Afghanistan

KABUL - Military divers have found the body of one of two U.S. soldiers who disappeared last week as they tried to recover airdropped supplies that fell into a river in western Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday. Full Story »

KABUL (Reuters) - The body of one of two U.S. soldiers, missing since last week, has been found by a military diving team in a river in western Afghanistan, NATO-led forces and the U.S. military said on Wednesday. Full Story »

TUNBRIDGE, Vt. - Three years ago, Rose Loving got the visit every GI's family fears. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is considering four options for realigning U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Tuesday, while military officials said the choices involve several ways the president could employ additional U.S. forces next year. Full Story »

As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at least 836 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EST. Full Story »

WOOTTON BASSETT, England - Grieving over the death of her son in Afghanistan, the woman tore into British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oversight and controls for more than $40 billion in U.S. funds to rebuild Afghanistan have been "sloppy" so far despite lessons from Iraq, the U.S. chief inspector for Afghanistan reconstruction said on Tuesday. Full Story »

FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's deliberations over war strategy in Afghanistan have narrowed to four options but a decision is still weeks away, the White House said on Tuesday. Full Story »

WOOTTON BASSETT (AFP) - Another six British soldiers' bodies were given an emotional homecoming from Afghanistan Tuesday, in a small English town grown bleakly used to mourning as the Afghan death toll mounts. Full Story »

KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan's new government will be clean and honest, the foreign minister pledged Tuesday, after international calls mounted for Kabul to eradicate widespread graft in the country. Full Story »

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - The White House says President Barack Obama has narrowed down his decision for an Afghanistan strategy to four options. Full Story »

KABUL (Reuters) - Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt met Afghan President Hamid Karzai Tuesday, aiming to mend ties between Kabul and the European Union strained by a fraud-tainted election and what Bildt called a "problematic phase." Full Story »

BRUSSELS - 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. Full Story »

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it would give Afghanistan up to $5 billion in new aid, a move Tokyo hopes will improve strained security ties with Washington ahead of President Barack Obama's visit this week. Full Story »

TOKYO - Japan on Tuesday announced $5 billion in fresh aid to Afghanistan even as it plans to bring home refueling ships supporting U.S.-led forces there. The pledge comes just days before President Barack Obama arrives in Tokyo for talks that are sure to focus on the countries' military alliance. Full Story »

BERLIN (AFP) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that Washington will give Afghan President Hamid Karzai a set of measures to root out the corruption undermining allied efforts to stabilise Afghanistan. Full Story »

KABUL (AFP) - 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. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House denied President Barack Obama had come to a decision on sending US reinforcements to Afghanistan amid mounting speculation he had made up his mind on a troop buildup. Full Story »