KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan parliament voted Saturday to dismiss the country's defense and interior ministers, a move that threatens to throw the country's security apparatus into confusion as ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 19 -- Afghanistan's first democratically elected parliament in more than three decades opened Monday, with President Hamid Karzai making an impassioned plea for the revived ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- President Hamid Karzai said Afghan parliamentary elections will be held in September, confirming that logistical troubles have postponed a vote that's supposed to complete ...

The Afghan parliament on Saturday dealt President Hamid Karzai a painful political blow when they rejected 17 out of 24 of his cabinet nominees, including several close allies and former guerrilla ...

Explosions in Kabul on Saturday killed at least six people attending a funeral reportedly attended by government officials, including members of parliament, a day after hundreds of demonstrators ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of supporters of losing Afghan parliamentary election candidates marched on the United Nations office in Kabul on Tuesday, warning of nationwide demonstrations after a poll ...

Fawzia Koofi is a former Afghan MP, the first ever female Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament, and a veteran human rights advocate whose career embodies the fragile yet essential relationship ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The first full session of Afghani-stan's new parliament almost broke down Tuesday after a lawmaker demanded that authorities bring to justice all warlords, some of whom are ...

KABUL – The Afghan parliament rejected the majority of President Hamid Karzai's second slate of Cabinet choices Saturday, dealing a new setback to the U.S.-backed leader's effort to assemble a team ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan marked another milestone in its march to democracy, inaugurating its first popularly elected parliament in three decades Monday in a ceremony that brought the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's president resisted demands from winning parliamentary candidates Sunday to dissolve a tribunal investigating alleged election fraud, potentially undercutting a deal ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed he will open parliament on Wednesday, ending a standoff with lawmakers that threatened to deteriorate into political chaos and strained ...