Official: 5 men killed in shooting in Afghanistan

7 February 2012, 3:51 am

An Afghan official says a shooting in the southern city of Kandahar has left five dead, including two police officers and three private security guards.... Read More »

Stamford Pupils Buy Prosthetic Leg for Afghan Girl

6 February 2012, 11:36 pm

Safa, an 8-year-old Afghan girl, got a prosthetic leg and a doll thanks to donations from students at Grace Christian School in Stamford.... Read More »

NATO exit to lead Afghanistan to civil war: Imran

6 February 2012, 7:27 pm

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said a coalition government must be set up in Kabul or there would be more bloodshed when Western troops pulled out.... Read More »

Reports on Afghanistan war too rosy? Army officer, others say yes.

6 February 2012, 3:13 pm

In this November 2011 file photo, Afghans watch the scene of a roadside bomb in Laghman, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.... Read More »

Afghan Suicide Attack Targets Police in Kandahar

6 February 2012, 10:58 am

A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle at a police parking lot in central Kandahar on Sunday, killing at least seven people, including five police officers and a child, in the fourth attempted or successful suicide bombing there in less than a month.... Read More »

Gilani to talk Afghan peace in Qatar

6 February 2012, 6:44 am

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will brief the Qatar leadership about Pakistan's talks with Afghanistan during a three-day official visit to Qatar, a country where the Taliban is to open a political office.... Read More »

Marine sergeant accused of hazing goes to trial

6 February 2012, 2:38 am

A second Marine is going to trial for allegedly hazing a fellow Marine who later fatally shot himself in Afghanistan.... Read More »

Freezing to Death in Afghanistan

6 February 2012, 12:29 am

They won't all make it. Never in all of my life will I forget the freezing 2006/08 winter in Afghanistan.... Read More »

Life and war in Afghanistan: February 2012

5 February 2012, 8:24 pm

An Afghan woman clad in burqa is carried in a wheelbarrow to a bus station, as the ground is covered with snow in Kabul.... Read More »

Va. man is highest-ranking officer to die in Afghanistan

5 February 2012, 4:14 pm

A one-star U.S. Army general from Fairfax County was found dead in his Kabul sleeping quarters on Friday, and Defense Department officials said he is the highest-ranking officer to die during the war in Afghanistan .... Read More »