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and AMIR SHAH Associated Press WritersKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A U.S. special-forces gunship swung into action Tuesday, raking a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan with heavy machine gun and cannon ...

SPINBOLDAK, Afghanistan -- Two dozen U.S. special forces troops and hundreds of their Afghan allies swooped in on a border village Wednesday to drive out resurgent Taliban fighters in southern ...

There are moments in everyone's life when it feels as though everything has come to an end—overwhelmed by pressure, stress, ...

Suicide bombers set off a massive blast in Peshawar yesterday, killing 18 people. Was it a response to the Pakistani military's recent offensive of a Taliban stronghold in the Swat Valley? What will ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday his government will give weapons to local tribesmen so they can help fight the biggest surge in Taliban violence in years. Two soldiers ...

The reach of the ban is under hot debate. On Tuesday, the head of the Afghan Embassy in Qatar, Suhail Shaheen, said that despite contradicting reports, Kandahar maintained Wi-Fi access. He confirmed ...

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Afghanistan finally has a new president after months of political instability. Ashraf Ghani was sworn in on Monday. And on Tuesday, he signed a bilateral security agreement with the United States.

"The Taliban rule is finished. As of today they are no longer a part of Afghanistan," Karzai said in a satellite telephone interview with The Associated Press. But pockets of Taliban remained -- among ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban forces attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, a day after the launch of their annual spring offensive, as fighting intensified across the country ahead of ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan district police chief Ahmadullah Anwari only has enough grenades to hand out three to each checkpoint in an area of Helmand province swarming with Taliban insurgents who ...