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Afghan parliament votes to oust key ministers
The Afghan parliament voted Saturday to dismiss the country's defense and interior ministers, a move that threatens to throw the country's security ...
Afghan officials: Local policeman kills 11 people
Afghan officials searched Friday for a member of a government-backed village defense force suspected of killing 11 civilians at a house in southern ...
Afghans fear what will happen when troops leave
Asadullah Ramin has lost all hope in his homeland — he's so worried about what will happen when U.S. and international troops leave that he's ready ...
Top US commander in Afghanistan visits Pakistan
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan discussed border coordination with Pakistan's army chief Thursday during his first visit since Islamabad ended ...
Afghan forces kill 5 insurgents over attack plan
Afghan forces killed five insurgents who were planning to attack Kabul in an early morning gunbattle Thursday just outside of the capital, officials ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues: ABORTION and BIRTH ...
Putin regrets NATO's plan to leave Afghanistan
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is supporting the NATO mission in Afghanistan by providing a transit hub and isn't happy about the ...
Report: Afghan militants have mafia-like financing
One of the deadliest militant groups in Afghanistan, the Haqqani network, has developed a sophisticated, "mafia"-style financing operation that relies ...
Afghan official: Insurgents kill 4 civilians
Insurgents pulled four Afghan civilians off a minibus travelling in the east of the country, shot them dead and left their bodies on the side of the ...
US wants tougher Pakistani action against Haqqanis
The Obama administration expressed renewed frustration with Pakistan on Tuesday, urging its reluctant counterterrorism ally to break remaining links ...
US vets mix regret, detachment on Iraq violence
Just months after the U.S. military departed, violence in Iraq is increasing. Hundreds of people have died in recent weeks in bombings and drive-by ...
Pakistan, US sign troop supply deal
Pakistan and the United States signed a deal regulating the shipment of American troop supplies to and from Afghanistan on Tuesday, prompting ...
Taliban happy Pakistan reopened NATO supply line
As the United States trumpeted its success in persuading Pakistan to end its seven-month blockade of supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, another ...
2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan
The NATO military coalition on Sunday said two service members were killed in an insurgent attack in the west of the country. The military alliance ...
Taliban kill Afghan government district head
Afghan officials say insurgents have shot and killed a government official in eastern Afghanistan. The Wardak province governor's office says in a ...
Pakistan unrelenting in demanding drone strike end
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States says her country will not relent from demanding that the CIA end its drone strikes. In a debate with White ...
Pakistan official slams drones ahead of CIA talks
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States is calling for an end to CIA drone strikes ahead of an intelligence summit in Washington between the two ...
Afghan president issues decree to curb corruption
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is under pressure from the international community to do more to battle corruption, has issued an ambitious list ...
NATO: Afghan militant attacks up 11 percent
Insurgent attacks in Afghanistan during the past three months were up 11 percent, compared to the same period last year, according to the latest ...
NATO: Bomb kills 2 service members in Afghanistan
NATO says a bomb has killed two of its service members in southern Afghanistan. The statement from the U.S.-led coalition did not provide the ...
Bombing kills 11 in Pakistan, NATO route hampered
A truck packed with explosives blew up in a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 11 people, as security concerns led officials ...
Tajikistan adopts heavy tactics to quell warlords
Officially, at least, Tolib Ayombekov is a low-ranking security officer along Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan. But these days he's better known ...
Afghan family works to pay off crushing debt
For Razi Khan, a debt of almost $900 has condemned him and his family to years of work in a brick factory in an eastern Afghan city, with little or ...
Officials say 7 Afghan children killed by bomb
An insurgent bomb targeting Afghan police using a fresh water spring to replenish their drinking supplies instead killed seven children grazing farm ...
They loaded mortars in the war, so now what?
U.S. combat troops patrol dusty pathways in Afghanistan, look for hidden roadside bombs, load and fire mortar shells at insurgents' positions. So when ...