WASHINGTON — As five U.S. students are alleged to have discovered, joining Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents isn't easy for outsiders – one...
Reuters | Posted 05.09.2009 | World
Pakistani Taliban have moved into a new area in Pakistan, clashing with villagers and police in a mountain valley about 100 km (60 miles) from the cap...
GlobalPost | Jean MacKenzie | Posted 04.24.2009 | World
KABUL -- Talking to the Taliban is all the rage. Whether for or against, upbeat or down, everyone seems to be weighing in on the wisdom or folly o...
Radio Free Europe | Ron Synovitz | Posted 03.09.2009 | World
It has become a rite of spring during the last three decades in Afghanistan. After months of cold weather, the spring thaw makes it possible for mili...
Los Angeles Times | Tony Perry | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics
Reporting from Marine Headquarters At Al Asad, Iraq -- Marine Corps leaders are devising a plan to send thousands of additional combat troops to Afgha...
AP | NOOR KHAN and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan _ — Taliban fighters destroyed bridges and planted mines after overrunning villages outside southern Afghanistan's larges...
AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents during a hunt for inmates who fled prison after a sophi...
Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics
KHYBER AGENCY, Pakistan — Thieves, feuding tribesmen and Taliban militants are creating chaos along the main Pakistan-Afghanistan highway, threa...
AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 12.16.2009 | World