Latest results from Afghanistan’s presidential election show President Hamid Karzai with 54.1% of the vote after 92% of polling stations declared. The results push President Karzai past the 50% threshold needed to avoid a run-off with rival...

The Taliban have called for a UN and human rights investigation into an air strike in Afghanistan on Friday that killed dozens of people. The independent Afghanistan Rights Monitor group says up to 70 civilians died in the Kunduz province raid. The Nato...

Detailed polling records released by an Afghanistan election commission reveal numerous polling places in Kandahar Province where all the votes were delivered to a single candidate — incumbent President Hamid Karzai . The records bolster the case of...

President Hamid Karzai nudged closer to the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff in Afghanistan’s election, according to the latest results released Sunday. The Aug. 20 ballot has been marred by accusations of vote-rigging and election...

Every single voter in the village of Torzai in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province backed incumbent Hamid Karzai for president, official results showed, and at four of its eight polling stations, he received exactly 500 votes. The election...

The leading challenger in Afghanistan’s presidential vote urged electoral officials Saturday to stop announcing preliminary results because of “highly suspicious numbers” in tallies released so far. Results from the Aug. 20...

KABUL — (AFP) – Afghan electoral authorities have cancelled the scheduled release on Saturday of the latest tranche of results from controversial elections that have been overshadowed by fraud allegations. The next batch of results from polling...

The military’s anticipated request for more troops to combat the insurgency in Afghanistan has divided senior advisers to President Obama as they try to determine the proper size and mission of the American effort there, officials said Thursday....

KABUL – NATO launched an airstrike on two fuel tankers hijacked by Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan, sparking a huge blast that killed up to 90 people, including 40 civilians, Afghan officials said Friday. Militants seized the two trucks,...

Senior Afghan election officials are locked in a row over how to disqualify fraudulent votes in a disagreement analysts said could determine the result. The head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has asked staff to tally all ballot boxes,...