Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday he believed it was "realistic" for foreign forces in Afghanistan to hand over control of security to local forces by 2014.

US President Barack Obama vowed Friday to stand by Afghanistan after Nato —led troops hand control of the fight against Taliban insurgents to Afghan forces in 2014.

President Barack Obama and the leaders of Nato's 27 other member nations open a two-day summit on friday aimed at finding ways to keep the cold war alliance relevant in the 21st century with revamped

Taliban militants attacked Jalalabad airport and a military base for foreign forces in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday but the strike was thwarted, officials said.

The Taliban on Saturday launched a pre-dawn attack on a Nato base while eight people, including six civilians, died in a separate motorcycle bombing, the latest deadly violence in Afghanistan.

Former Pakistan military dictator has charged India of trying to create an "anti-Pakistan Afghanistan," and said that US President Barack Obama's support for New Delhi's UNSC bid will not be viewed "f

Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is not hiding inside Afghanistan, said the Afghan cabinet minister.

New York: United States President Barack Obama’s trip to India will be a failure if it does not deal with strategic issues, according to an editorial in the New York Times.

“India is anxious about Am

London: Al Qaeda's chief bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri is reportedly planting bombs in gift toys, which would be timed to explode once the toys are in stores for the Christmas.

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Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Saturday and said Spanish troops were not there to stay.