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Afghanistan's 2009 presidential election took place after an internal political wrangle over the date. International politicians and military chiefs also joined in the planning at a special conference in the Hague and a meeting of Nato chiefs in Strasbourg. They pledged to work for security and honesty; the Taliban promised to disrupt the vote.
The Hague summit
Afghanistan conference ends - report
Afghan government backs plan to split Taliban
Afghan government representatives at Tuesday's international conference at the Hague endorsed the Obama adminstration's plan to win over fighters from the Islamist insurgency. But they seemed unclear as to whether potential defectors were "good Taliban". US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton revealed that there had been "unplanned" contact between special envoy Richard Holbrooke and the Iranian delegation.
2009-04-01 09:42 TU
Afghanistan
Taliban judge US reconciliation plan crazy, kill 13 in Kandahar
Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents on Wednesday dubbed the US reconciliation plan "crazy" after Tuesday's international conference in the Hague. The Islamist group has claimed responsibility for an attack in Kandahar which killed 17, including the attackers.
2009-04-01 15:28 TU
Afghanistan conference - report
Clinton aims to win over Taliban defectors
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for efforts to win over defectors from the Taliban at an international conference on Afghanistan in the Hague today. Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged to fight corruption and welcomed the Obama administration's plans for his country.
2009-04-01 09:45 TU
Hague Afghanistan conference - report
US, EU offer election cash
The US and the European Commission have promised funds for Afghanistan's presidential election in August as an international conference on the wartorn country opens in the Hague. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia is attending. Washington and Nato want neighbouring countries to work with them to defeat the Taliban and reconstruct Afghanistan.
2009-03-31 08:49 TU
Nato summits
Afghanistan
Nato defence ministers review Afghanistan strategy
Defence ministers from eight Nato nations are meeting in Brussels on Thursday to review the strategy of troops fighting the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan.
2009-06-11 10:33 TU
Nato/Afghanistan
Obama's Afghan plan faces tough test in Europe
The US's Nato allies are unlikely to deliver all President Barack Obama wants when it comes to sending extra troops to Afghanistan, despite apparent agreement at Tuesday's conference on Afghanistan in the Hague.
2009-04-03 12:03 TU
Nato summit/France
Obama meets Sarkozy in Strasbourg and Merkel in Baden-Baden
US President Barack Obama met France's Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni in the western French city of Strasbourg on Friday morning. Shortly after the meeting, he flew by helicopter to Baden-Baden to meet Angela Merkel ahead of a Nato summit.
2009-04-03 16:12 TU
Nato summit
Politics threatens to overshadow Nato Summit
At the opening dinner of the Nato summit in Baden Baden, Germany, Friday, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to veto the consensus candidate for the alliance’s next Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in an ongoing row over anti-Islamic cartoons published Rasmussen’s native Denmark. The early conflict risks consuming much of the summit’s negotiations.
2009-04-04 08:53 TU
News stories
Afghanistan/US – civilian deaths
US mistakes likely cause of civilian deaths in Afghanistan
2009-06-20 10:43 TU
Pakistan/Afghanistan/US
Obama hails Pakistan-Afghanistan front in fight against Taliban
2009-05-07 13:40 TU
Afghanistan
Karzai rejects criticism of controversial bill allowing Shia family law
2009-04-04 14:39 TU
Tajikistan/Afghanistan
Tajikistan to allow US supplies through, after closure of airbase
2009-02-06 15:00 TU
Afghanistan/US presidential election
Karzai calls for end to civilian casualties
2008-11-06 10:07 TU
Afghanistan
Karzai sacks general after village killings, French review deadly ambush
2008-08-24 13:36 TU
2009: The main presidential candidates
Reports 2001, 2004, 2005
France and Afghanistan
France/Afghanistan
Military means in Afghanistan to be strengthened, says Fillon
2008-09-22 17:42 TU
