Kandahar

Gul Agha Sherzai - candidate with controversial past

Turban-bomber kills Kandahar mayor

Bomber kills four at memorial for Karzai's brother

President Karzai's younger brother killed in Kandahar

Kidnapped deminers found beheaded in Farah province

Taliban continue fighting in Kandahar

Taliban launch spring offensive with Kandahar assault

Sixty-five escaped prisoners recaptured in Kandahar

Two killed in fresh protests in Kandahar against Koran burning

Deadly protests in Afghan city Kandahar after Koran burning

At least 14 dead in bomb attacks on dog fight

Powerful blast near Kandahar police HQ

Karzai's brother corrupt drugs baron, WikiLeaks cables say

Nineteen Afghan MPs' election ruled invalid

Eight die in market suicide bomb, airbase attacked

Afghans cast their ballots, scattered attacks across the country

Taliban attack Nato's main southern base

Netherlands pulls out of Afghanistan

Afghan poll candidate escapes death, Obama signs war funding

Taliban attacks take high toll on Nato soldiers, civilians

Attacks on Nato forces leave 11 civilians dead

Over a dozen killed in Helmand bomb attack

Taliban kill 35 in Kandahar bombings