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An al-Qaida offshoot that has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three Spaniards and a Frenchman in West Africa last month said Wednesday the four Europeans were in good health and treated according to Islamic laws.
U.S. commanders in Afghanistan are reporting a sudden surge in Afghan army recruits this month, a much-needed boost after Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his security forces may not be able to take over from U.S. troops for up to five more years.
Progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than seen during the buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq two years ago, but the Afghan campaign "is not hopeless," a top U.S. general said Wednesday.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- As the United States braces for a major escalation in the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it is launching a new drive to kill or capture Osama bin Laden, declaring that he's the key to defeating al-Qaida.
Pakistani military operations have "significantly degraded" Taliban groups in recent months, the senior US commander in the region told lawmakers on Wednesday.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday toured the nerve centre of NATO command in Afghanistan, telling officers an imminent troop surge would turn around the eight-year war against the Taliban.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry says what happens in Pakistan is as critical to American success in South Asia as what happens on the ground in Afghanistan.
Baghdad bombers who killed 127 people were backed by groups in Syria or Saudi Arabia, Iraqi police charged on Wednesday, as enraged MPs demanded answers from the country's leaders over the blasts.
By United Press International WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The capture or death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is important in the fight against the militant organization, a U.S. military commander said.
Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaida, has evaded capture by the United States for more than a decade. NBC's Robert Windrem reports on the latest intelligence on his whereabouts.
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.
Iraqi officials said the death toll from car bombings on Tuesday was lower than earlier reported, citing 77 deaths in attacks apparently intended to undermine Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ahead of March polls.
KILLEEN, Texas, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Iraq is emerging as a democratic voice in the Middle East as the country establishes its own unique foundations, a U.S. military commander said in Texas.
Some in Congress worry that setting a timetable sends the wrong message.
Palestinian grocer says Sacha Baron Cohen falsely depicted him as a terrorist in film, is suing raft of US entertainment companies for damages
Afghanistan is not an easy country to fully grasp. Author Nadeem Aslam recommends three books that help make the United States' involvement there — both before and after Sept. 11 — a little easier to understand.
WASHINGTON — The FBI has belatedly awarded $100,000 to a former Minnesota flight school manager whose phone tip eight years ago led to the arrest of al Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, but the bureau gave nothing to a man widely credited as a second tipster.
A senior Republican senator is demanding Attorney General Eric Holder suspend transfers of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia until the "failures" of that kingdom's so-called rehabilitation program are addressed.
Sending more U.S. troops won't defeat the insurgency, but Western officials are hoping it could help press the Taliban into a compromise
Pakistani provincial minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti spends much of his time handing out envelopes containing checks. Some people suffering from shrapnel wounds limp to collect them.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- General David Petraeus , the top U.S. commander in the Middle East and Central Asia, struck a note of caution on the war in Afghanistan, saying making headway against the insurgency probably will take longer than in Iraq.
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