Pentagon brushed aside US vigilante in Afghanistan: official
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A former US soldier who allegedly ran a private anti-terror campaign in Afghanistan repeatedly tried to contact a US Defense Department employee here but the Pentagon did not want anything to do with him, a defense official said.
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U.S. airstrikes targeting a meeting of Taliban leaders killed a high-ranking commander involved in the kidnappings of 23 South Koreans two months ago, Afghan officials said Tuesday.
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KABUL  - Afghanistan&#39;s ousted Taliban militia vowed to disrupt President Hamid Karzai&#39;s swearing-in ceremony, but the US-led military said watertight security on the ground and in the air would stop any attack.
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An Afghan court was following proper procedures in its trial of three US men accused of torture and kidnapping and the United States would exert no influence on next week&#39;s verdict, a US official said on Tuesday.
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At least 10 civilians are killed in a Taleban attack aimed at a US military base in Afghanistan, officials say.
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US Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Kabul on Nov. 22 and reiterated that the United States will continue to search for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
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The US military denied claims from Afghan officials and a Danish aid group that it bombed a village and killed several civilians during clashes with insurgents in eastern Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan's Taliban militia spurned an amnesty offered by US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad on condition the hardline Islamic fighters lay down their arms, a report said.
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VILNIUS/KABUL  - NATO's top official rejected on Thursday U.S. concern that some member countries were not pulling their weight in the fighting in Afghanistan.
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KABUL, Afghanistan In Kabul, a US agent wearing an Afghan burqa fled police who tried to search her on Sunday, sparking fears of a suicide attack in the capital city.
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The US military denied reports that the coalition in Afghanistan had launched air strikes to quell fighting in the west of the country.
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Afghan authorities investigate the circumstances of a militant attack on US forces in which eight civilians died
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Pakistan has rejected reports it had withdrawn troops from a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan suspected to be a hideout for Al-Qaeda leaders, the US State Department said.
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The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan today declined to say whether more American troops will be needed to confront increasing insurgent and terrorist attacks in the country.
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One of four U.S. military officers in Afghanistan alleged to have murdered a local man they believed was following their movements was issued an official reprimand.
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KARACHI, Pakistan -- A veteran Afghan warlord wanted by the United States has distanced himself from the Taliban and given his strongest indication yet that he was open to talks with President Hamid Karzai.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - US and Afghan troops killed a Taliban commander and detained 22 suspected Taliban fighters during a major search operation after a gunbattle in a southern Afghan mountain range, officials said Saturday.