Less than 12 hours after NATO troops in Afghanistan defeated an ambitious attempt by the Taliban to storm a provincial capital in the far southwest, killing dozens of the fighters, the top American commander in the country urged doubters
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has offered Taliban leaders the possibility of positions in his government if they struck a peace deal to end the fighting, media reported on Sunday. The offer was made through his brother Qayoun at a secret
KANDAHAR (Agencies) - More than 100 militants were killed in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, half in airstrikes that thwarted a major attack on a key town Saturday night, Afghan and British forces said Sunday. The attempt by hundreds of