When it comes to governing this violent, fractious land, everything, it seems, has its price. ...more

January 2, 2009

An anti-Taliban militia leader was the apparent target of a suicide bombing Sunday in southern Afghanistan that left at least 80 people dead and dozens injured, authorities said. ...more

February 18, 2008

Hundreds of U.S.-backed Sunni tribesman shut their offices and rallied northeast of Baghdad on Saturday, demanding the resignation of a provincial police chief whom they accuse of sectarian bias. ...more

February 10, 2008

A son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is behind a group of foreign and Iraqi fighters responsible for Wednesday's devastating explosion in northern Iraq, a security chief for Sunni tribesmen who rose up against al-Qaida said Saturday. ...more

January 27, 2008

A provincial police chief was killed by a suicide bomber in the northern city of Mosul on Thursday while inspecting the scene of a massive attack that killed 38 people a day earlier, signs that the city has become a crucial hub for the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaida in Iraq. ...more

January 25, 2008

Taliban militants tortured five abducted policemen in southern Afghanistan and then hung their mutilated bodies from trees in a warning to villagers against working with the government, officials said Sunday. ...more

November 19, 2007

U.S. forces will turn over security to Iraqi authorities in the southern Shiite province of Karbala on Monday, the American commander for the area said, despite fighting between rival militia factions that has killed dozens. ...more

October 28, 2007