The fighters led by the CIA found themselves spiraling into despair because of what they saw as bureaucratic neglect and abandonment by the U.S. government. Among their ranks was Rahmanullah Lakanwal, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Fierce fighting broke out around Afghanistan on Friday, with battles in three separate regions killing more than 100 militants, part of a cycle of rapidly rising violence five ...

GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- Terrified families huddled in basements or fled on foot Thursday as rival Afghan warlords waged artillery battles for control of this strategic town, killing at least 43 people ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents stormed remote outposts in eastern Afghanistan killing eight Americans in the deadliest battle in more than a year near the border with Pakistan, the U.S. military said ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Doctors voiced concern over "unusual" burns on Afghan villagers wounded in a U.S.-Taliban battle, and the country's top human rights groups said Sunday it is investigating the ...

Even with the Taliban’s surrender of Kunduz supposedly a done deal, the fighting for the last holdout town in northern Afghanistan was fierce on Thursday. And the confusion on the battlefield offered ...

JALALABAD, Afghani-stan - Demonstrators fought police in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan's main city, on Sunday and took to the streets in the turbulent east for the first time as Western pleas failed ...

Afghan army on high alert after increased activity by Taliban militants. LONDON, June 17, 2008 — -- Afghanistan's army chief, Gen. Bismillah Khan, is in Kandahar preparing his men for a ...

Roya Sadat’s “Sima’s Song,” which world premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival, chronicles a pivotal moment in Afghanistan’s history through the lens of two college students in 1978. The drama follows a ...

ASADABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Afghanistan suffered their worst losses in more than a year when fighters stormed remote outposts near the Pakistan border, cutting off contact with ...