Afghanistan
Afghanistan qualify for World Cup Twenty20
Afghanistan booked their place in the 2012 World Twenty20 on Thursday with a 47-run victory over Namibia in the first final of the 16-nation qualifying tournament.
In a battle of two undefeated teams
Many willing to cut Afghan shooting suspect slack
He is accused of the kind of crime that makes people shiver, the killing of families in their own homes under cover of night, the butchery of defenseless children. Under normal circumstances, American
US officials identify shooter in Afghanistan massacre
US officials on Friday identified the US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales.
The Sunday attack by Bales, reportedly enroute from Kuwait t
US officials identify shooter in Afghanistan massacre
US officials on Friday identified the US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales.
The Sunday attack by Bales, reportedly enroute from Kuwait t
US officials identify shooter in Afghanistan massacre
US officials on Friday identified the US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales.
The Sunday attack by Bales, reportedly enroute from Kuwait t
Obama calls Karzai, reaffirms transition by 2014
US President Barack Obama called up his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai Friday to discuss the process of transition to Afghan-led security while reaffirming its timetable would be completed by 2014, t
Obama plans to defeat al-Qaeda, transfer security to Afghans
The plan of President Barack Obama in Afghanistan includes defeating al-Qaeda, transfer security lead to the Afghan forces and withdrawal of American troops from the country, a top US official has sai
US soldier accused of killings was family man
On a winding road of wood-frame homes tucked amid towering pines, Robert Bales was the father who joined his two young children for playtime in the yard, a career soldier who greeted neighbours warmly
Turkish NATO helicopter crashes in Kabul
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
Russia may give NATO a base for Afghan supply runs
Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday endorsed a proposal to allow NATO use of a southern Russian air base as a hub for transport of supplies to Afghanistan and suggested it was premature to withdraw
