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Taliban kill 8 police with insider help: govt official

Eight Afghan police were killed early Wednesday when Taliban militants apparently helped by an insider overran their ...

Battle in Kabul heightens Afghan security fears

A deadly 19-hour Taliban assault on Kabul that turned its most heavily secured district into a battle zone has ...

NATO drone crashes in East Afghanistan

A pilotless plane of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has crashed in Nangarhar province in east ...

US military to shorten soldier tours of duty

The US Army will shorten the length of tours of duty for personnel deployed in combat zones from a year to nine ...

British soldier killed in Afghanistan

A British soldier has been shot dead in southern Afghanistan, the 376th British serviceman to die there since 2001, ...

Suicide bomber, gunmen attack top Kabul hotel

At least one suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a major Kabul hotel frequented by foreigners and Afghan ...

Two Spanish soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast

Two Spanish soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, and another three were injured, when their armoured vehicle hit an ...

32 Taliban killed, 25 wounded: Afghan army

Thirty-two Taliban fighters have been killed and 25 wounded in the last 24 hours, during an operation in the western ...

Seven policemen killed in checkpoint attack in NW Pakistan

At least seven policemen were killed in a checkpoint attack launched Wednesday morning by unknown militants in Dir ...

"Rogue" Afghan policeman kills two NATO troops

An Afghan policeman shot and killed two members of the NATO-led coalition who were training police in southern ...

Afghan security forces battle Kandahar insurgents for second day

Gunfire rang out through the main city in Afghanistan`s south after Afghan troops fought running battles with Taliban ...

Suicide blast rocks Helmand capital

A pair of suicide bombers on Monday targeted the capital of Afghanistan`s flashpoint Helmand province, where Afghans ...

Obama vows to defeat Al-Qaeda

US President Barack Obama renewed his vow to defeat Al-Qaeda and said the Taliban would never be allowed to retake ...

Karzai to announce security transition March 21

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday he would announce the start of the transition of security responsibility ...

NATO says Afghan soldier shot and killed Italian

An Italian serving with NATO-led forces in Afghanistan was shot dead by an Afghan soldier earlier this week, the force ...