KABUL — A heavily armed Taliban commander was killed Saturday during an pre-dawn shootout at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said as it re...
AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 12.23.2009 | World
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that he has asked the Interior Ministry to investigate the slaying of a young relative in a p...
The Guardian | Declan Walsh | Posted 12.22.2009 | World
American special forces have conducted multiple clandestine raids into Pakistan's tribal areas as part of a secret war in the border region where Wash...
Derrick Crowe | Posted 12.19.2009 | World
Expect more civilian casualties in Afghanistan as President Obama's latest escalation sends more troops into Kandahar.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Posted 12.17.2009 | World
While we still have disagreements with Russia, these differences should not paralyze us. Instead, we should focus on those areas where NATO and Russia share common security interests.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green
Climate change presents security challenges of a magnitude and a complexity we have never seen before. Preparing for it is not a choice -- it is an urgent necessity.
Michael Winship | Posted 12.04.2009 | World
As they used to say in the old war movies, we're in it now, up to our necks. More than ever, this is Obama's War. The mess he inherited from the previous administration is now his mess.
William Bradley | Posted 12.04.2009 | World
It's Barack Obama's war now -- a war in which the Nobel Peace Prize-winner has placed himself at the helm of the largest military force ever sent to Afghanistan. Here are some key things to know.
AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 12.04.2009 | World
BRUSSELS — NATO allies will bolster the American troop surge in Afghanistan by sending at least 7,000 soldiers of their own, officials said Frid...
Gary Hart | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics
What standards of democracy do we expect the Afghan government to meet, Jefferson's or the Saudi royal family's?
Posted 12.02.2009 | Technology
NATO announced a new website complete with links to Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. In an eerie flashback to the Vietnam War when the public watched th...
Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
I congratulate President Obama on his strategic vision. But as he noted, this is not just America's war. Violent extremism in Afghanistan poses a clear and present danger to everyone, and we must stand strong against it.
AP | DEBORAH SEWARD | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
PARIS — European leaders and top diplomats hailed President Barack Obama's speech defining the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, but few countri...
Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
General Stanley McChrystal, commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, issued a statement on Tuesday expressing clear support for President Obama...
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
In the United States we need to distinguish ourselves from countries, like our NATO ally Turkey, who continue officially to regard homosexuality as shameful.
washingtonpost.com | Craig Whitlock | Posted 12.01.2009 | World
PRISTINA, KOSOVO -- Nearly two years after the newest country in the world declared independence, outside powers are still firmly in control. ...
guardian.co.uk | Julian Borger | Posted 11.30.2009 | World
The US is seeking to extend its control over the day-to-day running of Afghanistan with the appointment of an international "high representative" in K...
Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) voiced their concerns Sunday about the war in Afghanistan, it...
Washington Post | Greg Jaffe | Posted 11.28.2009 | World
KABUL -- Days after President Obama outlines his new war strategy in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin deploying to southern Afgha...
New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and STEVEN ERLANGER | Posted 11.26.2009 | World
The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama's strategy for the regi...
AP | PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 11.25.2009 | World
LONDON — An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration...
Wall Street Journal | PETER SPIEGEL and STEPHEN FIDLER | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
U.S. and European estimates of the new troops they may get from NATO allies vary from 3,000 to 7,000. Those would complement the additional U.S. force...
Sarah Holewinski | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
Nobody's manning the calculator at NATO. War never delivers clean numbers, but no matter how you look at these, something doesn't add up.
AP | KATHY GANNON and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
KABUL — For his critics, President Hamid Karzai's inaugural speech Thursday struck all the right notes – sober pledges to get tough on cor...
ABC News | Brian Ross And Matthew Cole | Posted 11.18.2009 | World
The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government offici...
AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 12.26.2009 | World