Eight Americans died today in a suicide bombing at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. ...more

December 30, 2009

The United Nations demanded to know Friday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with U.N. staff in Kabul. ...more

October 31, 2009

Afghan and NATO troops killed 18 Taliban militants Sunday after insurgents attacked a joint patrol, while four police were killed in a separate militant ambush, Afghan officials said. ...more

May 31, 2009

A Pakistani decision to temporarily bar some trucks from a key passageway to Afghanistan threatened a critical supply route for U.S. and NATO troops on Sunday and raised more fears about deteriorating security in the militant-plagued border region. ...more

November 17, 2008

NATO defense ministers agreed Friday to allow troops operating in Afghanistan to attack drug lords and their networks that support the escalating insurgency in the country. ...more

October 11, 2008

In the worst single-incident loss of life in at least three years for Western troops in Afghanistan, insurgents ambushed and killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 others in a sustained assault a short distance from the capital, military officials said Tuesday. ...more

August 20, 2008

Insurgents armed with machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades mounted a fierce assault on a remote, relatively lightly manned U.S. outpost in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing nine American soldiers. ...more

July 14, 2008

First of all, I am a registered Democrat but today not a very proud one. Barack Obama has removed all doubt about being only a Chicago politician as well as an empty suit, this time sending his surrogates, stooges and sock puppets out to criticize Sen. John McCain's military record. Along with the liberal bloggers, General Clark of all people criticized the American war hero on the Sunday talk shows. ...more

July 5, 2008

Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year's end. He conceded that June was a "tough month" in the nearly 7-year-old war. ...more

July 3, 2008

Hundreds of Taliban fighters invaded villages just outside Afghanistan's second-largest city Monday, forcing NATO and Afghan troops to rush in while frightened residents fled. ...more

June 17, 2008