President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States had resumed talks with Taliban insurgents as he made a surprise trip to Afghanistan to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with troops.
On a brief visit to Bagram Airfield outside the capital (...)
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday for talks with President Ashraf Ghani, days after the United States and NATO pledged to keep thousands of troops in the troubled country.
Carter flew in to Bagram air base outside (...)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrived in a previously unannounced visit to Afghanistan today as officials say he is planning to hold talks with U.S. soldiers and commanders there as well as Afghan officials.
Carter's visit comes in the (...)
The sole American prisoner of war held in Afghanistan was being flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday, after he was dramatically freed in a swap deal for five Taliban militants who were released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in (...)
The U.S. military gave control of its last 'Parwan' Detention Facility in Afghanistan to Kabul on Monday, a year after the two sides initially agreed on the transfer.
Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. Joseph Dunford handed over Parwan, located (...)
Better known for defusing bombs in Iraq in the Oscar-winning film “The Hurt Locker”, actor Jeremy Renner braved a live minefield in Afghanistan Sunday to draw attention to the tireless work of clearing mines that kill and maim years after being (...)
The Taliban threatened Saturday to launch a fresh offensive across Afghanistan this coming week, as President Hamid Karzai said international forces have yet to secure large parts of the country.
The Taliban said the offensive starting Monday will (...)
A suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and wounded about a dozen more outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.
There were conflicting reports on the death toll. Provincial Gov. Abdul Jabar (...)
A SUICIDE BOMBER DIED IN AFGHANISTAN ON MONDAY BEFORE HE COULD RAM HIS CAR INTO A CONVOY OF U.S.-LED COALITION TROOPS, POLICE SAID.
NONE OF THE SOLDIERS WAS HURT, BUT TWO TEENAGED AFGHAN CIVILIANS WERE WOUNDED IN THE BLAST, REUTERS REPORTED.
THE (...)
U.S. and Afghan troops fired
warning shots after more than 1,000 protesters threw stones at a U.S. military convoy and at the main U.S. base in Afghanistan to demand the release of eight villagers detained in a raid.
Afghan troops used batons to (...)
Bolstering the re-emerging
government of President Hamid Karzai is the immediate priority for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, their new operational commander said Tuesday.
Maj. Gen. Jason Kamiya took command of the 18,000-strong
U.S.-led coalition in (...)
