Across the World: Afghanistan

Karzai slams US envoy

President Hamid Karzai angrily accused the US of pushing for a runoff in the Afghan presidential election during a heated meeting with the special envoy to the region, officials said yesterday.

Meanwhile, an Afghan lawmaker accused the US of violating international and Islamic law by firing on a clinic where a wounded Taliban commander had taken refuge. US officials said they attacked only after taking gunfire and determining there were no civilians inside.