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In some March 7 editions, an article mistakenly identified an Afghan militia commander, Gen. Ziauddin, as being the person described by U.S. military spokesmen as one of the leaders of the battle ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- More than 100 Afghan and American troops supported by U.S. warplanes clashed with 50 militants near the Pakistani frontier Monday, inflicting "heavy losses" on the rebels in ...
KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Night after night, commandos in U.S. Chinook helicopters descend into remote Afghan villages, wielding M-4 rifles as they swarm Taliban compounds. Such raids began in ...
Army Special Forces Major Scott Stagner has deployed to Afghanistan four times since 9/11 on a variety of hunting and training missions. Like many soldiers, he takes issue with some of the key ways ...
A 26-year-old Afghan man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday after a German court found him guilty of fatally ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A senior Afghan militia commander alleged Wednesday that troops from Afghanistan's U.S.-trained national army beheaded four Taliban fighters to avenge the similar slaying of ...
Sprawling poppy fields in Pakistan's Balochistan have overtaken those in Afghanistan, which produced 80% of the world's opium ...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber penetrated a crowd watching a dog-fighting competition in the Taliban's former stronghold yesterday, killing up to 80 people. It was one of the bloodiest ...