
President Hamid Karzai has announced that Afghan security forces are to be banned from calling for foreign air strikes in residential areas. Hamid Karzai said he would issue a decree on Sunday, less than a week after 10 civilians were killed in a night raid in the eastern province of Kunar. NATO-led forces in Afghanistan [...]

Afghanistan has blocked the entry of all newspapers from Pakistan, saying they serve Taliban militants. In its order, the interior ministry said the newspapers “are a propaganda resource of the Taliban spokesmen” and has ordered police forces in east Afghanistan to confiscate all copies. The latest move comes amid increasing tension between the two countries. [...]

A NATO air strike in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman has killed at least eight women, local officials say. NATO has conceded that between five and eight civilians died as it targeted insurgents, and offered condolences. Afghan President Hamid Karzai “strongly condemned” the deaths and has sent officials to the area to investigate. Earlier on [...]

The US military has decided to hand control of controversial Bagram prison housing more than 3,000 Taliban fighters and terrorism suspects to the Afghan authorities. In a small ceremony, Afghan officials said inmates had been transferred to their authority. The move is part of a deal to transfer all Afghan prisons back to local control [...]

NATO leaders are meeting in Chicago in a summit dominated by the withdrawal from Afghanistan. They want to forge a common stance as they prepare to hand over security to Afghan forces by the end of 2014. Some members have pledged aid to help Afghan forces tackle the Taliban insurgency on their own. President Barack [...]