New York Times Topic:Afghanistan

The attackers set off a large explosion followed by numerous smaller blasts, sending United Nations and international agency workers into bomb shelters.

Taking America off “perpetual war footing,” as the president proposes to do, will not be a simple task.

Photos from Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, England and Oklahoma.

Photos from England, Oklahoma, Afghanistan and Norway.

Hard-line Islamist students protested in Kabul demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women’s rights that they say is un-Islamic.

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has sought to dispel talk that he will find a way to stay in power beyond the two-term limit imposed by the constitution.

Afghan investigators say the man was seen in a videotape undergoing torture at the hands of an Afghan-American translator for a United States Special Forces unit.

A suicide bombing in Kabul was almost as noteworthy for the group that took credit — Hezb-i-Islami, a largely spent insurgent force — as for its deadliness.

Afghan officials portrayed the fighting as a big victory against the Taliban, but the American-led coalition was circumspect about the scale of the battle.

A suicide bomber killed 14 people Monday in Baghlan Province, including Rasul Mohseni, who was widely seen as the most powerful man in the province.

As Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, deputy commander of the Special Operations forces in Afghanistan, prepares to leave the country, a program created to train villagers to protect their homes from insurgents will be his legacy there.

Photos from Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Virginia.

David Cameron’s woes; Afghan women’s rights; H&M in Bangladesh; study abroad and the safety factor; the Cohen brothers at Cannes; wind-limit questions at the America’s Cup.

Nearly two dozen Afghan police officers and civilians have been killed in the last few days, including a district police official assassinated over a recent anti-Taliban campaign.

The secretary, Eric Shinseki, is being held accountable for his overwhelmed agency’s problems dealing with claims for disability compensation.

Amending a law that holds families accountable for the mistreatment of women risks losing minimal protections.

It also almost killed his literary career.

Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside a gated community on Friday evening, killing at least 9 people and wounding more than 70.

Six Americans were among the dead after a car packed with explosives shook the relative calm that had prevailed for months in the Afghan capital.

Photos from Myanmar, the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq.