The International Security Assistance Force are set to investigate extraordinary footage showing an Apache helicopter crashing in the Paktika province of Afghanistan.

The tape shows an incident repor

The Taliban broke off confidence-building talks with the Americans on Thursday and the Afghan President ordered US troops out of villages, demanding a transition of security from Nato control in 2013.

A Turkish military helicopter crashed onto a house on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, killing at least 10 people, local police said.

"So far we have recovered 10 bodies, eight of

The American soldier accused of shooting 16 Afghan villagers in a pre-dawn killing spree was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday to Kuwait, even as many Afghans called for him to face justice in the

President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves to major bases after the slaughter of 16 civilians by an American soldier, underscoring fury over the mass

The Taliban said on Thursday it had suspended contacts with the United States in Qatar, just days after an American shooting spree left 16 Afghans dead, dealing a blow to hopes of a peace process.

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The U.S. soldier who allegedly shot 16 Afghan villagers was caught on surveillance video that showed him walking up to his base, laying down his weapon and raising his arms in surrender, according to

Suspected insurgents fired on an Afghan government delegation on Tuesday investigating the massacre of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier, officials said, hours after the Taliban threatened to behead Amer

Afghans are expressing growing skepticism that a shooting rampage that killed 16 civilians was carried out by a single U.S. soldier.

Abdul Rahum Ayubi, who is a lawmaker from Kandahar province where

The Afghan presidency confirmed on Monday that a fake Twitter account had been set up in the name of Hamid Karzai, one which described a US soldier's killing of 16 Afghan civilians as an 'act of war'.