Afghanistan mine clearers freed
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Ten members of an Afghan mine clearing team kidnapped last week have been released, officials say.
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Eighteen soldiers held hostage by pro-Taleban militants in a Pakistani tribal region are released, officials say.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage  in Afghanistan were freed unharmed Tuesday, almost four weeks  after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the  capital Kabul, the United Nations said.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage  in Afghanistan were freed unharmed on Tuesday, almost four  weeks after their abduction at gunpoint on a Kabul street  raised fears of a wave of Iraq-style kidnappings.
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Seventeen Afghans were released Thursday from a U.S. base at the center of an investigation into the deaths of two prisoners in custody, the international Red Cross said.
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A US man jailed for running a private prison in Kabul and torturing Afghans is freed, officials say.
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Pakistani forces recaptured a  road tunnel leading to the volatile tribal belt on the Afghan  border on Sunday after killing around two dozen pro-Taliban  militants in a fierce battle, the military said.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan&#39;s government said Tuesday that progress had been made towards freeing three
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Three Afghanistan aid workers abducted in April with two French colleagues are set free, the Taleban says.
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Nicaragua has found thousands of anti-personnel mines left over from its 1980s-era civil war, ending hopes of declaring the country safe from the weapons this year.
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Gunmen have freed the last three of 13 Afghan deminers abducted last week, their employer said on Thursday, but it was not immediately clear who was behind the abduction.
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Counting in Afghanistan's presidential election concluded Tuesday, with U.S.-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai the clear winner, a senior official said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan four weeks ago were released unharmed today, a day after a string of raids by US and Afghan security forces.
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Three United Nations hostages were freed in Afghanistan unharmed and healthy after almost four weeks in captivity amid conflicting claims over whether the government promised to free Taliban prisoners in exchange for their release.
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The counting of votes in Afghanistan's presidential election has been completed, the election commission said.
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About 60 Afghans held at Guantanamo Bay have been brought back to their country and will be freed on Sunday, the Afghan Supreme Court said.
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Two Italian soldiers kidnapped in Afghanistan are freed during a military operation, Italy's defence ministry says.