Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack which killed 10 parliamentary campaign workers and injured two others including a...

A US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US...

Taliban militants killed a female teacher and wounded two of her colleagues in an ambush in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt of Bajaur on Thursday, according to Pakistani...

The Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban, has been identified as part of the 'most dangerous terrorist threat' to the United States and its war on...

Eight campaigners were killed and a candidate for parliamentary elections was injured in a NATO airstrike in northern Afghanistan Thursday, a provincial official...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Friday took responsibility for triple bombings at a Shi'ite Muslim procession this week, challenging the civilian government...

Pakistan's Taliban has claimed responsibility for triple bombings at a Shia Muslim procession in the city of Lahore that killed 33 people. Wednesday's incidents were the first major militant attacks...

A visit to Afghanistan by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has been overshadowed by a NATO airstrike in northern Afghanistan.Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the strike killed 10 election...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the U.S. and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two American troops died in fighting in Afghanistan on Thursday, while NATO and local officials said coalition and Afghan forces killed dozens of insurgents in a series of...

Afghan officials said a coalition airstrike hit the election convoy of an Afghan parliamentary candidate on Thursday, wounding him and killing as many as 10 campaign aides, but the NATO coalition...

Noting that the Taliban has been driven to desperation around Marjah in southern Afghanistan, a top US general stationed there has said that the terrorist outfit is facing an acute financial crisis. ...

K ANDAHAR, Afghanistan — As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO said an airstrike in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed about a dozen insurgents, but President Hamid Karzai said the victims were campaign workers seeking votes...

KABUL: President Hamid Karzai condemned on Thursday an air strike by Nato forces which he said killed 10 poll campaign workers, although US officials maintained it was aimed at an militant...

KABUL: The United States of America will start preliminary talks with its allies in Afghanistan soon on next year’s planned “transition”, expected to include withdrawal of some US forces, the...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Gates is in southern Afghanistan getting a firsthand look at operations in an area of the country where the Taliban has the most influence. ...

By -- The Associated Press The military says a chaplain who died in Afghanistan is the first Army clergyman killed in action since the Vietnam...

Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The Afghan central bank's decision to force out executives of the nation's biggest bank...

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An Afghan parliamentary candidate and another Afghan civilian were wounded Thursday in a grenade attack at the governor's compound in Ghazni City, the International...

A U.S. Marine two-star general says the Taliban is experiencing a serious cash flow problem after losing an estimated half of its annual revenue from the drug trade in southern Afghanistan.Maj. Gen....

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai yesterday condemned an air strike by Nato-led forces which he said killed ten campaign workers for this month's...

Yet four of its top prosecutors have failed FBI lie-detector tests meant to weed out the corrupt. They failed when asked if they had accepted a bribe in the past two years but remain in post. One is...

We didn't lose, either, in the sense of being defeated. But wars no longer end with surrender ceremonies and ticker-tape parades. They end in a fog of ambiguity, and it's easier to discern what's...

FORT CARSON, Colo.—Two soldiers from Fort Carson have died following an attack in Afghanistan. Defense officials said Thursday that 24-year-old 2nd Lt. Mark A. Noziska of Papillon, Neb., and...

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates once again repeated Washington's resolve on Thursday to defeat the Taliban and al-Qaida network in Afghanistan and in the region. "Taliban should know that we...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned an air strike by Nato-led forces which he said killed 10 election campaign workers, although US officials maintained it was aimed at an Islamist leader. ...

LAKI, Afghanistan — Sgt. David McFadden was on patrol, wading slowly across the Helmand River. Cool water gurgled peacefully underfoot. But the squad leader knew that things are not always as...

U.S. service members killed in September and follow a spike in casualties during the last two weeks of August that saw the monthly total rise to 55.The August figure was still below the back-to-back...

Australian principal up a gum tree over 'gay' line in song KABUL – Afghan president Hamid Karzai yesterday condemned an air strike by Nato-led forces which he said killed 10 election campaign...

NEW DELHI: The US has placed Pakistani Taliban, which has been making common cause with the Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, on the global terrorism blacklist. The...

As of Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at least 1,172 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press...

A day after the United States designated the Tehrik-e-Taliban or Taliban Movement in Pakistan (TTP) as a "foreign terrorist organisation," elevating the group's international profile, Pakistan's...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai and NATO disagreed Thursday over whether an airstrike in northern Afghanistan killed the top member of re-emerging insurgent group or 10 election...

Washington: In a major legislative crackdown on the Pakistani Taliban, also known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the United States Department of Treasury has slapped sanctions on the...

By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. CardenAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2010 – U.S. and coalition troops in southwestern Afghanistan have made significant gains in recent...

(AP) As of Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at least 1,172 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's government sought to avert a run on the country's top private bank by nervous investors after directors at Kabulbank resigned, ostensibly to meet new rules but also...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai reassured nervous customers at the troubled Kabul Bank on Thursday, saying every penny of their deposits would be guaranteed by the...

The commander of U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan said Thursday that he has asked his officers to provide "initial assessments" of where he can begin to "thin out" his forces. U.S. Army...

A column of U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicles from 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division roll through southern Iraq en route to Kuwait, 15 Aug...

KUNDUZ (AIP): At least 10 people were killed and several others including a candidate in the parliamentary were wounded as foreign forces aircraft bombed an election rally on Thursday in Takhar...

KABUL (AP): The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the US and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid. Gen. David Petraeus (peh-TRAY'-uhs) says...