Afghan provincial judge killed amid campaign of assassinations

In Afghanistan, to be a judge is to be a target.

Pakistan high court acts when government fails to, backers say

In a country where nothing seems to work, it's easy to see why Pakistan's Supreme Court seizes the role of repairman with a firm grip and...

Apparent drone strike kills Pakistan Taliban and Al Qaeda figure

An apparent U.S. drone strike early Thursday in northwest Pakistan killed a top Pakistani Taliban commander also serving as a key Al Qaeda...

Afghan chief Karzai arises as obstacle to U.S. talks with Taliban

U.S. and allies plan to give Afghanistan forces lead role in 2013

The U.S. and its military allies in Afghanistan intend to hand the lead combat role to Afghan forces next year, according to Defense...

France's Afghanistan decision raises worries

After France, the deluge?

Seabees team makes history in Afghanistan

It was an unusual job even for the Seabees, the U.S. Navy's construction forces trained to hold a hammer in one hand and a Beretta M9 in the...

U.S. report: Afghan officer who killed Americans was anti-U.S.

An Afghan officer who gunned down eight U.S. Air Force advisors and a contractor last year had previously threatened to kill Americans and...

Pakistan high court launches contempt case against prime minister

Dealing a heavy blow to Pakistan's embattled government, the Supreme Court on Monday initiated contempt proceedings against Prime Minister...

Pakistan's military, high court both fed up with president

In its standoff with President Asif Ali Zardari's administration, Pakistan's powerful military is relying on an institution that experts say...

Pakistanis' distrust of foreigners impedes aid groups

International aid groups say they're under siege in Pakistan, demonized by hard-line Islamists, viewed as spies by suspicious Pakistanis...

Video of Marines outrages U.S., Afghan officials

Pentagon officials said Thursday they believed a video showing four Marines urinating on the corpses of Afghans was authentic, and Defense...

U.S. intelligence report on Afghanistan sees stalemate

The U.S. intelligence community says in a secret new assessment that the war in Afghanistan is mired in stalemate, and warns that security...

Pakistan high court rules premier must reopen Zardari probe

Ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan's embattled civilian government, the nation's Supreme Court on Tuesday threatened to dismiss Prime...

Afghanistan's poor face difficult decisions amid winter cold

In the gray light of each cold dawn, the parents of 10-month-old Shoaib hold their own breath as they listen for the rasp of his, waiting to...

Militants execute 15 Pakistani troops

Islamist militants on Thursday claimed responsibility for killing 15 Pakistani paramilitary troops this week, dealing a serious setback to...

U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan war fell in 2011

Civilian contractors playing key roles in U.S. drone operations

After a U.S. airstrike mistakenly killed at least 15 Afghans in 2010, the Army officer investigating the accident was surprised to...

Pakistani death squads go after informants to U.S. drone program

The death squad shows up in uniform: black masks and tunics with the name of the group, Khorasan Mujahedin, scrawled across the back in...

Pakistan's Imran Khan draws another huge crowd to political rally

A rally in Karachi organized by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan drew a massive crowd of supporters Sunday, bolstering his image as...

U.S. put new restrictions on CIA drone strikes in Pakistan

The White House over the summer put new restrictions on CIA drone strikes in the wake of concerns that the program was primarily targeting...

Multiple missteps led to drone killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan

On the evening of April 5, a pilot settled into a leather captain's chair at Creech Air Force Base in southern Nevada and took the...

U.S. deaths in drone strike due to miscommunication, report says

A Marine and a Navy medic killed by a U.S. drone airstrike were targeted when Marine commanders in Afghanistan mistook them for Taliban...

Damian Lewis happy to be troubled in 'Homeland'

Damian Lewis has played a vast range of characters, from emotionally racked fathers to villainous aristocrats. But his recent...

Brother recalls texts from doomed Afghan journalist

The young Afghan journalist's text messages to his elder brother were frantic at first, then eerily calm.

Pakistani Hindus' ashes brought to India to be scattered in Ganges

They sat in the dark for decades, waiting on the shelves of an abandoned library, the laughter and tears that once defined their lives all...

Osama bin Laden, born to privilege, dies a pariah

Osama bin Laden, a scion of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families, became the grim apostle of a strain of Islamic radicalism that...