Pakistan vows to help peace efforts in Afghanistan

Pakistan will support every effort to promote reconciliation in Afghanistan, a senior government official said ahead of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's visit to Qatar Monday to discuss peace efforts.

Army Colonel Challenges Pentagon’s Afghanistan Reports

After two deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis says the Pentagon is not telling the whole truth about how the war is going.

Army Officer Challenges Pentagon’s Afghanistan Reports

After two deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis says the Pentagon is not telling the whole truth about how the war there is going.

Afghanistan car bomb carnage

A car bomb exploded near a busy shopping area in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, on Sunday, killing at least seven people.

U.S. Plans a Shift to Elite Forces in Afghanistan

In ending its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected, the United States will rely more on special forces that hunt insurgent leaders and train local troops, officials say.

U.S. to elevate Special Operations forces’ role in Afghanistan

The U.S. military is planning to elevate the role of Special Operations forces in Afghanistan as it shifts away from a combat focus to a mission that places greater emphasis on advising Afghan forces and raids to kill top insurgent leaders, senior U.S. officials said. Read full article >>

US to keep special forces in Afghanistan

The United States plans to maintain special forces in Afghanistan after it winds down its combat operations in the country, using them to hunt down insurgent leaders and train local troops, The New York Times reported.

Civilian deaths rise in Afghanistan

Across Afghanistan, civilians live in fear that they will become part of a grim and ever growing tally -- as innocent casualties in a decade of conflict. And according to a United Nations report released Saturday tracking civilian casualties, that rate of such deaths rose yet again in 2011.

U.S. may give reins to Special Operations forces in Afghanistan

The United States' plan to wind down its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected relies on shifting responsibility to Special Operations forces that hunt insurgent leaders and train local troops, according to senior Pentagon officials and military officers.

Bomb Explodes In Afghanistan, Casualties Reported

The blast went off at a parking lot outside the police building in Kandahar, a local official said. Seven people were killed, and least 19 were wounded, he added. In the north, meanwhile, Afghan police said that an American soldier shot and killed an Afghan guard at a U.S. base.

Afghanistan: Isaf rechnet auch nach 2014 mit Kampfeinsätzen: Wenn die Schutztruppe Afghanistan verlassen hat, w... http://t.co/FVBjC9Tq

Afghanistan: Isaf rechnet auch nach 2014 mit Kampfeinsätzen: Wenn die Schutztruppe Afghanistan verlassen hat, w... http://t.co/FVBjC9Tq

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DTN Germany: Afghanistan: Isaf rechnet auch nach 2014 mit Kampfeinsätzen: Wenn die Schutztruppe Afghanistan ver... http://t.co/yl1EBD8e

Afghanistan: Isaf rechnet auch nach 2014 mit Kampfeinsätzen: Wenn die Schutztruppe Afghanistan verlassen hat, w... http://t.co/2zZd2W6y

Afghanistan: Isaf rechnet auch nach 2014 mit Kampfeinsätzen: Wenn die Schutztruppe Afghanistan verlassen hat, w... http://t.co/2zZd2W6y

Afghanistan: Isaf rechnet auch nach 2014 mit Kampfeinsätzen: Wenn die Schutztruppe Afghanistan verlassen hat, w... http://t.co/PnBjjNk7

Afghanistan: Isaf rechnet auch nach 2014 mit Kampfeinsätzen: Wenn die Schutztruppe Afghanistan verlassen hat, w... http://t.co/PnBjjNk7

RT @PearsonElaine: RT @KenRoth: Nearly 1/3 of #Afghanistan civilian war deaths in 2011 due to #landmines-yet US refuses to endorse ban http://t.co/abswCosT

RT @PearsonElaine: RT @KenRoth: Nearly 1/3 of #Afghanistan civilian war deaths in 2011 due to #landmines-yet US refuses to endorse ban http://t.co/abswCosT

RT @PShamal: Damn it! #Afghanistan Head of Ulema council says Freedom of speech in Afghanistan is poison of speech.

RT @PShamal: Damn it! #Afghanistan Head of Ulema council says Freedom of speech in Afghanistan is poison of speech.

@KimAroundTown The scary thing they get John Watson right. Even the fact he was wounded in Afghanistan #themorethingschange

@KimAroundTown The scary thing they get John Watson right. Even the fact he was wounded in Afghanistan #themorethingschange

Peter Ter Velde! Speciaal overgekomen uit Afghanistan om verslag te doen van de persconferentie van de Ver. Fr. Elfsteden! #gietieoanofnet

Peter Ter Velde! Speciaal overgekomen uit Afghanistan om verslag te doen van de persconferentie van de Ver. Fr. Elfsteden! #gietieoanofnet

RT @Mushahid: http://t.co/wBWkUJPI has text of Col Davis truth-telling on Afghanistan failures, notably excludes blaming Pakistan but faults US brass

RT @Mushahid: http://t.co/wBWkUJPI has text of Col Davis truth-telling on Afghanistan failures, notably excludes blaming Pakistan but faults US brass

RT @ZeinakhodrAljaz: #china defended veto of #UN resolution on #syria :"Western intervention in Libya, Afghanistan &Iraq showed error of forced regime change"

RT @ZeinakhodrAljaz: #china defended veto of #UN resolution on #syria :"Western intervention in Libya, Afghanistan &Iraq showed error of forced regime change"

@Genya_3 i'm in afghanistan

@Genya_3 i'm in afghanistan

RT @fawadrehman: #ImranKhan Warns Of Afghan Civil War Western troops pull out...Now another U turn, IK wants US to stay in #Afghanistan. ?

RT @fawadrehman: #ImranKhan Warns Of Afghan Civil War Western troops pull out...Now another U turn, IK wants US to stay in #Afghanistan. ?

RT @ZeinakhodrAljaz: #china defended veto of #UN resolution on #syria :"Western intervention in Libya, Afghanistan &Iraq showed error of forced regime change"

RT @ZeinakhodrAljaz: #china defended veto of #UN resolution on #syria :"Western intervention in Libya, Afghanistan &Iraq showed error of forced regime change"

#MustRead: U.S. to elevate Special Operations forces’ role in Afghanistan: The U.S. military... http://t.co/itCsMbCV via @WashingtonPost

#MustRead: U.S. to elevate Special Operations forces’ role in Afghanistan: The U.S. military... http://t.co/itCsMbCV via @WashingtonPost

PTSD ? The war within: Out of two million US soldiers who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, psychiatrists... ... http://t.co/SRYKwplB

PTSD ? The war within: Out of two million US soldiers who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, psychiatrists... ... http://t.co/SRYKwplB