US military commanders in Afghanistan are now assigning 'guardian angels' to protect even sleeping American troops.

The move is a plan to prevent rogue attacks on US servicemen from their Afghan coun

For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free,

Worried about whether Islamic verses on Facebook are allowed? Or that suicide bombers kill innocent civilians? Afghanistan's Taliban have set up a new question-and-answer section on their website to a

The commander of an Afghan lieutenant who killed two British soldiers denied on Tuesday that the officer was a Taliban infiltrator, saying he had served in the army with credit for years.

Concern is

Days after a U.S. soldier allegedly massacred 17 Afghanistan civilians, top Pentagon officials have ordered an immediate probe into an anti-malaria medicine many suspect causes severe psychiatric side

A man wearing Afghan army uniform shot dead two soldiers from NATO's US-led force in southern Afghanistan on Monday, a military spokesman said.

The deaths come after a series of 'green-on-blue' attac

Seven policemen and a foreign soldier were among nine people killed in an improvised explosive device attack in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, a local official said on Sunday.

"Last night

U.S. investigators believe the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians split the slaughter into two episodes, returning to his base after the first attack and later slipping away to kill a

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

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the death penalty is possible if a US military court finds an Army staff sergeant guilty of gunning down Afghan children and family members. But it isn't likely.