Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Fahim previously served as Afghanistan’s vice president in the years immediately ...

The United States on Tuesday issued a veiled warning to Afghanistan’s jilted defense minister not to undermine the country’s fragile security. The comments came a day after President Hamid Karzai ...

KABUL -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has nominated Mohammad Yunis Qanooni to succeed Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, who died suddenly on March 9. Speaking to RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan, ...

KONDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) -- One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's vice-presidential running mates in next month's election has escaped unhurt from an ambush by Taliban insurgents, officials said ...