Afghanistan
Four ISAF troops killed in Afghanistan
Four foreign soldiers, three of them American, have been killed in Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Friday.
Troops kill 22 Taliban: Afghanistan govt
Afghan and international forces have killed 22 Taliban militants in western Afghanistan, the Afghan interior ministry says.
UN fires US official in Afghanistan
Edith Lederer Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon fired the top American official at the UN mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday.
Withdraw from Afghanistan or face more terrorist attacks: Bin Laden
IN A new audio recording, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged European nations to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, with a veiled threat of reprisals and an allusion to past bombings in Madrid and...
War in Afghanistan splits the nation
Phillip Coorey AUSTRALIANS are divided over the nation's role in the war in Afghanistan but strongly oppose any suggestion that the military contribution be increased.
British general backs request for more troops in Afghanistan: report
Britain's top general in Afghanistan has backed his US commander's call for more foreign troops to fight an increasingly bloody Taliban insurgency, a newspaper said on Monday.
'Twelve dead' as bus hits mine in Afghanistan
At least 12 civilians were killed when a bus hit an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the local governor's office said.
'Thirty dead' as bus hits mine in Afghanistan
At least 30 civilians were killed when a bus hit an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.
'Thirty dead' as bus hits mine in Afghanistan
Nasrat Shoaib At least 30 civilians were killed when a bus hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday in an attack blamed on the Taliban, the interior ministry said.
Afghanistan could be lost within a year: US commander
The top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan has warned President Barack Obama in a confidential report that the war against the Taliban could be lost within a year without more troops.
Clinton rebuffs general's warning on Afghanistan
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pushed back against the US military's blunt warning that the battle against insurgents in Afghanistan would likely be lost within a year without more US troops.
New focus for troops: protect Afghanistan's cities
BAGRAM AIR BASE: General Stanley McChrystal, the top US and NATO military officer in Afghanistan, has told his commanders to pull forces out of sparsely populated areas and focus them on protecting...
US forced to rethink on Afghanistan
Peter Baker and Elisabeth Bumiller WASHINGTON: The US President, Barack Obama, is exploring alternatives to a major troop increase in Afghanistan, including a plan advocated by the Vice-President, Joe Biden, to scale back American...
British soldier dies in Afghanistan
A British soldier has died from a gunshot wound sustained while on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the defence ministry says.
Two British soldiers die in Afghanistan
Two British soldiers have died after fighting in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said, taking to 216 the number of British servicemen killed since 2001.
Obama: No decision yet on Afghanistan troop count
Stephen Collinson President Barack Obama warned he would make no "immediate" decision on troops for Afghanistan, a day after the top US military officer said extra US soldiers would probably be needed.
Afghanistan poll monitors find one vote in four fraudulent
KABUL: The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, has denied major electoral fraud took place last month and urged foreign allies not to interfere in investigations into mounting allegations of vote-rigging.
Strategy needed for Afghanistan: Rudd
The increasingly difficult war in Afghanistan is likely to be discussed by world leaders as they attend meetings in New York and Pittsburgh in the US this week.
Under pressure from the military, CIA pours staff into Afghanistan
Greg Miller WASHINGTON: The CIA is deploying teams of spies, analysts and paramilitary operatives to Afghanistan, part of an intelligence ''surge'' that will make its station there among the largest in the...
