Six people have died in a US missile strike targeting militants in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border, security officials say. (full story...)

AFP - Britain's special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan is quitting with immediate effect, London said Wednesday, following a reported clash with NATO and US officials on fighting the Taliban. (full story...)

The first police station has been opened in Marja, seven months after United States Marines started operations to take control of that Taliban stronghold in southern Helmand Province, military officials said on Wednesday. (full story...)

AP - Afghan election officials said Wednesday that scores of additional polling stations will have to remain closed during the Sept. 18 parliamentary vote because of the deteriorating security situation in the country. (full story...)

KABUL -- Fears over the future of ailing Kabul Bank grew violent Wednesday as state police beat back crowds of frustrated Afghan government workers attempting to withdraw their salaries on the final day before a four-day national holiday. Kabul Bank - Afghan istan - Asia - Kabul - Central ....(more) (full story...)

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces used batons on unruly customers scrambling to withdraw their savings on Wednesday from a branch of the graft-hit Kabulbank, the country's biggest private financial institution. (full story...)

AFP - A US missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border killed four rebels and wounded five others on Wednesday, local security officials said. (full story...)

Uncovering the exploitation of young boys made to dance for money (full story...)

Obama administration weighs in against proposed burning, which state department calls 'un-American'Hillary Clinton has called an American church's threat to burn copies of the Qur'an to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks a "disrespectful, disgraceful act".Others in the Obama administration joined the US....(more) (full story...)

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai made nearly $1 million on a Dubai property deal financed with money from Kabul Bank, according to a person familiar with the transaction and a property sales registry. Dubai - United Arab Emirates - Afghan istan - K....(more) (full story...)