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Two U.S. troops killed by Afghan policeman

Two American soldiers were killed by a member of the Afghan local police Friday in a new "green-on-blue" attack, NATO ...

US general accuses Haqqani network of Kabul attack

The US commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday accused the Pakistan-based Haqqani network of orchestrating a ...

Three NATO troops among 20 dead in Afghan suicide bombing

A suicide bomber killed 16 civilians and three foreign troops on patrol in the provincial Afghan capital of Khost on ...

"Important" al Qaeda leader captured in Pakistan: Officials

Pakistan has captured an "important" al Qaeda leader in an operation near the Pakistan-Iran border, officials said on ...

US pulls supply route negotiators out of Pakistan

The United States has withdrawn negotiators from Pakistan after talks failed to produce an agreement on reopening NATO ...

China says to step up vigilance after U.S. navy shift

China will intensify its vigilance, but not lash back, after the United States announced it will shift most of its ...

Military action in Syria would need UN backing

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that any military action in Syria would need backing from the United ...

Pakistani jailed for 33 years over Bin Laden hunt: officials

A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was jailed on Wednesday for 33 years for ...

Panetta warns US troops to avoid scandals

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta warned troops Friday that military scandals could suddenly make international ...

Obama, Karzai reaffirm 2014 withdrawal: US

US President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Friday reaffirmed that US troops would leave ...

Afghanistan wants early security handover: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday said that the U.S. and the Afghan governments should work together for an ...

13 women and children killed in Afghan bomb

A Taliban roadside bomb tore through a civilian vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing nine children and ...

Panetta acknowledges troubling events in afghanistan

The US defense chief held talks in Afghanistan on Wednesday, acknowledging that a series of "deeply troubling" ...

Obama expresses shock over Afghan shooting

US President Barack Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday "to express his shock and sadness" over a ...

Fallout from Afghan Koran burning widens

The fallout from Koran burnings at a US airbase, which triggered a week of violence, has widened as Afghan ministers ...