Thursday, 29 Oct 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
President Barack Obama says the sight of 18 cases holding the remains of Americans killed in Afghanistan can't help but influence his thinking about sending more troops overseas.
Monday, 26 Oct 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
A helicopter crash and separate collision involving two other choppers killed 14 Americans on Monday in one of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.
Sunday, 11 Oct 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
The head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan acknowledged Sunday that there was "widespread fraud" in the August presidential election but refused to give specifics.
Saturday, 10 Oct 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
Thousands of foreign fighters have poured into Afghanistan to bolster the Taliban insurgency, the country's defense minister says in a plea for more international troops.
Tuesday, 6 Oct 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
President Barack Obama rules out shrinking the Afghanistan war to a counterterrorism campaign. Yet he does not signal whether he is prepared to send any more troops to the war zone.
Sunday, 27 Sep 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is pushing back against liberal calls for withdrawal timelines from Afghanistan, saying it's a mistake to set a deadline to end U.S. military action.
Tuesday, 22 Sep 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is focused on cutting back Britain's troops in Afghanistan, despite a report from the top U.S. commander calling for an increase in the number of soldiers.
Tuesday, 8 Sep 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
A U.N.-backed commission Tuesday ordered a recount of Afghan presidential ballots, even as President Hamid Karzai for the first time surpassed the threshold needed to win re-election.
Thursday, 3 Sep 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has banned alcohol and assigned American personnel to watch over the embassy's security guards following allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct.