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NATO confirm death of 4 US soldiers in southern Afghanistan

Alexander BesantMay 14, 2013 10:40

Four US soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan Tuesday in a roadside bomb attack.

Elite Afghan troops try hand at US arsenal

Ben BrodyApril 26, 2013 08:59

QALAT, Afghanistan — In nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, US forces have brought in a tremendous amount of fighting equipment, built military facilities all over the country and overseen the training of hundreds of thousands of Afghan troops.

Pierre Borghi, French freelance photographer, escapes Taliban captivity

Alexander BesantApril 8, 2013 13:39

A French freelance photographer has been freed from his Taliban captors after four months of captivity.

NATO agrees to Karzai air strike ban in Afghanistan

Alexander BesantFebruary 17, 2013 13:03

NATO said that it has accepted Afghan President Hamid Karzai's decree to halt air strikes in residential areas.

Obama: US forces will move to Afghan support role in spring

Jennifer MattsonJanuary 11, 2013 14:07

Obama: 'Next year this long war will come to a responsible end.'

Afghan soldier deaths reach record level in 2012

Alexander BesantDecember 30, 2012 20:03

Afghan soldier deaths jumped sharply in 2012 setting a record for most deaths in a single year since the beginning of the war.

Eight suicide bombers repelled by Afghan forces at NATO air base

Alexander BesantDecember 2, 2012 09:58

An attempted attack by eight suicide bombers at the Jalalabad NATO air base in eastern Afghanistan was repelled by Afghan soldiers Sunday.

Karzai orders ‘full Afghanization’ of Bagram prison

Jennifer MattsonNovember 19, 2012 15:04

Afghanistan's president ordered the full transfer of detainees from American to Afghan control.

Afghanistan's thriving civil society is getting worried

Chris SandsNovember 13, 2012 07:00

KABUL — With NATO troops leaving Afghanistan after more than a decade, a new dawn is again approaching. Some are worried that one of the few tangible achievements of the US-led occupation — the building of a thriving civil society — may be lost.

At least a dozen Afghan policemen defect to the Taliban

Faine GreenwoodJuly 24, 2012 11:05

An Afghan police commander and at least a dozen junior officers have defected to the Taliban and handed over their weapons and equipment, reported BBC news today, in an incident that may be the largest police side-switch in recent history in Afghanistan.