Afghanistan

KABUL (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with U.K. troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday amid discussions over how international forces plan to meet their 2014 deadline to withdraw from combat. Cameron made a previously unannounced visit to greet U...

BONN, Germany (AP) — The United States and other nations vowed Monday to keep supporting Afghanistan after most foreign forces leave the country in 2014, as the nation faces an enduring Taliban-led insurgency and possible financial collapse...

August was officially the deadliest month for US troops fighting in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan.

The Pentagon has released the names of 30 American troops who were killed when a rocket-propelled grenade downed their Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan last weekend The attack represented the biggest single day loss of military personnel America has suffered during the nearly ten-year Afghanistan war.  Overall, 1648 Americans have died in the conflict.

In a Pentagon news conference on Wednesday, Marine Corps Gen. John Allen said international forces killed the Taliban fighters that shot down a Chinook helicopter last weekend, killing 38 US and Afghan forces. The top insurgent leader remains at large and other details are vague, but a statement from the International Security Assistance Force said, “After an exhaustive manhunt, Special Operations

An investigation of Saturday’s helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan is underway. In the aftermath of this devastating loss, Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Colt was appointed to spearhead the inquiry in hopes of answering questions surrounding the crash.

Editor's Note: This post has been updated to reflect that 30 American troops were killed in the attack, rather than 31, as initially reported. Taliban insurgents shot down an American military helicopter in Afghanistan Saturday, killing 30 American troops, 7 Afghan commandos, and an interpreter multiple news outlets are reporting.

In his final days, Osama bin Laden was not a happy man. He felt al-Qaeda was killing too many Muslims, causing it to suffer a “marketing problem.” The West was winning the public relations war. So what was called for, he thought, was a new name.