday and another bomb killed a civilian in Kabul on Sunday.
A young French entrepreneur was reportedly abducted Thursday morning in south-east Afghanistan, said French daily Le Figaro, citing a source close to the victim.
