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In the wake of insider attacks which killed four more Coalition troops over the weekend, top U.S. officials have decided to suspend most joint U.S.-Afghan military operations.
The implications of the recent attack on the biggest bases in Helmand, Afghanistan, are bigger than a stab at Harry or two dead Marines.
4 American service members were killed by an Afghan policeman early today, the third attack on coalition forces in 3 days, bringing the death toll in the recent violence to 8. The attacks -- two "green on blue" incidents and an assault on a coalition
Afghan police killed 6 service members from the American-led military coalition in a pair of attacks in Afghanistan this weekend, pushing the number of international troops killed by Afghan forces in a single year past 50 for the first time.
At least two American marines were killed in an attack on a Nato base in Afghanistan in the early hours of Saturday morning. Taliban attackers are believed to have breached the perimeter of Camp Bastion and damaged buildings, hangers and aircraft. Th
On Sunday, however, the United States said it was putting on hold the transfer of about 30 Afghan detainees because of doubts about the government’s commitment to other parts of the memorandum of understanding.
The Obama administration struck a largely symbolic blow against what it considers the most violent and intransigent enemy of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, declaring that it will add the Pakistan-based Haqqani network to its list of terrorist organizati
As fatal attacks on U.S. and NATO troops by their Afghan partners kept up at an alarming rate this year, Afghan officials acknowledged hundreds of its soldiers have been expelled or arrested because of deficient vetting and links to insurgents.
The US military will maintain control over dozens of foreign detainees in Afghanistan for the indefinite future, even as the 2 countries prepare to ceremonially mark the hand-over of detention operations to the Afghan government
Training of Afghan Local Police and special operations forces has been put on hold while their American trainers conduct stricter vetting to try to root out any infiltrators or new recruits who could pose risks to the coalition troops working with th
Five Australian troops were killed in 2 separate incidents in Afghanistan making it the bloodiest 24-hour period for Canberra in the war and adding to growing concern about attacks on foreign troops by rogue Afghan soldiers.
A rogue Afghan soldier shot dead two U.S. troops in east Afghanistan, the NATO-led coalition said, the latest in a series of insider killings that have strained trust between the allies ahead of a 2014 pullout by foreign combat troops.
Taliban insurgents beheaded 17 Afghans in a rebel-controlled area of southern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, and two NATO troops were killed by an Afghan soldier in the eastern part of the country.
I spent four years in the Marine Corps covering everything from combat patrols in Iraq to commanding generals cutting ribbons. It was challenging, exciting, life-changing and boring in almost equal measure.
Remember the war in Afghanistan? You know: It was the "good war," fought in response to Al Qaeda's attack on 9/11 and the Taliban's refusal to turn them in....
New Zealand revealed Monday it was considering an early withdrawal from Afghanistan after three of its soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Bamiyan province. Prime Minister John Key insisted the plan to pull out early
The spiritual leader of the Taliban said the group's insurgents have succeeded in foisting the ranks of the Afghan security forces, allowing them to attack their fellow NATO service members.
With today's deadly attack on American forces and the fatal downing of an Black Hawk helicopter, the nation again looks to Afghanistan and the troop withdrawal in 2014.
NATO is reporting that 11 people, including seven American troops, were killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. The other casualties were "three members of the Afghan National Security Forces, and one civilian interpreter" acco
Deadliest Day of the Year for Afghan Civilians
Seven international soldiers have been killed by their local colleagues in a bloody week of violence in Afghanistan, further eroding trust between foreign troops and the Afghans they work with. Six died on Friday alone — three American soldiers we
Pakistan's interior minister has said elements of the Afghan government are likely supporting a senior Pakistani Taliban leader who is fighting to topple the Islamabad government, accusations which could further raise tensions over cross-border raids
In a frank debate with White House war adviser Douglas Lute, Ambassador Sherry Rehman said the drone attacks have already succeeded in damaging Al Qaeda but are now only serving to recruit new militants.
A high rank US commander in Afghanistan has come under scrutiny after US military officials accused him of opposing a probe into poor conditions and the ill-treatment of patients at an Afghan-run US-funded hospital in Kabul. Lieutenant General Wil
Scores of fresh artillery rounds fired from Pakistan hit parts of eastern Afghanistan a day after Kabul warned Islamabad any further cross-border shelling could significantly damage ties between the historically uneasy neighbors.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the special status of Afghanistan as a "major non-NATO ally" of the U.S. government. It joins such other governments as Israel, the Philippines, Japan, Bahrain, and Pakistan.
International donors have pledged to provide $16 billion dollars in funding to Afghanistan over the next four years.
The killing of Mr. Qayum and his driver demonstrates the extraordinary technical and tactical abilities of American air power. For better and worse, that power has become a defining facet of the Afghan conflict and the American way of waging war.
At least 15 people suspected of being Taliban militants were killed by an American drone strike late Friday in northwestern Pakistan, according to a Pakistani intelligence official and local residents.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that Pakistan was reopening ground supply lines into neighboring Afghanistan after she apologized for the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a NATO strike in November. "We are sorry for the losses suffer
