Bombing comes hours after US, Russian, Pakistani and Chinese officials met with Taliban to press for progress in stalled peace process
Taliban say internal consultations are ongoing to decide whether to attend the US-proposed multination conference
US review of deal prompted by allegations Taliban have not cut relationship with al-Qaida in Afghanistan
Zamir Kabulov says he hopes to take Islamabad onboard for a meeting this month of an enlarged troika,' with five countries most influential in Afghan
Taliban and Afghan government negotiators paused for three weeks starting Monday
Analysts say they don't expect any significant change in Washington's current Afghan policy regardless of who wins contest
US peace envoy returns to Qatar, where negotiating teams representing Afghan government and Taliban insurgency have been holding talks
Sixty combatants on both sides died in 24 hours, even as delegates of the two adversaries negotiate in Doha, Qatar
Taliban insurgents staged suicide car bombing and armed assault against police base in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least three security officers
Change in tone outside a federal courthouse that's become ground zero in clashes between demonstrators and federal agents
Zalmay Khalilzad is scheduled to visit Afghanistan on the last leg of his three-nation trip
The bombing comes as America's peace envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, has begun another visit to the region to push political reconciliation between Afghanist