Pakistani Taliban confirms leader's death

Marines, Afghan army plan massive assault on Taliban

The U.S. Marines and Afghan army plan a massive assault on Taliban fighters in Marja, the last community under Taliban control in a...

Is she a victim of the U.S. or is she 'Terror Mom'?

Depending on which side of the globe you call home, she's either Lady Al Qaeda or the incarnation of America's persecution of Muslims.

Pakistan says it will help train Afghan forces

Pakistan has told U.S. military leaders it is willing to help train Afghan soldiers to fight Taliban forces, the country's army chief said...

Pakistani army investigating reports of Taliban leader's death

The Pakistani army Sunday was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mahsud may have been killed in a drone strike...

Marine assault vehicles key to Afghan strategy

Weighing 70 tons, traveling up to 45 mph and possessed of a smash-mouth name, the Assault Breacher Vehicle is the Marine Corps' latest...

NATO airstrike kills 4 Afghan troops

Western forces killed four Afghan troops Saturday in an airstrike, and military officials disclosed that an Afghan interpreter had shot dead...

Afghan cleric killed by Western troops; NATO apologizes

Western troops traveling through the capital of Afghanistan in a military convoy Thursday shot dead an Islamic cleric, apparently...

U.S. cool to Karzai plan on Taliban

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told world leaders Thursday that he intends to reach out to the top echelons of the Taliban within a few...

In Afghanistan, car bomb explodes outside U.S. base

A car bomb blew up Tuesday at the gates of a U.S. military base on the outskirts of Kabul, and Afghan officials said at least half a dozen...

Afghanistan, allies to launch new effort to return Taliban to society

Afghan soldiers held the mullah at gunpoint outside his house while they stabbed at the walls and floors with bayonets, searching for hollow...

Afghanistan postpones parliamentary elections

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Under strong international pressure to reform Afghanistan's...

Pentagon chief defends arms sales to India, Pakistan

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates leaned on India and Pakistan during his trip to South Asia this week to set aside a simmering rivalry...