Afghanistan News

As of Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at least 2,091 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

Both soldiers died May 16, 2013, in Kabul, Afghanistan , of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device.

A powerful roadside bomb has killed seven policemen in western Afghanistan as forces were engaged in a deadly battle with large groups of Taliban fighters who attacked police checkpoints in the south, officials have said.

UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova , toured the Ayesha-e-Durrani school in Kabul as part of her three day visit to Afghanistan.

Gov. Nikki Haley canceled scheduled events Monday to spend time with her husband during a break from his deployment to Afghanistan.

A suicide attack in northern Afghanistan on Monday morning killed at least 11 people, including the head of the local provincial government, police said.

Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.

Militants opened fire on a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's tribal belt Monday, killing a paramilitary soldier and underscoring the continued threat to one of the region's most urgent health campaigns.

A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief Monday in northern Afghanistan in an attack outside the council headquarters, authorities said.

My main goal in reading Khaled Hosseini's new book, "And the Mountains Echoed," was to avoid crying.

Supporters of a failed asylum seeker from Afghanistan are hoping for a last minute victory as he prepares to be deported.

Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north.

Afghan commandos practice a quick disembark from a transport helicopter prior to an air assault.

A homicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosives late last week killing 15.

Canadians soldiers load baggage at Kandahar airbase in 2011. Hundreds of shipping containers filled with military supplies remain stranded in Afghanistan.

A technician shapes a cast mold for a prosthetic limb at the Red Cross orthopedic clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan.

An aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will seek military aid from India during a three-day visit this week.

A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital.

KANDAHAR: Two car bombs exploded on Friday in a sprawling housing development in southern Afghanistan linked to the family of President Hamid Karzai, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 60.

Militancy and violent incidents have been on rise since April 28 when the Taliban launched its so-called spring offensive in Afghanistan.