Kabul - Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah is well ahead of his main rival in Afghanistan's presidential election, officials said Sunday after half of the ballots were counted, though a run-off vote still looks likely next month.

An overnight US airstrike has killed three innocent Afghan civilians, the war-torn Central Asian nation's president claimed on Tuesday.

Washington - Raising taxes on the rich is a familiar class-war battle-cry for campaigning politicians trolling for votes. Unfortunately, this “tax the rich” mentality has created a giant economic bubble in the U.S. that is poised to burst.

Ottawa - With all the coverage of violence in the Middle East over the last ten years, it's a wonder if even grabs headlines anymore. Unfortunately, as a society, we have become slightly desensitized to these horrific acts; accepting them as the new normal.

Kabul - Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah is leading his closest rival Ashraf Ghani in the Afghan presidential election, the country's Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Sunday.

Kabul - A frontrunner to succeed Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said his one time rival should continue to serve a role in politics and that he wouldn't pursue "vengeance" against the man he claims stole the last election.

Kabul - Undeterred by the threat of Taliban violence and inclement weather, Afghans voted overwhelmingly to chose the successor to incumbent President Hamid Karzai after a decade of instability and bloodshed

Kabul - Leading candidates in Afghanistan's presidential election voiced concern Sunday that voting was tainted by fraud, a day after millions defied Taliban threats and turned out to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai.

In recent years, more journalists are being killed and imprisoned for exposing truths that powerful people want to keep hidden. Is the pen really mightier than the sword?

Kabul - The United States and the UN have praised the "courage" of Afghan people who turned out in force for presidential elections, despite Taliban threats against the vote which passed off largely peacefully.

Kabul - Afghan voters went to the polls Saturday to choose a successor to President Hamid Karzai, braving Taliban threats in a landmark election held as US-led forces wind down their long intervention in the country.

Khost - One female Western journalist was shot dead and another wounded in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on Friday, on the eve of the country's presidential election, police said.

Kabul - Afghanistan heads to the polls Saturday to choose a new president after Hamid Karzai's 13-year reign and a US-led military campaign which have radically changed the country but failed to defeat the Taliban.

Kabul - The news of a British Sniper killing six Taliban militants with a single shot has hogged media headlines this week. The Daily Beast considered the feat as “the greatest since the invention of the gun.”

Kabul - A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the interior ministry in central Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least four police officers just three days before the presidential election, officials said.

Kabul - Parachute or laptop computer? Sunrise or binoculars? Five days before polling, Afghan voters are spoilt for choice as they prepare to make their selection from an oddball array of candidates' symbols.

Kabul - Crowds queued up outside voter registration centres in Afghanistan on Sunday and presidential candidates held large campaign rallies, six days ahead of elections that have been shaken by Taliban attacks.

Kabul - Afghanistan is set to participate in the first democratic elections in decades. But the Taliban has vowed to disrupt the key April 5 elections with rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire.

Kabul - Crowds queued up outside voter registration centres in Afghanistan on Sunday and presidential candidates held large outdoor rallies for supporters, six days ahead of elections that have been shaken by Taliban attacks.

Kandahar - Unable to stop next Saturday's Afghan presidential election, the Taliban and their allies are ramping up violence, even killing children, to create a climate of fear and discredit the poll.