Despite traditional barriers in the war-torn Afghanistan, more and more women are now joining the police to secure their future.
Pakistan on Wednesday rejected remarks by Afghan army chief that Pakistan controlled and gave shelter to Afghan Taliban leaders, and deliberately unleashed fighters on Afghanistan.
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Tuesday stressed the importance of Afghan-led reconciliation efforts, as a row over the Taliban office has derailed peace efforts in the country.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday hailed the NATO's transfer of security responsibility in Afghanistan as a "critical milestone" achieved by the determination of Afghan people and sacrifices by NATO and Afghan troops.
Several Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers on Monday morning seized a building in a residential area at the northern edged of Kabul International Airport and launched firing and rocket propelled grenade (RPG) attack against the airport and the nearby U.S. and Afghan army military compound.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the UN mission in the country on Monday strongly condemned two bomb attacks in eastern provinces which claimed the lives of 20 people, including 12 children.
A local Taliban leader has been killed in an operation in southern Afghan province of Kandahar
Twenty-two insurgents have been killed in eastern Afghan provinces during operations started on Wednesday, said the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will discuss a range of security issues on Friday at the White House, with the Afghan war on their top agenda, the White House said on Tuesday.
At least 11 people including the head of provincial council were killed Monday morning when a suicide bombing rocked Pul-e-Khumri city, the provincial capital of northern Afghan province of Baghlan, a provincial source said.
A Taliban weapons facilitator was captured Tuesday in northern Afghanistan.
Although the situation of women in the post-Taliban Afghanistan has been improving, it still has a long way to go in gender equality and empowering women in society, according to Public Health Minister Suraya Dalil. "The Afghan women situation is improving over the last decade. The reduction in maternal mortality rate in a society is a sign of the advancement of a society and Afghanistan has already made significant improvement in reducing birth-related deaths among mothers,"Dalil told Xinhua in an interview.
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai kicked off a three-day official visit to the U.S. on Monday for extensive talks with President Barack Obama and other American leaders on the future of bilateral relations.
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