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NATO, Taliban in war of words over Afghan deaths
A suicide bombing at a wedding, a deadly airstrike on a village, grenades in a mosque — hundreds of Afghan civilians are dying violently this summer, ...
The veep: A regular and not-so-regular Joe
After Joe Biden tripped up his boss by voicing support for same-sex marriage while the president remained on the fence, speculation was rampant about ...
No longer a blank slate: Obama, 4 years later
Nearly four years after Barack Obama was elected to the most powerful office in the most powerful country in the world, the question remains: Who is ...
Bomb at Afghan bazaar kills 4 people
A bomb in a busy Afghan market killed four people on Saturday in the western province of Herat, an official said, the latest attack targeting ...
Infiltration or bad blood behind Afghan attacks?
The U.S. military trainers handed the new recruit, Mohammad Ismail, his AK-47 to defend his remote Afghan village. He turned around and immediately ...
Attack shows need for Pakistani Taliban offensive
The Pakistani Taliban's brazen attack on a major air force base near the capital underscores the need for the Pakistani army's planned offensive ...
Taliban carry out brazen attack on Pakistan base
Heavily armed Taliban fighters blasted their way into a Pakistani air force base with possible links to the country's nuclear program in a brazen ...
Black Hawk crash kills 7 Americans, 4 Afghans
A U.S. military helicopter crashed during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven Americans ...
Taliban say they have infiltrated Afghan forces
The Taliban's reclusive leader said Thursday that his fighters have infiltrated the Afghan police and army and were successfully killing a rising ...
July is deadliest month of 2012 for US troops
At least 1,961 U.S. service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan over the course of the 11-year war. Casualties rose steadily each year before ...
Deadliest military crashes in Afghanistan
Some of the deadliest military air crashes in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion on Oct. 7, 2001: —Aug. 16: A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter ...
Romney-Ryan light on foreign policy credentials
For the first time in decades, the Republican presidential ticket has little substantial foreign policy or military experience, a marked shift for a ...
Grenades at Afghan mosque, bicycle bomb injure 23
Nearly two dozen Afghan civilians were wounded on Wednesday when two grenades exploded inside a mosque compound and a bicycle bomb blew up in a city ...
US urges fair trial for Kazakh opposition leader
A senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that he hopes the upcoming trial of a prominent opposition leader in Kazakhstan is conducted fairly and does not ...
Pentagon: Iran building, training militia in Syria
U.S. defense officials are accusing Iran of increased meddling in Syria, including efforts to bolster its flagging armed forces, who are weary after ...
Bombs kill 46 across Afghanistan
Suicide bombers launched multiple attacks in a remote corner of southwestern Afghanistan near the Iranian border Tuesday, killing dozens of people ...
Kazakh police hunting killers of 11 people in park
Police in Kazakhstan say they are seeking to track down those responsible for the killing of 11 people in a national park near the commercial capital, ...
Panetta: Syria no-fly zone not on front burner
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says plans to set up a no-fly zone over parts of Syria are "not on the front burner," despite persistent calls from ...
Panetta: Pakistan military plans to open new front
Pakistan has told U.S. military officials that it plans to launch combat operations against Taliban militants soon in a tribal area near the Afghan ...
New Afghan police attack on NATO forces; no deaths
The new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan called a sudden rash of attacks on international forces by their Afghan partners "troubling" Monday, after an ...
Afghan officials met with jailed Taliban leader
Afghan government representatives have met with a top-ranking Taliban member in his prison cell in Pakistan, an official said, suggesting a small step ...
Storied 101st Airborne marks 70th anniversary
After months of grueling road marches through the north Georgia mountains, a group of elite paratroopers had to put their training to the test in a ...
Afghan policeman kills 10 fellow policemen
An Afghan police officer killed at least 10 of his fellow officers on Saturday, a day after six U.S. service members were gunned down by their Afghan ...
Date set for Kazakhstan opposition leader's trial
Supporters of Kazakhstan opposition leader Vladimir Kozlov said Saturday that his trial on charges of seeking to overthrow the Central Asian nation's ...
Afghan policeman turns gun on Marines, kills 3
An Afghan police officer shot and killed three U.S. Marines after sharing a meal with them before dawn Friday and then fled into the desolate darkness ...