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Kabul - A US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, while television footage showed Taliban insurgents sorting and transporting what appeared to be US military ammunition sized by militants in two remote outposts in...
Television footage broadcast Tuesday showed insurgents handling what appears to be U.S. ammunition in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan that American forces left last month following a deadly firefight that killed eight troops.
BRUSSELS (AP) – NATO leaders expect member states to commit more troops to train Afghanistan's expanding security forces at a meeting of alliance military representatives this month, officials said Tuesday. The one-day conference by military officials fits into a plan by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, to expand the Afghan National Army from its present ...
(RTTNews) - Japan's new center-left government, which decided to discontinue its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, pledged in its place aid package worth $5 billion over the next five years to help reconstruction in Afghanistan.
A roadside bomb attack killed four Pakistani soldiers in a Taliban stronghold where troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships are pressing a major operation, officials said Monday.
President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to make room for the influx.
Hamburg - Britain has quietly urged Afghan's newly re-elected president, Hamid Karzai, to make peace with the less radical part of the Taliban, a German magazine, Stern, claimed Monday. In a story on its website, stern.de, it said that London's confi...
WASHINGTON - President Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there. Administration...
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- NATO’s force in Afghanistan said it seized 250 tons (225,000 kilograms) of bomb-making material in a raid in the southern province of Kandahar, correcting a lower figure the alliance gave earlier today.
President Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of another term in office as Afghanistan's leader Monday, after his opponent in a planned runoff election withdrew.
Japan said Tuesday it plans to provide up to $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan, effectively replacing its naval refueling mission that supports U.S.-led coalition in the region in a commitment announced days ahead of President Barack Obama's visit.
Afghanistan's fledgling anti-corruption office needs more staff, money and power, its deputy chief says, urging international backing to help root out graft in one of the world's most corrupt nations.
KABUL (AP) – NATO says Afghan and foreign troops have killed more than 130 insurgents, including eight Taliban commanders, in six days of fierce fighting during a major offensive in northern Afghanistan.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- NATO’s force in Afghanistan seized 50,000 pounds (22,680 kilograms) of suspected bomb-making material and detained 15 people in a raid in the southern province of Kandahar, the alliance said today in an e-mailed statement.
KABUL (AP) — NATO officials say 250 tons of suspected bomb-making material has been seized in a raid in Kandahar, a stronghold of Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan.
An overseas tour of duty has ended for a once-malnourished dog lovingly nurtured by Texas troops in Afghanistan. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- An overseas tour of duty has ended for a once-malnourished dog lovingly nurtured by Texas troops in Afghanistan. The now-65-pound mixed breed dog named "Delilah" on Tuesday spent her first full day in Austin. The white puppy in June began tagging along with ...
