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UK marines accused of murder granted anonymity
Five Royal Marines accused of a murder in Afghanistan have the right to remain anonymous during their trial because they could face attack if ...
Testimony: US soldier knew he killed Afghans
The medic saw Staff Sgt. Robert Bales covered in blood and knew from the pattern of the staining it wasn't his own. He asked where it came from and ...
Aide: General in sex case threatened to kill her
An Army captain testified Tuesday that her commanding general initiated a sexual affair during a combat tour in Iraq and threatened to kill her and ...
UN imposes sanctions on Haqqani Network
The U.N. committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban imposed global sanctions Monday on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, a fierce ...
Prosecutor: US soldier had blood of victims on him
The caped figure on the surveillance video came running out of the darkness to the edge of a remote Army outpost in southern Afghanistan. Blood was ...
Hearing begins for suspect in Afghanistan massacre
The U.S. soldier accused of carrying out one of the worst atrocities of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is due to appear in a military courtroom Monday, ...
Italian PM: We will not desert Afghanistan
Italy's prime minister pledged Sunday not to abandon Afghanistan as his country pulls out its troops, saying Rome will "transform" its support but not ...
As foreigners go, Afghan city is feeling abandoned
By switching from studying business management to training as a nurse, 19-year-old Anita Taraky has placed a bet on the future of the southern Afghan ...
Roadside bomb kills Afghan district police chief
Officials say a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed a district police chief, as the insurgents increasingly target Afghan security ...
4 Afghan police killed in insider attack
Four Afghan police officers were shot dead Friday in southern Helmand province in an insider attack by their colleagues, officials said.
Afghans set presidential poll date; Taliban jeer
Afghans will elect a new president in the spring of 2014 in a ballot considered crucial for their country's stability and security after more than 11 ...
Top UK court rejects bid to free US-held detainee
Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed a bid by a Pakistani man held by the U.S. in Afghanistan to force U.K. authorities to secure his release, ...
Man in Afghan uniform kills 2 British troops
A man wearing an Afghan police uniform shot and killed two British soldiers at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, international military ...
Afghan raid kills 4 Taliban, 3 civilian bystanders
An Afghan army officer says a pre-dawn raid in the eastern province of Ghazni killed four Taliban and three civilian bystanders. Lt. Ghulam Sarwer ...
New Pakistan outreach could aid Afghan peace deal
Pakistan has increased efforts to reach out to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.
New Afghan war phase, with no decisive end seen
A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing ...
Afghans: Taliban kill 5 civilians grabbed off bus
Police say Taliban militants have pulled five Afghan civilians off a bus in eastern Afghanistan and shot them dead. Ghazni province Deputy Police ...
Absentee ballots may have been destroyed in crash
Federal officials say that absentee ballots being sent to U.S. military serving in Afghanistan may have been burned in a plane crash. A top official ...
Suicide attack kills 41 at Afghan mosque
A suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a mosque packed with senior regional officials in northern Afghanistan on a major Muslim holiday Friday, ...
A WWI-era tank returns to Poland from Afghanistan
A tank used by Poland in its 1920 war against the Red Army was returned from Afghanistan where it was serving as a decoration at the defense ministry.
2 US troops die in apparent Afghan insider attack
A man in an Afghan police uniform shot and killed two American service members in what appeared to be the latest attack on international forces this ...
British army dog joins list of animal war heroes
British soldiers and military dogs gathered at a London army barracks Thursday to honor a fallen hero with selfless courage, nerves of steel — and ...
Taliban leader says insider attacks will increase
Taliban insurgents will increase the number of insider attacks against coalition and Afghan forces, which have resulted in the deaths of at least 52 ...