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German Parliament extends Afghan-mission
Germany's Parliament has voted to extend the country's military mission in Afghanistan by 13 months. Parliament approved the extension on Thursday by ...
Bomb in Afghan market kills 2 children
The Afghan government says a bomb has exploded in an open-air market in eastern Afghanistan, killing two small children. The governor's office for ...
Karzai: Afghan government should lead peace talks
Afghanistan's president warned on Tuesday that all efforts at peace talks with the Taliban should go through the government, and appealed on the ...
Harry's Afghan downtime: movies, candy trades
Prince Harry's off-duty time in Afghanistan appeared to be full of war movies, board games and elaborate candy trades. The 28-year-old helicopter ...
Roadside bomb kills 10 in Afghanistan
A police truck packed with officers and detainees struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan's largest city, killing 10 of those aboard, officials ...
China could prove ultimate winner in Afghanistan
China, long a bystander to the conflict in Afghanistan, is stepping up its involvement as U.S.-led forces prepare to withdraw, attracted by the ...
Suicide bomber kills police in Afghanistan
At least 12 people were killed in bombings around Afghanistan on Saturday, including 10 policemen who died when a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle ...
A look at countries where women are in combat
From France's Joan of Arc to female resistance fighters in World War II and the black-clad women warriors of the Viet Cong, history is filled with ...
Afghan police: Suicide bomber misses NATO, kills 5
Afghan police say a suicide car bomber has killed five civilians and wounded another 25 in a botched attempt to hit a convoy of NATO supply trucks in ...
Prince Harry back in UK after Afghan deployment
Prince Harry returned to Britain on Wednesday after a 20-week deployment in Afghanistan, landing on a military plane in light snow at the Brize Norton ...
Polish soldier dies of wounds in Afghanistan
Poland's Defense Ministry says that a Polish soldier has died of wounds he received in an operation in central Afghanistan Capt. Krzysztof Wozniak, ...
Prince Harry's wartime role draws reprisal fears
Prince Harry's admission that he killed Taliban fighters while working as a helicopter gunner in Afghanistan drew intense British media coverage ...
UK's Prince Harry returns from Afghanistan
Capt. Wales is coming home to be Prince Harry once again. The Ministry of Defense revealed Monday that the 28-year-old prince is returning from a ...
Taliban attacks show Afghan insurgents' resilience
Taliban suicide bombers carried out a brazen attack in the Afghan capital on Monday, the second in less than a week and a sign that insurgents are ...
UN: Prisoners still tortured in Afghan custody
Afghan authorities are still torturing prisoners, such as hanging them by their wrists and beating them with cables, the United Nations said, a year ...
Official: Pakistan to free more Afghan detainees
Pakistan plans to release more Afghan militant detainees in an attempt to boost the peace process in neighboring Afghanistan ahead of the departure ...
EU approves military training mission to Mali
European officials had a message Thursday for French forces fighting on the front lines of the battle against Islamist extremists in the troubled ...
US envoy says Taliban peace process stuck
The United States wants serious peace negotiations with the Taliban to begin, but it has not been possible to get the process under way, the American ...
UK soldier dies from Afghanistan wounds
Britain's Ministry of Defense says a soldier injured in Afghanistan has died from his wounds at a U.K. hospital. The defense ministry says the soldier ...
1 killed in suicide attack on Afghan spy agency
Taliban suicide bombers attacked the gates of the Afghan intelligence agency Wednesday, killing one person and wounding dozens in a blast that ...
Bulgaria begins pullout from Afghanistan
Bulgaria says it has started the withdrawal of its 600 troops serving in the NATO-led force in Afghanistan. The government said Wednesday the medical ...
Afghan defense minister hopes US stays after 2014
Afghanistan's defense minister expressed optimism on Tuesday that the United States will not abandon his country after foreign combat troops leave at ...
No easy exit for French fighting terror in Mali
France, breaking its own rules with a surprise military intervention in Mali, raises the specter of an African quagmire in a new theater of the West's ...