Anne meets troops in Afghanistan
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The Princess Royal meets British soldiers during a two-day trip to Afghanistan by her and her husband.
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Gen. John Abizaid, the head of U.S. Central Command, made a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to troops in Afghanistan and met Friday with the country's president.
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The chief of the British Army has defended the military operation in Afghanistan after it was reported that soldiers there were being stretched to &quot;the brink of exhaustion&quot; by the Taliban.
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BERLIN, Jul 12 (IPS) - Doubts are being raised about German military  engagement in the so-called Operation Enduring Freedom in  Afghanistan ahead of a crucial vote in parliament due October.
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KABUL, Dec 8  - NATO-led troops in Afghanistan will not scale back their presence before parliamentary elections in the war-torn country next spring, French junior foreign minister Renaud Muselier said Wednesday.
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On a trip to Afghanistan, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on NATO members to increase the number of troops they commit to the region.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 2 -- British NATO troops have reached an agreement with Afghan elders aimed at ending Taliban attacks in a southern district where six British soldiers have been killed since August.
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Efforts are continuing to secure the release of a County Armagh woman kidnapped in Afghanistan.
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It was the kind of exchange that U.S. troops are counting on.
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Ministers from countries with troops in southern Afghanistan are set to meet in Scotland to discuss the country's future.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett Thursday visited the southern Afghan province of Helmand where thousands of British troops are deployed to fight the Taliban, a statement said.
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A new video-teleconferencing system is allowing prisoners at a major US military base in Afghanistan to speak with their relatives  -  the first time some detainees have talked to anyone outside the secretive facility in years
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The government was to release details Monday of a new deployment to Afghanistan to bolster its 5,600-strong force in the troubled country.
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KARZAI: I met with her this morning. I found her to be a very, very brave woman with a clear vision for her own country, for Afghanistan, and for (inaudible) and we in Afghanistan condemn this cowardice and immense brutality in the strongest possible terms.
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A Northern Ireland woman held hostage in Afghanistan has telephoned her husband, the BBC understands.
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Tensions are rising between Washington and allies such as Germany over the deployment of troops in Afghanistan
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In the thick of battle Taliban pushed women and children into the firing line; the soldiers had no choice but to cease fire, a corporal recalled of British troops&#039; biggest clash in Afghanistan.