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Afghanistan's minority Shiites, one of the country's most under-privileged communities, reach the climax of Ashura commemorations Sunday hoping to send a message of peace in their war-ravaged nation.
Kabul -- A heavily armed Taliban commander was killed during an pre-dawn shootout at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said as it reported an American service member died in a separate attack.
Kabul - A US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, while Afghan forces backed by foreign troops killed a Taliban militant in central region, NATO said Saturday. The US soldier died in the blast on Friday, NATO-led Internation...
US special forces have stepped up counterterrorism missions against some of the most lethal groups in Afghanistan and plan an even bigger expansion next year, The New York Times has reported.
In a Christmas Day move, the Taliban on Friday released a video of an American soldier captured in Afghanistan, showing him apparently healthy but spouting criticism about the U.S. military operation. In Idaho, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl's family pleaded for his release and urged him to "stay strong."
Secretive branches of the military’s Special Operations forces have increased counterterrorism missions against some of the most lethal groups in Afghanistan.
What's Your Reaction? KABUL — A heavily armed Taliban commander was killed Saturday during an pre-dawn shootout at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said as it reported an American service member was killed in a separate attack.
The arrival in Afghanistan of tens of thousands of reinforcements to fight the Taliban will lead to a higher death rate among foreign troops, adding pressure on Western leaders to get out altogether, officials say.
Taliban insurgents had planned to use five Americans, now detained in Pakistan, who had contacted the militants via the Internet, to carry out attacks in the U.S.-allied country, a police official said on Saturday.
KABUL (AP) — The Taliban released a video Friday of an American soldier captured in Afghanistan, showing him apparently healthy but spouting criticism about the U.S. military operation.
The young Afghan woman leaves home every morning with her face and figure hidden by a burqa. At her office, she dons a police uniform, grabs a pistol and starts knocking in doors, looking for drug dealers and Taliban sympathizers.
It was the second video of Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl to surface since he was seized in southern Afghanistan about six months ago.
KABUL -- The Taliban on Friday issued a video of a U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan this summer. The U.S. military condemned the tape as propaganda and said the decision to release it on Christmas was cruel.
An American soldier has been killed by a roadside bomb while serving with NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Saturday.
Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl of Idaho, missing from his Afghanistan base since June 30, is seen denouncing the U.S. military effort. A NATO spokesman says Bergdahl 'was clearly compelled' to read a statement. The Taliban on Friday released a video in which Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier captured by insurgents nearly six months ago, denounces the American military effort in Afghanistan as foolhardy and ...
NATO says an American service member has been killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.
