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Afghan peace council official killed in south
Insurgents ambushed an Afghan government peace negotiator on Wednesday, killing him and two bodyguards as they headed to a meeting in the south to ...
Bombs kill 3 NATO troops, 9 Afghans
Roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed three NATO service members and nine Afghans on Tuesday, officials said, clear evidence that the ...
Pakistan court bans Musharraf from office for life
A Pakistani court on Tuesday banned former military ruler Pervez Musharraf from running for public office for the rest of his life, the latest blow ...
US cargo plane crash in Afghanistan kills 7
A civilian cargo plane owned by an American company crashed at Bagram Air Field, north of the Afghan capital, soon after takeoff on Monday, killing ...
Pakistan: Suicide bomber targeting police kills 10
A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan official ...
3 Taliban bombs target Pakistani politicians
Taliban bombs targeting politicians in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed 11 people, the latest in a series of attacks meant to disrupt next ...
Taliban start spring Afghan offensive with bombing
Taliban insurgents marked the start of their spring offensive on Sunday by claiming responsibility for a remote-controlled roadside bomb blast that ...
NATO crash kills 4; Taliban begin spring offensive
A NATO plane crash in southern Afghanistan killed four international troops on Saturday, the same day the Taliban announced its spring offensive and ...
Bomb kills 9 near Pakistan political party office
A bomb exploded on Friday near the office of a main Pakistan political party that had received threats from the Taliban, killing nine people in the ...
Fiery Afghan bus crash kills 45, Taliban blamed
A bus collided on Friday with the wreckage of a truck that had been attacked by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, killing 45 people aboard ...
Bomb in Pakistan kills 5 near political office
A bomb exploded outside an election office of one of Pakistan's main political parties Thursday evening, killing five people in the latest attack ...
Rights group: Female police need private bathrooms
Human Rights Watch urged the Afghan government on Thursday to force police stations to build restrooms for female officers to protect them from sexual ...
UN warns of 'troubling rise' in Afghan violence
The U.N. envoy to Afghanistan said civilian casualties rose nearly 30 percent in the first three months of the year, calling it a "troubling rise" in ...
More legal trouble for Pakistan's Musharraf
A Pakistani court on Wednesday rejected bail for ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a case connected to the assassination of former Prime Minister ...
Taliban say foreign prisoners in good health
A group of foreign civilians captured in eastern Afghanistan when their helicopter made an emergency landing are in good health, the Taliban said on ...
Taliban capture 11 foreigners in Afghanistan
The Taliban took 11 civilians prisoner, including eight Turks and a Russian, after their cargo helicopter made an emergency landing in eastern ...
Kerry to host Afghan, Pakistan talks
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he would host a meeting of top Afghan and Pakistani officials this week in Brussels to discuss ...
Taliban threat could skew Pakistan election result
Moderate politicians from some of Pakistan's most violent areas are risking the threat of Taliban attack to run in upcoming nationwide elections, but ...
Taliban attacks kill 9 people in Afghanistan
Insurgents killed six police officers at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar in separate attacks Sunday in ...
Pakistani judge orders Musharraf held for 2 weeks
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Saturday was ordered held for two weeks until the next hearing in a case related to his 2007 decision to ...
2 US citizens found guilty in NY in Taliban case
Two U.S. citizens have been found guilty in New York of conspiring to provide material support to the Taliban and conspiring to acquire anti-aircraft ...
Pakistan's Musharraf vows to fight after arrest
Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf vowed on Friday to fight what he called politically motivated allegations against him, following his ...