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Up to 12,000 US, allied troops for Afghanistan
The U.S. and its NATO allies revealed Friday they may keep as many as 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, largely ...
Taliban vow to keep targeting Afghan officials
The Taliban vowed Thursday to target government employees and other Afghan civilians they consider linked to the U.S.-led coalition despite a warning ...
UN: Drones killed more Afghan civilians in 2012
The number of U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan rose sharply last year compared with 2011, the United Nations said Tuesday. The increase was a sign ...
Afghans arrest senior Pakistani Taliban
Afghan intelligence officers have arrested a senior Pakistan Taliban commander who was hiding out in eastern Afghanistan, a security official said on ...
Karzai bans Afghan forces from seeking airstrikes
Critics expressed worries Monday that a presidential order barring Afghan security forces from requesting international airstrikes during operations ...
Pakistani clerics to boycott peace conference
Pakistani clerics upset with anti-Taliban comments coming out of Afghanistan said Monday they will boycott a conference of religious leaders being ...
Afghan leader says he'll ban airstrike requests
Angry over civilian deaths, President Hamid Karzai announced plans Saturday to ban Afghan security forces from requesting international airstrikes on ...
Afghan army trains women for special forces
The Afghan army is training female special forces to take part in night raids against insurgents, breaking new ground in an ultraconservative society ...
Afghan women march against violence
Dozens of Afghan activists and supporters marked Valentine's Day by marching in Kabul on Thursday to denounce violence against women amid reports that ...
Afghan officials welcome drawdown, others dismayed
President Barack Obama's decision to bring half of America's 66,000 troops home within a year was welcomed Wednesday by Afghan officials who have long ...
NATO airstrike kills 10 civilians, Afghans say
A NATO airstrike struck two houses, killing 10 Afghan civilians and four insurgents near the Pakistani border, officials said Wednesday.
Pakistani, Afghan clerics bicker over peace summit
Pakistani clerics threatened Tuesday to boycott a peace conference in Afghanistan after a dispute over whether to invite the Taliban, another sign of ...
Young Afghan musicians in NY for date at Carnegie
For these young people from Afghanistan, it's the perfect trip to America. They get to scarf down New York pizza, go ice skating — and take the stage ...
US ships military equipment out of Afghanistan
The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands of ...
Afghan government: Prisoner abuse not systematic
An Afghan government panel acknowledged Monday that detainees face widespread torture but denied there is systematic abuse in government-run prisons.
New US commander takes the helm in Afghanistan
Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford took charge of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday as the coalition enters its final stretch of the more than ...
Rare Afghan fashion show seeks to empower women
Afghan models paraded down a candle-lined catwalk Friday as men and women watched from the audience in a restaurant off a muddy street in Kabul.
Afghan boys from nominated film to walk red carpet
Fawad Mohammadi has spent half his life peddling maps and dictionaries to foreigners on a street of trinket shops in Kabul. Now the 14-year-old Afghan ...
US military lifts ban on Afghan airline
The U.S. military has lifted a ban on contracts with an Afghan airline suspected of drug smuggling after the decision to blacklist the carrier sparked ...
Taliban peace talks flounder as troops draw down
The Afghan peace effort is floundering, fraught with mistrust and confusion among key players even though the hard-line Taliban militants show signs ...
Kabul police arrest 6 suspected suicide bombers
Afghan police on Sunday arrested six men and seized suicide vests, assault rifles and more than 50 hand grenades during a raid on a residential ...
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 ...
US Afghan commander cleared in Petraeus email case
A Pentagon investigation has cleared Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, of professional misconduct in exchanging emails with 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 ...