KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan officials arrested seven suspects in connection with an apparent assassination attempt against President Hamid Karzai, a government spokesman said Monday.

KABUL, Afghanistan – Iran gives political and material support to President Hamid Karzai’s Western-backed government, but it also may be aiding the Taliban as a way of hedging its bets in neighboring Afghanistan, NATO’s top general here said Monday.

KABUL (AFP) – NATO soldiers in Afghanistan opened fire on a vehicle that failed to stop at a traffic control point on Monday, leaving three Afghans dead and wounding two others, an official statement said.