A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending was told of numerous deficiencies in the arrangement that has paid KBR Inc. nearly $

A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending was told of numerous deficiencies in the arrangement that has paid KBR Inc. nearly $

President Barack Obama will seek assurances this week from Pakistani President Asif Ali Zadari that his country’s nuclear arsenal is safe and that Pakistan’s military intends to face down Taliban extremists in coordination with Afghanistan and the United

President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in Washington with President Barack Obama and Pakistan’s president.

The Pentagon’s top military officer says he’s comfortable that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons remain secure, but is gravely concerned about Taliban advances there and in Afghanistan.

President Hamid Karzai registered as a candidate for Afghanistan’s August presidential election on Monday and selected a powerful warlord and former top political leader as his new vice presidential running mate.

Ballots of Afghan women in conservative districts are vulnerable to fraud in August’s presidential election, the country’s top human rights official said Sunday.

A top human rights official voiced fears Sunday of vote fraud in August’s presidential election as violence also threatening Afghanistan’s fragile democracy rumbled on, with a market bombing that killed four.

A bomb placed on a bicycle in a busy market killed four people Sunday, including two children, while American fighter aircraft and ground forces killed 19 militants near the Pakistan border, officials said.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it would be difficult to request more U.S. troops in Afghanistan in six to 12 months.