Track-It Kabul

KABUL — Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.... Read more

KABUL — A suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, while near Kabul a powerful former warlord narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, officials said. Read more

KABUL — Afghan police say Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a parliamentarian and powerful former warlord, has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt near Kabul. Read more

KABUL -- President Hamid Karzai began his second term Thursday under international pressure to select a Cabinet that can regain the trust of disillusioned Afghans, quash widespread government corruption and build a reliable military that can take... Read more

KABUL — For his critics, President Hamid Karzai's inaugural speech Thursday struck all the right notes -- sober pledges to get tough on corruption and strengthen his own security forces so foreign troops can start going home. The question now is... Read more

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has a simple-sounding strategy for the problem that is Hamid Karzai: Work with him and around him at the same time. Read more

GANDAH KASARAY, Afghanistan — France's foreign minister walked into a remote Afghan village on Friday to talk with small farmers and local tribal leaders about how to bypass corrupt officials and bring aid directly to those who need it. Read more

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The residents of the Afghan capital, both native and foreign, are waiting for President Obama -- to make up his mind. Read more

KABUL — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is encouraged by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's pledge to battle corruption and get his security forces sufficiently trained to take the lead within five years. Read more

BRUSSELS — The United States and five other world powers will meet Friday in Brussels to discuss what measures can be taken to punish Tehran for its refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment program. Read more