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Voters in Afghanistan went to the polls 20 August for the nation's second presidential election since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. The election has been held in the midst of a war that involves more than 100,000 U.S. and foreign troops battling a Taliban insurgency that controls vast parts of the country. Follow the news about the election, including blogging from Kabul, from our special report, Afghan Elections: Challenges of Voting During Wartime.

US Military Chief: Afghanistan Situation is 'Serious and Deteriorating' Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said the US military is focused on preventing another terrorist attack on US soil Afghan Vote Results May Be Delayed Head of the Independent Election Commission, which counts the votes, says 'complaints have to be adjudicated' before results can be announced Report Slams Israeli Claim of Settlement Freeze Israeli activist group 'Peace Now' says even if government does not approve new projects, permits already exist for 40,000 new housing units to be built in the West Bank Kim's Funeral Opens Door to High Level Thaw Between North, South Korea S. Korean president held groundbreaking meeting with a team of high-level North Korean envoys visiting to pay respects China Releases Prominent Human Rights Lawyer on Bail Xu Zhiyong, co-founder of a legal-aid group known as the Open Constitution Initiative was formally arrested last Tuesday on charges of tax evasion Wild Fire in Greece Forces Evacuation of 10,000 The blaze broke out Friday on the outskirts of Athens, with firefighters and airplanes rushing to the suburbs Uproar Over Swiss Apology to Libya Mr. Gadhafi demanded an apology for arrest of his son and daughter-in-law for abusing their domestic servants Thousands of Displaced in Kabo Living in Appalling Conditions UN spokesman says internally displaced people, who are mainly ethnic Ngamas from Central African Republic town of Kabo, were forced to flee attacks by various armed groups Thousands Flee From LRA Attacks In DRC UNHCR says two people were killed, three injured and 10 girls abducted from a local church