
Taliban attack kills 6 soldiers in Afghanistan as militants taking control in the south
A Taliban suicide bomber has killed six NATO troops at the Bagram base outside Kabul. The militant group has also conducting a broad offensive in the Helmand province, in south-eastern Afghanistan. Meanwhile, to More...

US draws down troops in Afghanistan, Taliban declares victory
The U.S. has formally ended the war in Afghanistan. The Taliban declared “defeat” of the U.S. and its allied forces, saying the Americans failed and didn’t accomplish “anything substantial or tangible.” In More...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says US and ‘war on terror’ made Islamic radicalism worse, ‘explain’ to Muslims
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is asking whether an increase in radicalism across an Islamic world “in turmoil” is the result of the U.S.-led campaign against terror. In a speech on Sunday, he said the U.S. “needs More...

Nato airstrike kills 6 militants, but also claims the lives of 11 children and 1 woman
A Nato air strike has killed 11 children and a woman in eastern Afghanistan, according to local officials. The strike targeted militants in the Shigal district of restive Kunar province, which is on the border More...

Four more US soldiers killed in latest ‘insider attack’ five Afghan policemen have now fled
Four American soldiers and an Afghan police officer have been killed in southern Afghanistan following an attack suspected to involve members of the Afghan police, NATO’s military mission in that country More...

Transcript President Obama’s speech on Afghanistan troop drawdown
Good evening. Nearly 10 years ago, America suffered the worst attack on our shores since Pearl Harbor. This mass murder was planned by Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network in Afghanistan, and signaled a new More...