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NATO admits killing Afghan children in air strike

NATO-led forces in Afghanistan said on Monday they had mistakenly killed a group of children in an air strike that has ...

NATO claims "successful year" in Afghanistan

A spokesman for NATO-led forces said Tuesday that 2011 had been a "remarkably successful year" against insurgents in ...

Bodies of four French troops return home from Afghanistan

The bodies of four French soldiers were flown home Sunday, two days after their deaths at the hands of an Afghan ...

British troops in Afghan child abuse investigation

British military police have launched an investigation into claims that two servicemen abused children in Afghanistan, ...

Bomber enters Afghan police chief compound but misses

A teenage suicide bomber managed to slip through tight security into police headquarters in Afghanistan`s southern ...

Afghan soldier kills NATO colleague: security sources

An Afghan soldier shot dead a NATO colleague and was himself killed when a dispute ended in a shoot-out on Sunday, an ...

British army Gurkha dies 18 months after Afghan blast

A Nepalese Gurkha soldier serving in the British army has died in hospital a year and a half after being injured in a ...

Karzai wants immediate halt to NATO night raids

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday demanded an immediate halt to controversial NATO-led night raids and for ...

Mosque suicide attack kills six in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber on Friday attacked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, assassinating a district police chief and killing ...

NATO allies to meet amid Russia anger over missile shield

NATO allies will strive to convince Moscow this week that their European missile shield is not aimed at Russia after ...

Karzai announces second wave of Afghan transition

The second wave of transition from NATO to local control in Afghanistan will include six provinces, seven cities and ...

Germany to reduce troop contingent in Afghanistan

Germany will start to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan at the start of 2012, cutting its contingent to 4,900 ...

Two Afghan guards killed near west Afghan NATO compound

Insurgents including suicide bombers killed two Afghan guards working for NATO-led troops in an assault on a security ...

US should talk with region before Taliban

The United States should negotiate first with Afghanistan`s neighbors before sitting down with the Taliban over how to ...

US drone "kills five Taliban commanders" in Pakistan

A U.S. drone strike on Thursday killed five commanders of a powerful Pakistani Taliban faction that attacks Western ...