Kabul arcade
An Afghan youth stands near posters outside a video game and entertainment parlour in Kabul.
Senior Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a top Afghan peace negotiator in the capital Kabul on Sunday, dealing another blow to the country's attempts to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban. Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, 68, was one of the most senior and important members on Afghanistan's High Peace Council, set up by President Hamid Karzai two years ago to liaise with the insurgents. "He (Rahmani) was stuck in heavy traffic when another car beside him opened fire," said General Mohammad Zahir, head of Kabul police's investigation unit. No suspect was arrested. ...
Gunman kills Afghan peace council member in Kabul
An assassin on Sunday shot dead a former high-ranking Taliban official working on reconciling Afghanistan's insurgency with the government, a fresh blow to peace efforts on the day Kabul announced it was gradually taking the lead from the U.S.-led coalition for providing security in much of the country.
Top Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul
A senior Afghan peace negotiator and close ally of President Hamid Karzai was shot dead in Kabul Sunday, dealing a major blow to Kabul's efforts to broker peace with Taliban insurgents.
Man in Afghan uniform kills U.S. service member
A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a U.S. service member in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed on Friday, military officials said. The Taliban took credit for the attack.
Another: Attacker in Afghan uniform kills U.S. service member
A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a U.S. service member in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed on Friday, military officials said. The Taliban took credit for the attack.
Family pleads for U.S. prisoner at heart of Afghan peace push
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The family of Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier held prisoner by the Taliban since 2009, says it is frustrated that more than a year of covert diplomacy has been unable to free their son and is urging President Barack Obama's administration to push harder for his release. Bob Bergdahl, speaking out about his son's case after a long silence, said he hopes U.S. negotiators will press ahead with efforts to set in motion a chain of events intended in part to lead to the release of his son, believed to be held in Pakistan since he went missing in eastern Afghanistan in June 2009. ...
Checkpoint
An Afghan youth looks out from an intricately carved truck window at a police checkpoint in Kabul.
Afghan flash flood kills at least 21 in north
A flash flood swept through a village in northern Afghanistan, killing 21 people, many of them members of a wedding party, officials said Monday.
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