Pakistani residents in the Hamza Banda area of Lower Dir district have ordered Taliban commander Mufti Aftab to leave the area immediately, a media report said...

Pakistan has sealed its South Waziristan border with Afghanistan and imposed a curfew there to prevent Afghan militants from infiltrating into its territory in the wake of fresh offensives by US troops on the Taliban on the other side of the...

Japan's Cabinet Friday approved a bill to extend its troops' refuelling operations in the Indian Ocean to help the US-led forces in Afghanistan by another six months till Jan 15 next year, a media report...

At least 11 militants, including a Taliban commander, were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said...

The Taliban Friday claimed to have shot down a Pakistan Army helicopter in the country's lawless tribal region, a media report...

The US military said Friday that it was pushing further into a Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan after it had reported its first casualties in the offensive, the first under the US government's new strategy in the Central Asian...

New Delhi, July 3 : Afghan Army Chief General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi will be on a four day official visit to India from July 6 to July 9 in order to build up a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan and to strengthen strategic...

Kabul, July 3 : A roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan has claimed the life of the highest ranking British officer in almost three decades, the Ministry of Defence has...

Lashkar Gah (Afghanistan), July 3 Incoming American forces are likely to continue to face a hostile Afghan population, even as they seek to reverse their military losses to a resurgent...

Moscow, July 3 (RIA Novosti) Moscow and Washington will sign deals expanding bilateral military ties and on transit of military supplies via Russia to the American troops in Afghanistan during President Barack Obama's visit to the Russian capital, an official said...

Germany will send its advanced Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to Afghanistan to help the NATO forces in the fight against Taliban, a media report said...

MOSCOW — Russia said Friday that it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but could give...

NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the...

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan | Taliban insurgents stepped up attacks Friday against U.S. Marines in southern Afghanistan's Helmand River valley, forcing troops in some areas to spend the day...

(AP) — As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 642 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, ...

Brigadier General Larry Nicholson demonstrated the more open approach he wants to see among the new US troops sent to southern Afghanistan by going shopping for melons. Nicholson, commander of the...

(AP) - NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the...

All around, the thunderous chatter of machine-gun fire mingles with the smoke of the mortars and the acrid stench of gunpowder. Some soldiers are bellowing battle orders; others strain to hear above...

HUNDREDS of British troops seized key canal crossings in Afghanistan yesterday, as part of the US-led operation to wrest the initiative from insurgents in Helmand...

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — The convoy that transports Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb Friday, killing one member of the general's tactical team and injuring five...

MOSCOW: Russia said it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters US military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin ...

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — The convoy that transports Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb Friday, killing one member of the general's tactical team and injuring five...

The head of U.S. Central Command warned Friday that the thousands of American troops surging into Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province to battle the Taliban are in for a tough...

July 3, 2009 · Some 4,000 Marines, along with several hundred British and Afghan troops, are fanning out in the valley of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, establishing small outposts....

SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan: Hundreds of British troops have key seized canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday, part of a new US-led operation to...

MOSCOW (AFP) - The Russian and US presidents plan next week to sign deals on replacing a Cold War-era missile treaty and the transit of US military supplies bound for Afghanistan, a Kremlin aide said...

Garmsir: US Marines are in a "hell of a fight" as they storm into Taliban strongholds during a major assault in Afghanistan, their commanding officer said on Friday. Nearly 4,000 Marines...

US Marines patrolled in the Garmsir District of Helmand Province Friday. Thousands of marines have pushed deeper into the province as part of a major offensive aimed at ousting the Taliban from the...

Cpl. Nicholas Bulger, 30, from Peterborough, Ont., was killed when convoy which transports Canada’s top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb. Five others were...

Abu Dhabi: The Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (KBZF) has signed an agreement with the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) to support children in Afghanistan through a number of...

WANA, Pakistan: A US drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing 10 insurgents, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the...

to fly over Russian territory, providing an important new corridor for the U.S. military as it escalates efforts to win the eight-year-old war, officials from both sides said Friday, according to...

KABUL (NNI): A lower court took up the case of Kubra Alam Shahi, a member of the Lower House of Parliament, for hearing nearly four years after her election. Hosay Andar, her rival in the election,...

U.S. Marines moved into Taliban territory in southern Afghanistan on Friday to win over local leaders and populations, and so far have met little resistance from the Taliban, according to a military...

COLCHESTER (Agencies): About 1,500 Vermont National Guard soldiers will begin departing for Afghanistan later this year in what will be the largest deployment of Green Mountain troops since World War...

SANAA (NNI): A Yemeni diplomat reiterated calls for releasing Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo Bay detention camp and Bagram Air Base, Yemeni News Agency SABA reported. Khaled Mohamed Al-Katheri,...

SYDNEY (Agencies): Australian troops serving in Afghanistan have a dangerous and difficult job but it is important work, said Defense Minister John Faulkner. “I don’t mince words on the...

GARMSIR: US marines are in a “hell of a fight” as they storm into Taliban strongholds in a major assault in Afghanistan, their commanding officer said on Friday. Nearly 4,000 marines...

KABUL (Agencies): It only took eight years for some truly good news to come out of the mess that is Afghanistan. Last week, in Deh-e-Bagh, a small village of about 900 people south of Kandahar City,...

The most senior British Army officer to be killed in action since the Falklands War was described as "a born soldier" who was "destined for...

Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan -- Missile attacks believed to be carried out by U.S. drone aircraft today targeted a training center and a communications base run by one of Pakistan's most...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - An aide to a Pakistani Taliban leader says only three militant fighters were killed in today's U.S. air strikes. Pakistani officials say 17 people died in the two drone attacks near...

At a former Soviet training base in the town of Rish Khvor, a few miles out of Kabul, American Green Berets are working to mentor and support Afghan Special Force soldiers code-named Commandos....

US Marines are in a "hell of a fight" as they storm into Taliban strongholds in a major assault in Afghanistan, their commanding officer said yesterday.Nearly 4,000 Marines launched the operation...

(Adds Taliban reaction, army comment, other details.) GARMSIR (AFP)--U.S. Marines are in a "hell of a fight" as they storm into Taliban strongholds during a major assault...

Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud is buying children as young as seven years old to carry out suicide bombing, the Online news agency said citing reports on Thursday.The price for a child...

Kandahar, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's insurgent Taliban said on Friday it had not started directly fighting against Britain and US operations under way in Helmand province but was using guerrilla...

(AFP)--The nation's insurgent Taliban said Friday it had not started directly fighting against U.K. and U.S. operations under way in Helmand province but was using guerrilla...

(RTTNews) - Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan. An agreement to this effect will be signed between the presidents of the two countries next week,...

. But despite the projections most countries are also expected to increase rice imports, says the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Many African governments have made a push for...