United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made an unannounced visit Friday to Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai and the commander of NATO troops.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has spoken with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, about the plight of Afghan refugees expelled from Iran, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reported.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged the international community to remain engaged in Afghanistan. He made the comments Tuesday during an unannounced visit to Kabul by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai today called for an end to clashes between Afghan and Pakistani troops, saying they are in neither country's interest.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has allocated $100,000 for the construction of a memorial center near a recently discovered mass grave in northeastern Afghanistan, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reported today.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai are set to hold talks in Turkey to smoothen relations and formulate an effective strategy to check the Taliban insurgency.

President Bush called Afghan President Hamid Karzai from the White House earlier Thursday to reaffirm the strong relationship shared between the two countries.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was in Berlin today for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the security situation in Afghanistan.