Topic - Afghan Government

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  Pakistan's Zardari to attend NATO summit in Chicago

  Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the NATO summit, which begins Sunday in Chicago, his office said Wednesday, signaling that a deal is close on reopening alliance supply routes into landlocked Afghanistan from Pakistani ports.

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  Afghanistan announces security transition

  The Afghan government on Sunday said it is taking the lead from the U.S.-led coalition for providing security in areas that eventually will make up 75 percent of the country's population.

• World Briefs: Video emerges of American kidnapped in Pakistan

  A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al Qaeda that he will be killed unless President Obama agrees to the militant group's demands.

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  LAMBRO: Obama's politically calculated speech

  President Obama's bullish "new day on the horizon" speech in Kabul wasn't quite "mission accomplished," but he came close to that dubious claim.

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  Obama's deal with Afghans angers war opponents

  The long-term partnership that President Obama signed with the Afghan government commits the U.S. to a role in the troubled nation for at least a dozen more years, leaving critics fuming over the uncertain costs of a conflict that already has stretched for a decade.

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  Report: Fewer enemy attacks, but war zone is still volatile

  Afghanistan's weak government and Pakistan's safe havens for militants continue to hamper progress in the Afghan war strategy, according to a new Pentagon report.

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  Afghanistan bars travel of U.S. lawmaker

  The Afghan government has barred a U.S. congressman who has criticized President Hamid Karzai from traveling to Afghanistan.

• World Briefs: Afghan, U.S. leaders reach partnership deal

  Afghanistan and the U.S. agreed on a much-delayed strategic partnership deal Sunday that is meant to govern the U.S. role in Afghanistan as international forces draw down and for decades afterward, the two governments said.

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  U.S., Afghanistan finalize strategic agreement

  Afghanistan and the United States agreed on a much-delayed strategic partnership deal Sunday that is meant to govern the U.S. role in Afghanistan as international forces draw down and for decades after, the two governments said.

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  Afghan militants return to peace talks

  A militant group responsible for the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan has rejoined peace talks with President Hamid Karzai's government, and four other factions followed after Afghan security forces crushed an attack by terrorists in Kabul earlier this week.

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  U.S., NATO ready plan to hand off Afghanistan combat

  The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Barack Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending.

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  U.S., NATO plan handoff of combat lead to Afghans

  The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending.

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  Afghanistan's Karzai: U.S. deal has to specify cash

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that the long-term partnership agreement being negotiated with the United States should specify exactly how much money the U.S. will give to Afghan forces in coming years.

• Bombs kill NATO soldier, local Afghan official

  Roadside bombings on Wednesday killed a local Afghan government official and a NATO service member, authorities said.

• Afghans, U.S. sign deal on night raids

  The Afghan government and the U.S. signed a deal Sunday governing night raids by American troops, resolving an issue that had threatened to derail a larger pact governing a U.S. presence in the country for decades to come.

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