KABUL, Afghanistan, May 5 (UPI) -- Afghan officials blamed al-Qaida-backed militants for an attempt to kill President Hamid Karzai, despite the arrests of two low-ranking government workers.

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 28 (UPI) -- Funeral services were conducted Monday for a Shiite Muslim leader, one of three people killed in an assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

BERLIN, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- It looks like Germany has succumbed to international pressure and will now send battle forces to Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Afghan Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak said evidence of Iranian cooperation in arming Taliban insurgents with advanced weapons is inconclusive.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Afghanistan’s defense minister says more foreign fighters are entering his nation from Pakistan than in 2001 when international forces ousted the Taliban.

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 23 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's foreign minister, Abdullah Abdullah, has been replaced in a cabinet reshuffle proposed by President Hamid Karzai. Abdullah will be replaced by Karzai's adviser on foreign affairs, Rangeen Dadfar Spanta, the BBC reported Wednesday.

BRUSSELS, March 13 (UPI) -- Afghanistan can reduce its dependency on foreign troops within the next four or five years, Afghan Foreign Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak said Monday. "I doubt there will be a need for deployment of a large number of international troops" when Afghanistan ge

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Fresh from his win in Afghanistan's first presidential election, Hamid Karzai Thursday named his new cabinet that excludes Defense Minister Mohammed Fahim.