The offensive was led by 4,000 Marines who were sent to Afghanistan as part of the new U.S. troop surge. The move is seen as an early test of the Obama...

Everything in the world doesn’t necessarily happen for the first time. American soldiers are supposedly the “prime targets” of Taliban and Al-Qaeda as is put...

The United States army says it has launched a major offensive against the Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. The US military says about 4,000 marines...

As the days are closing to the second landmark Presidential Elections in Afghanistan’s recent history, the sitting president is seeking his re-election. His campaign...

In a move that could be the biggest joke of the century for at least in Afghanistan, the US-installed Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a News conference turned angry...

Ten days after the formal launching of election campaigns in Afghanistan, several Presidential Nominees have voiced their concerns on the worsening security threats in...

Afghanistan’s kidnap economy has not quite reached the heights of Iraq’s at its worst point, but it is certainly a growth industry and shows the same ugly nexus...

The idea to transform a vacant tract near the Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif into a sprawling commercial farm, with miles of strawberry fields and thousands of cashmere...

No sooner had Pakistan announced its plans to attack South Waziristan than some pundits began to hail the operation as the Waterloo of the Taleban and al-Qaeda...

As many as 91 civilians were killed when a neighbouring villager lied to US special forces about Taliban positions it was claimed. The deaths in a night assault by US...

Yesterday’s attack on Peshawar’s Pearl Continental Hotel was the latest signal of Pakistan’s growing Islamist insurgency. Since the raid by the Pakistani...

British troops fighting the Taliban are facing three times as many attacks as any other Nato force in Afghanistan amid spiralling violence across the country which has...

Reporting from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan — The accusation was damning: U.S. soldiers were said to have tossed a grenade into a crowd of Afghans in the eastern...

For the usually peaceful Norfolk countryside it was a startling sight: a suicide bomber appeared to blow himself up, seriously wounding a passer-by and scaring several...

Blimps have long been popular for their recreational value and probably the Zeppelins were the best variations with the ability to accomplish purposeful assignments...

The U.S. military, which built itself for Iraq, is racing to remake itself for Afghanistan. The effort is on full display at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, a sprawling...

The soldiers turned on each other with shoves, punches and kicks. One swung an ammunition can in a slow-motion haymaker. The patrol had already been hapless: a display...

Afghan government officials claim that diseases originating from the pollution of living environment in Kabul city only, kill at least eight (8) in every 24 hours. This...

A number of Members of Afghan Parliament (Wolasi Jirga) have accused foreign troops, stationed in Afghanistan for fighting Al-Qaeda and Taliban rebels, of committing...

A long-standing member of an Afghan women’s association fighting for justice and rights calls for U.S. troops to withdraw, saying they are occupying her country...