Al Qaida leader, world's most wanted terrorist, was killed by US forces in Pakistan May 1 at age 54
Attack comes as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is visiting Kabul to meet with government leaders
Opposition religious alliance say madrassahs should be free of government pressure, remind that none of hijackers blamed for 9/11 were
Opposition parties were barred from running
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian suspected of helping bomb US embassies in East Africa in 1998, was arrested last year in Pakistan
Scientist A.Q. Khan, accused of running nuclear weapons black market, could not have acted without knowledge of army, say Pakistani exp
Kidnappers have issued conflicting, shifting deadlines to kill hostages if their demands are not met
Habiba Sarobi to head government of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan
Additional soldiers will help provide security during parliamentary elections later this year
US Secretary of State says lack of US engagement led to Afghanistan's disintegration into a chaotic war
Lieutenant General Jean-Louis Py says additional troops will be deployed for vote, but country generally much safer now than last year
US military has kept about 18,000 soldiers in Afghanistan since defeating country's former Taleban government in 2001, forces also depl
UN spokeswoman says meeting May 20 deadline will be difficult but not impossible
After meeting with Hamid Karzai, Pervez Musharraf said he was pleased with warming of relations between two countries
Ambassador to Afghanistan says senior members of former Taleban regime are negotiating their surrender to new Afghan government
Pakistan sharply denies a news report that one of its top scientists, Abdul-Qadeer Khan, might have sold nuclear technology to Saudi Ar
