Five members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said on Tuesday.

President Karzai accused Taliban, US of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave by end of 2014.

Kabul (afviews): Two deadly suicide attacks in Afghan capital Kabul and south-eastern Khost province leave at least 18 dead.

The US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan this evening, his first visit as secretary of defense.

President Karzai gave US-led foreign forces three months to transfer control over armed militias to Afghan government.

Local officials in central Ghazni province confirmed that Taliban fighters have attacked a security post and killed 16 local police personals.

Nmber of civilian casualties in armed conflict in Afghanistan's droped for the first time in the past six years.