On July 7, Afghanistan's Electoral Complaint Commission (ECC), which is supposed to be an independent body for vetting candidates and investigating allegations of electoral fraud, announced that it had disqualified 36 candidates for parliament on evidence they had ties to illegal private militias.

The mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan said a tearful farewell to her son yesterday and declared: "It's not our war. We shouldn't be there."

In the Afghanistan war, it's quantity vs. quality: The USAID battle for hearts and minds is being lost just as President Obama's 'civilian surge' prepares to more than double annual assistance to $5 billion.

In the Afghanistan war for hearts and minds, foreign assistance succeeded when a village decided to go from torches to light bulbs

A crowded bus hit a roadside bomb in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing 25 passengers. At the same time, Nato continued to investigate claims that a helicopter gunship mistakenly opened fire on a house...

One battle in the other Afghanistan war: How a mismanaged $60 million USAID project alienated those it aimed to help.

KABUL, AfghanistanIn a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.