One person was feared killed and 11 others, including lawmakers, were injured as terrorists opened gunfire while the parade was in progress.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday said he may call an early presidential election to prepare the ground for handling pullout of foreign combat troops from the war-torn country next year.
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai left India with an honorary doctorate from LovelyProfessionalUniversity, but his "wish list" for the Indian government remained unfulfilled.
The Afghan President said he had come to thank India for its support and help over the past four years.
Several foreign dignitaries including US Vice President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld attended the ceremony.
This would be Karzai's first visit to India after his re-election as President. It assumes importance as it is taking place just before Karzai holds a Grand Jirga to reconcile with the so-called 'Good Taliban'.
There are a variety of areas like education, health, science and technology, engineering where India can help Afghanistan, he said.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Pakistan on a day-long visit to mend frayed ties with Pakistan and to seek the release of high-profile Taliban prisoners, including Mullah Barader, to give a fresh impetus to the reconciliation process in his war-torn country.
Taliban leader Mullah Omar's spokesman rejects Afghan President Hamid Karzai's attempts for talks with the Taliban in an exchange with Rediff.com contributor Tahir Ali.
Amid criticism that the decision of the Afghan Election Commission on the Presidential polls was not legal, the United States on Wednesday said it considers Hamid Karzai as the 'legitimately elected' president of the war-torn country.
As Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai begins his two-day visit to India on Tuesday, policymakers face the challenge to get the Afghan plot straight, says former diplomat M K Bhadrakumar
'Pakistan is uncomfortable with the Indian presence in Afghanistan. They want the Taliban to ensure that there is no Indian presence in Afghanistan.'
'Pakistan wanted India out of Afghanistan to which again the Taliban told Pakistan to take a walk.' 'Six months after they came back to power in 2021 India was back in Afghanistan at the request of the Taliban.' 'The Taliban realised that India has no agenda of its own in Afghanistan.'
In his first bilateral meeting with international leaders after assuming charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held talks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.
Scenes from the Afghan capital a day after the Taliban entered Kabul.
the UN-appointed panel concluded that the "shortcomings" on election day, including the low-quality ink, did not affect the ballot's outcome and were too minor to overturn Karzai's victory.
Afghan Foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah has decided to endorse Karzai's rival Yonus Qanooni in the October 9 election.
Karzai is leading the results of the presidential elections held on August 20, amidst reports of widespread voters fraud and rigging. He said all such complaints needs to be thoroughly investigated.
The fight against terrorism and extremism on Monday topped the agenda of talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Afghan President Hamid Karzai as the two leaders discussed a range of bilateral issues ahead of the SAARC summit.
Hamid Karzai remains a frontrunner but faces a serious challenge from his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign minister in his cabinet.
Ahmed Wali Karzai, head of Kandahar's provincial council and one of the most powerful men in southern Afghanistan, was entertaining some guests at his residence when his bodyguard opened fire on him, a family member told media sources on condition of anonymity.
Barack Obama's arrival in the White House and the wind of change sweeping through Washington could lead to the ousting from power of Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, The Independent has learnt.
United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed as 'constructive action' his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai agreeing for a runoff after electoral authorities invalidated tens of thousands of votes in his favour, reducing his vote share in the presidential election to less than 50 per cent.
United States President Barack Obama in a letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, regretted and apologised over the desecration of the Holy Koran at the Bagram Airbase.
Mohammad Yunus Qanooni says he has evidence indicating large scale fraud in the Afghan elections.
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday underscored Pakistan's importance in the peace process in Afghanistan and sought Islamabad's support for the reconciliation process in the war-torn country.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton telephoned Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to condole the assassination of his younger half-brother Ahmed Wali Karzai, her spokesperson said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and is understood to have discussed with him the regional situation, particularly in the war-torn country.
Pakistan on Monday criticised President Hamid Karzai for calling on Islamabad to stop backing terrorists as a condition for negotiating a strategic partnership pact, saying the Afghan leader's remarks were "misplaced and without any basis".
With NATO nations firming up their exit path from Afghanistan, the president of the war-torn country, Hamid Karzai, sought "constructive cooperation" from Pakistan for holding talks with the Taliban and to deny safe havens to militants on the border.
Echoing India's concerns over Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's move toward reconciliation and reintegration of segments of the Taliban into the Afghan government -- which has been endorsed by the Obama administration -- Dr Abdullah Abdullah, erstwhile Afghan foreign minister and Karzai's nemesis, who was a candidate in the controversial 2009 presidential elections, said pursuing such a policy would be a futile exercise.
United States President Barack Obama on Friday called his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai to discuss the current economic situation in the war-ravaged country and the progress in security transition.
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed his concern over the Indian embassy attack in Kabul, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Colombo and discussed the incident for which Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has been blamed.
The announcement follows Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh's brief stopover in Kabul earlier today en-route to Islamabad.
Ahmad Wali Karzai left his house moments before the explosion, said to be an accident.
The country's interim leader has got 55.3% of the votes and is much ahead of his nearest rival Yunus Qanuni after 94.4% of the votes polled were counted.
Taliban supremo Mullah Mohammed Omar was spotted last week in Pakistani city of Quetta, said the Afghan president.
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