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Finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and rolling back a resurgent Taliban are necessary steps toward winning the war in Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander there told a Senate committee Tuesday.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday it will be at least 15 years before his government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country from the threat of insurgency.
The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the "Beast of Kandahar," a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates landed in Kabul on an unannounced visit on Tuesday to meet with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan about how the United States plans to use 30,000 additional American troops that will be arriving in the country in the coming months.
In an interview, a jihadi talks about why state-sponsored militants who once fought in Indian-controlled Kashmir are now joining the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth arrived in Afghanistan early Tuesday on a surprise visit, the Ministry of Defence announced in London, as the British death toll this year in Afghanistan rose to 100.
War On Terror: The anti-war crowd says the small number of enemy fighters inside Afghanistan doesn't justify sending 30,000 fresh troops there....
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan Tuesday with plans to assure officials and U.S. troops of the U.S.' commitment.
KABUL, Afghanistan – Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan today with plans to assure officials and American troops there that the United States is committed to winning the war despite plans to begin pulling forces out in 2011. “We are in this thing to win,” Gates told reporters while traveling to Kabul, where he plans to meet privately with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and ...
The State Department is cutting ties with the security contractor protecting the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan following an investigation of allegations that guards engaged in lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters.
The State Department will not renew the contract of a security company embroiled in a scandal involving the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, where guards were accused of drunken conduct and sexual hazing.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The Afghan strategy announced by U.S. President Barack Obama calling for a troop surge of 30,000 has until July 2011 to run its course before any likely start of a troop drawdown, but its impact on Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan is already perceptible.
The South Korean government decided Tuesday to send 350 troops backed by helicopters and 140 reconstruction workers to Afghanistan to help rebuild the war-torn country, the defence ministry said.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday, saying he would press President Hamid Karzai to appoint "honest" ministers but playing down the need for a wholesale government shakeup.
The prepared statement of Karl W. Eikenberry, the United States ambassador to Afghanistan, for his testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the Afghan security force needs to be strengthened and more soldiers and police need to be recruited to battle militants, but he added that the U.S. is committed to help Afghanistan for the long haul.
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