KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan president Hamid Karzai rejected a demand from his rival in a presidential run-off to dismiss the country's top election official, setting the stage for a new confrontation. Full Article

Afghan police fired into the air to break up a protest by thousands of people in Kabul to protest against what they said was the desecration of a copy of the Koran by foreign troops. Full Article | Comments [4]

Sometimes we Afghan photographers joke that an Afghanistan without burqas, would mean no more good images. Full Article | Comments [12]

In those first few seconds of waking in the morning, when my sleep has been disturbed, my first thoughts are to deny the cause of the sound. "Maybe the door slammed; maybe a cat jumped over a bucket; maybe ... Full Article | Comments [11]
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