Amir Shah

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Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, second right, listens as Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron talks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday pledged support for Afghanistan's newly sworn-in president and the country's new unity government, saying during a surprise visit to Kabul that Britain is committed to helping Afghans build a more secure and prosperous future. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Britain’s Cameron on surprise visit to Afghanistan

Amir Shah · October 3, 2014 8:41 am

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. A suicide bomber in a truck blew himself up at an intelligence headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, setting off an intense firefight with security forces, officials said. (AP Photo)

Taliban attack intel office in eastern Afghanistan

Amir Shah · August 30, 2014 6:26 am

Afghanistan National Army soldiers stand guard at a gate of Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Earlier in the day, a man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign troops at the military base, killing a U.S. two-star general and wounding others, among them a German brigadier general and a number of Americans troops, authorities said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Afghan official: General’s killer hid in bathroom

Amir Shah · August 6, 2014 7:38 pm

FILE - In this Friday, July 18, 2014 file photo, Afghan election commission workers look at a ballot for an audit of the presidential run-off votes at a election commission office in Kabul, Afghanistan. Despite lingering disputes, Afghan electoral officials said Thursday, July 31, 2014 that they will resume an audit of the presidential election this weekend after the presidential candidates sparred over how to disqualify ballots amid allegations of massive fraud. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Afghan electoral officials to restart vote audit

Amir Shah · July 31, 2014 5:17 pm

An Afghan soldier stands guard during Eid al-Fitr prayers in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 28, 2014. Eid al-Fitr prayer marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.(AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Suicide bomber kills Afghan president’s cousin

Amir Shah · July 29, 2014 1:07 pm

The dead bodies of Shiite civilians, one with fallen prayer beads nearby, are seen on the ground after Taliban insurgents stopped their bus on the road in the western Ghor province of Afghanistan, Friday, July 25, 2014. The militants halted minibuses, identified more than a dozen Shiite passengers and shot them dead by the side of the road overnight Friday, an official said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Afghan Taliban leader warns against pact with US

Amir Shah · July 25, 2014 6:57 pm

Afghan medical workers move the dead body of a foreign female aid worker who was employed by the International Assistance Mission, in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Officials said two Finnish women were riding in a taxi when they were shot dead by two men on a motorcycle. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)

2 Finnish aid workers killed in Afghanistan

Amir Shah · July 24, 2014 2:16 pm

Afghan official: Suicide bombing kills 2 in south

Afghan official: Suicide bombing kills 2 in south

Amir Shah · July 21, 2014 2:35 pm

A wounded Afghan security personnel speaks on a phone during clashes with Taliban fighters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Gunmen launched a pre-dawn attack on the Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital on Thursday, raining down rockets, setting off a gunbattle with security forces and forcing the airport to close for hours, officials said. The militants occupied two buildings which were under construction some 700 meters (yards) north of the facility, and were using them as a base to direct rockets and gunfire toward the airport and international jet fighters flying over Kabul, said Afghan army Gen. Afzal Aman. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan ballot audit starts; Kabul airport attacked

Amir Shah · July 17, 2014 10:25 pm

Separate Taliban attacks in Afghanistan kill 13

Separate Taliban attacks in Afghanistan kill 13

Amir Shah · July 11, 2014 10:37 am

Smoke rises from the Kabul airport after an attack in Afghanistan, Thursday, July 3, 2014. An Afghan official says militants fired two rockets into the military side of the Kabul airport, striking President Hamid Karzai's helicopter as it sat on the tarmac. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

EU urges wider fraud probe in Afghan elections

Amir Shah · July 3, 2014 6:33 pm

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers prepare to remove a destroyed military bus at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 2, 2014. A suicide bomber attacked the air force bus in Afghanistan's capital early Wednesday, killing at least four people, security officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Suicide bomber kills 11 in Afghan capital

Amir Shah · July 2, 2014 5:19 pm