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US pressing Turkey to join anti-IS coalition

The United States is pushing Turkey to join the fight against Islamic militants, amid frustration and wariness in both ...

US names Breedlove as new NATO commander

The United States on Thursday nominated General Philip Breedlove, a veteran pilot in Europe, as the top commander of ...

Obama, Karzai meet, Afghan peace effort show flickers of life

President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will discuss matters of war, including future U.S. troop ...

US draws plans for up to 9,000 troops in Afghanistan

The US Defense Department has prepared plans for a smaller presence in Afghanistan after the White House insisted on ...

US general demoted over 5-star hotel spending

A four-star general who headed US Africa Command has been demoted amid charges he spent hundreds of thousands of ...

A who`s who of the US military sex scandal

The sex scandal that doomed CIA chief David Petraeus has ensnared another top US general and is becoming ever more ...

Pentagon investigates top US commander in Afghanistan

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been put under investigation for alleged "inappropriate" communications with ...

Allen mad about attacks on US troops in Afghanistan

The top US commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen said he was "mad as hell" about attacks by Afghan soldiers on ...

Female car bomber kills 12 in Kabul

A female suicide car bomber attacked a van in Kabul on Tuesday, killing 12 people, including eight South Africans, in ...

Pakistani leaders meet on NATO blockade

Pakistan`s top civilian and military leaders met Tuesday to discuss whether to end a seven-month blockade of 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 ...

France determined to get troops out of Afghanistan

The French defence minister told the US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan on Monday that Paris was determined to ...

Karzai says NATO to end air strikes on residential areas

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that the US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan had "promised" air ...

NATO apologises over Afghan deaths in air strike

The US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan has apologised over the deaths of civilians in an air strike this week, ...

US coalition forces admit Afghan civilian deaths

NATO and US forces in Afghanistan admitted Friday that a number of civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes, ...