Hillary Clinton In Afghanistan

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  Opinion | A Murky Rivalry Is Brewing In India's Neighbourhood

  Remember Hillary Clinton's famous jibe in 2011 about the dangers of Pakistan keeping snakes in its backyard that would inevitably turn around and strike its benefactor? This seems to be it.

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  Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Could Burden Joe Biden if He Runs in 2016

  When President Barack Obama announced this week that the United States would leave more troops than planned in Afghanistan, his Vice President, Joe Biden, stood right at his side.

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  Mullah Omar Sheltered by ISI, Says Hillary Clinton Email

  Top Taliban leader Mullah Omar was sheltered by Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI after the outfit's leadership fled from Afghanistan in 2001, according to an email received by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton during her tenure.

• Inside the White House's Decision to Free Bergdahl

  For President Barack Obama, it seemed like the right thing to do, according to officials in his administration: Release five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison in return for Bowe Bergdahl, the only known American prisoner of war in Afghanistan.

• Hillary Rodham Clinton Defends Prisoner Swap

  Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday gave a measured defence of the Obama administration's controversial decision to swap five Guantanamo Bay detainees for a US soldier held hostage in Afghanistan, noting that many of America's allies make similar deals.

• Frustration in Afghan women's rights struggle

  In 2009, the United States gave Wazhma Frogh the International Woman of Courage award for her women's rights activism in Afghanistan. Prominently displayed in Frogh's office is a picture of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton granting her the award as First Lady Michelle Obama smiles, clapping by her side.

• US first lady Michelle Obama turns 50

  Michelle Obama turns 50 on Friday as one of America's most respected women. But the popular first lady has yet to break free of the confines of one of the toughest jobs in politics.

• Hillary Clinton's stance on Syria raises familiar risks

  Hillary Rodham Clinton has been in this spot before: As a senator in 2002, she endorsed military action in Iraq, a decision that came back to haunt her in her failed White House bid six years later.

• Pakistan paid biggest price for conflict in Afghanistan: Zardari

  Pointing that Pakistan has paid the biggest price for conflict in Afghanistan, President Asif Ali Zardari told US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that peace and stability in his country were tied to a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.

• US declares Afghanistan major non-NATO ally

  The Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States' newest "major non-NATO ally," an action designed to facilitate close defense cooperation after U.S. combat troops withdraw from the country in 2014 and as a political statement of support for Afghanistan's long-term stability.

• Hillary Clinton apologises to Pakistan for NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani troops

  The Obama administration says Pakistan is reopening supply lines into Afghanistan after the US issued an apology for the November killing of 24 Pakistani troops in a NATO airstrike.

• SM Krishna arrives in Washington for India-US Strategic Dialogue

  External Affairs Minister SM Krishna arrived in Washington on Monday afternoon to hold the third India-US Strategic Dialogue with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during which the two leaders are expected to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues including Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• No change in Afghan strategy: Hillary Clinton

  The Obama administration said Monday the war strategy in Afghanistan remains intact despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians on Sunday, allegedly by an American soldier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the episode "inexplicable" but insisted it won't force the U.S. to change course.

• For Pakistan, deep ties to militant network may trump US pressure

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other senior administration officials visited Pakistan in October to demand that Pakistan's spy agency either deliver the Haqqani network, a virulent part of the insurgency fighting American forces in Afghanistan, to the negotiating table or help fight them in their stronghold in Pakistan's rugged triba...

• Snakes in your backyard won't bite only neighbours: Hillary to Pak

  In a blunt message to Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today demanded greater cooperation from the country to "squeeze" the Haqqani network responsible for attacks in Afghanistan, saying Islamabad could not keep "snakes" in its backyard to strike its neighbours.