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An Afghan policeman stands at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Afghan Forces End 11-Hour Siege after Suicide Attacks in Kabul

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 6, 2016 | World

Afghan security forces ended an 11-hour siege in central Kabul on Tuesday after shooting dead the last of a group of gunmen who struck from a charity office just hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing and injuring several civilians and security...

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Afghanistan Is in Chaos. Is That What Hamid Karzai Wants?

by Mujib Mashal | Aug 8, 2016 | World

Kabul-Hamid Karzai, the former Afghan president and current antagonist to his successor’s government, likes to describe Afghan politics as a marathon. To the long roll call of visitors he meets each day — regional power brokers and elders, government officials,...

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Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan General John F. Campbell (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Afghan Acting Defence Minister Masoom Stanekzai (R) in Kabul on February 7, 2016

Afghan Acting Defense Minister to be Moved to Head Spy Agency

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 6, 2016 | World

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has decided to replace Masoom Stanekzai with a new acting defense minister. The changes emphasize the ambiguity at the top of Afghanistan’s security apparatus that has stalled the fight against the Taliban since Ghani’s...

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani makes a speech in Kandahar on Febuary 3, 2016. AFP PHOTO / Jawed Tanveer

Afghan Lawmakers Confirm Key Government Posts Amid Infighting

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 9, 2016 | World

KABUL, April 9 – Since it was formed and the administration in Afghan has been in turmoil. This Saturday, Afghan lawmakers approved government nominees as interior minister and attorney general, which grants a push for the struggling administration and pulls it...

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Newly-elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center, arrives for an inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, September 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Omar Sobhani, Pool)

Afghanistan swears in new leader amid dispute, violence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 29, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—Afghanistan inaugurated its first new president in a decade on Monday, swearing in technocrat Ashraf Ghani to head a power-sharing government just as the withdrawal of most foreign troops presents a crucial test. The first democratic handover of power...