Fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a volatile southern province Thursday killed at least 28 militants, officials said. The Afghan army and police carried out a joint operation in ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Saturday he received assurances from Afghanistan's defense minister that a stalled security agreement with the United States would be signed in "a ...

KABUL, March 4 (Reuters) - The burning of Korans at a NATO base in Afghanistan advanced the Taliban's cause and any repeat of similar "negligence" by Western forces would be disastrous, the Afghan ...

operations have been rejected by the Afghans in the past two months. “The U.S. has said, ‘This operation better be conducted. It’s a high-value target,’ ” Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, the top Afghan ...

In the 1960s, Sher Mohammad Karimi became the first Afghan to graduate from Britain's prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Following further military training and education from the top U.S.

The head of the Afghan army, General Sher Mohammad Karimi has suggested that the conflict in Afghanistan could end “in weeks” if Pakistan told the Taliban to cease the insurgency. Going far beyond an ...

Afghanistan's parliament on Saturday rejected President Ashraf Ghani's nominee for defence ministry, a crucial post that has sat vacant for months as stretched security forces fight to secure ...

The Associated Press reports that after months of missed deadlines and delays, Afghanistan's government has unveiled its Cabinet nominees. When President Ashraf Ghani was inaugurated in September, he ...

Roadside bombs killed five foreign troops and five government soldiers yesterday, part of a surge of violence that has made Afghanistan's battlefields deadlier for ...

KABUL (Reuters) - The burning of Korans at a NATO base in Afghanistan advanced the Taliban's cause and any repeat of similar "negligence" by Western forces would be disastrous, the Afghan army chief ...