Annette Young meets Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan foreign minister. He tells us about the pressure from the US Congress to start reducing US forces in Afghanistan, the death of Osama Bin Laden and the current political situation in his country.
A suicide bomber in Kunar province detonated a vest full of explosives at a local council meeting on Wednesday, killing 10 people, including influential pro-government elder Malik Zareen.
A suicide bomb attack claimed by the Taliban rocked a supermarket in the embassy district of Kabul on Friday, killing at least eight people. The Taliban said the blast targeted foreigners.
Four months after the second post-Taliban elections in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai opened the parliament Wednesday. The opening ceremony came after Karzai's week-long standoff with lawmakers who threatened to begin the session without him.
Afghanistan has released most of the final results of the September 18 parliamentary poll that was marred by fraud, low turnout and technical problems, with opponents of President Hamid Karzai claiming a strengthened presence in government.
Afghanistan's election watchdog on Sunday disqualified 19 of the winners in Sept. 18 parliamentary elections from serving their terms in office after upholding fraud charges as part of a probe into widespread claims of voting irregularities.
Afghan election authorities threw out 1.3 million votes Wednesday, or nearly a quarter of last month's ballots, over alleged fraud in what is only the second parliamentary election held since the US-led invasion overthrew the Taliban.
The parliamentary elections in Afghanistan are discussed by the country’s bloggers. In the US, a father discovers his son has become a meme, and soldiers take a car apart and put it back together again in 4 minutes.
Among kidnaps and allegations of vote-rigging, Afghans take to the polls in a key parliamentary vote. We meet some of the female candidates daring to run for election under the threat of Taliban attacks. Separatist anger in Indian-controlled Kashmir continues to boil over into violence. And China's middle class spreads its wings. The country's nouveau riche are increasingly looking overseas for the opportunities they can't find at home - be it investment or education.
Allegations of fraud, voter intimidation and mismanagement have arisen after a parliamentary vote held Saturday amid a wave of insurgent attacks and election-related violence. The bodies of three election workers were found Sunday in Balkh province.
