MemHT Portal Western diplomats have expressed deep concern at a decree from Afghan President Hamid Karzai granting him total control over a key election body.]]> British forces in Afghanistan are taking part in a Nato ground and air offensive in Helmand province. It is the first major push since the US sent 30,000 extra troops to the country - but commanders are warning there will be casualties.]]> Afghan President Hamid Karzai has presented parliament with a 16-strong list of nominees for cabinet posts.]]> The Afghan parliament has turned down 17 out of President Hamid Karzai's 24 nominees for his new Cabinet.]]> What was it like to be in the presidential palace in Kabul 30 years ago when Soviet soldiers burst in and killed Afghan President Hafizullah Amin?]]> Afghan President Hamid Karzai has presented his cabinet nominees to parliament, amid close Western scrutiny on the need to tackle corruption.]]> Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghan president for a second elected term, saying he wants Afghan forces in charge of the nation within five years.]]> Afghan President Hamid Karzai has vowed to remove the "stigma" of corruption, a day after winning a new five-year term.]]> At least 14 Americans have been killed in a series of air crashes in Afghanistan, military officials say.]]> Afghan President Hamid Karzai has rejected a call by rival presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah to sack the head of the Afghan election commission.]]> There has been a flurry of diplomatic activity in the Afghan capital ahead of the announcement of the results of the presidential poll, the BBC has learned.]]> Eight American soldiers and two Afghan troops have been killed in the deadliest attack on coalition troops for more than a year, officials say.

]]> Abdullah Abdullah, the main challenger to Afghanistan's incumbent President Karzai, has called for an inquiry into the UN's role since the August poll.]]> The Afghan Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has for the first time invalidated some ballots from the presidential election because of fraud.]]> Latest results from Afghanistan's presidential election show President Hamid Karzai with 54.1% of the vote after 92% of polling stations declared.]]> Further evidence has come to light of widespread fraud during the recent Afghan presidential election.]]> Scores of people are reported killed after a Nato air strike blew up two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan.

]]> President Hamid Karzai has extended his lead over his main rival in the Afghan presidential election, according to partial official results.]]> A leading group of election observers say there was widespread voting fraud and intimidation during Thursday's presidential election in Afghanitan.]]> A suicide car bomber has killed seven people in an attack on a convoy of Western troops in the Afghan capital.]]> India has asked the US to explain why a leading Bollywood film star was allegedly detained for two hours at Newark airport, which serves New York.]]> The three leading Afghan presidential candidates have spent Friday travelling across the country in an effort to win votes ahead of next week's poll.]]> The UK's commitment to Afghanistan could last for up to 40 years, the incoming head of the Army has said.

]]> The BBC's Bilal Sarwary takes a bus ride in northern Afghanistan to gauge the mood of the people ahead of the presidential elections in August.]]> Taliban militants, including several suicide bombers, have attacked government buildings in the south-eastern Afghan city of Khost.]]> US Vice-President Joe Biden has told the BBC that the war in Afghanistan is in the interests of the US and the UK.

]]> Afghan climbers have scaled the highest peak in the country for the first time. ]]> British military intervention in Afghanistan has a chequered history, making it easy to conclude that British forces will fail again. But such a conclusion is a mistake and does a disservice both to troops fighting there and to history itself, writes military historian Dr Huw Davies.]]> The US president says he is examining an alleged massacre in Afghanistan amid allegations the Bush administration resisted efforts to investigate it.

]]> Latif Nangarharay works eight hours a day as a quality service controller for the London Underground.]]>