KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan parliament voted Saturday to dismiss the country's defense and interior ministers, a move that threatens to throw the country's security apparatus into confusion as ...

DAVOS, Switzerland – Afghanistan’s foreign minister said yesterday that much-anticipated parliamentary elections scheduled for May could be delayed by as much as two months, the closest an Afghan ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 19 -- Afghanistan's first democratically elected parliament in more than three decades opened Monday, with President Hamid Karzai making an impassioned plea for the revived ...

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai swore in the country's parliament in Kabul after heavy pressures from the West Afghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurated parliament on Wednesday, ending weeks of ...

KABUL – The Afghan parliament rejected the majority of President Hamid Karzai's second slate of Cabinet choices Saturday, dealing a new setback to the U.S.-backed leader's effort to assemble a team ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's long-delayed parliamentary and local council elections scheduled for July this year may have to be pushed back for another three months, an election commissioner said ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan marked another milestone in its march to democracy, inaugurating its first popularly elected parliament in three decades Monday in a ceremony that brought the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The first full session of Afghani-stan's new parliament almost broke down Tuesday after a lawmaker demanded that authorities bring to justice all warlords, some of whom are ...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been dealt a setback after the Afghan parliament rejected two-thirds of his proposed cabinet picks, including his nominees to head the defense, interior and finance ...

The Afghan parliament on Saturday dealt President Hamid Karzai a painful political blow when they rejected 17 out of 24 of his cabinet nominees, including several close allies and former guerrilla ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s first fully free parliamentary elections, originally scheduled for last year but repeatedly pushed back for logistical and security reasons, will be held Sept. 18, ...