Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) has split to form a new and more sophisticated Punjabi Taliban in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, Nato and ISAF command in Afghanistan have confirmed.

Kabul: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has reportedly held a secret meeting with three Taliban leaders in an effort to weaken the Haqqani network.

Jalaluddin Haqqani, a commander in the 1980s Afgh

Washington: About one billion dollars worth of US aid has wound up in the hands of the Taliban and other insurgency groups, war analysts and government auditors say.

Sub-contractors have reportedly d

Kabul: Pilotless drones of the Royal Air Force, flown by remote control, are killing the top brass of the Taliban in Afghanistan at the rate of one per week.

Camera-fitted Reapers have blitzed the e

Washington: The Pentagon has said that the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks may be possessing more secret documents including files on Afghanistan and a video clip.

WikiLeaks is believed to have abou

Iran acknowledged on Tuesday giving "assistance" to Afghanistan after President Hamid Karzai admitted receiving bags of cash from Tehran, sparking US concerns about its arch-foe's expanding influence.

Iraq and Afghanistan on Tuesday came near the top of a closely watched global list of countries perceived to be the most corrupt, despite efforts to stamp out graft in the war-torn nations.

London: Observers of the evolving situation in war-torn Afghanistan have said the recent moves by the U.S.-led NATO coalition force to facilitate peace talks between a council appointed by President H

The number of foreign troops to die in 2010 in Afghanistan has reached 600, by far the highest annual toll in nine years of war despite tentative reconciliation efforts with the Taliban.

New York: Iran has provided millions of dollars to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's chief of staff Umar Daudzai in "a secret, steady stream of cash" in a bid to buy his loyalty and drive a wedge betwee