Foreign aid worker narrates tale of survival in Kabul attack

KABOUL (TAP) - A plane has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing four people working for the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). The cause of the crash is being investigated, a spokesman says, adding that preliminary reports ...

Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Monday urged the top commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan to help Pakistan check cross-border attacks launched from inside Afghanistan, the military said.Kayani and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, commander of ...

Afghan forces and the NATO-led coalition troops have defused nine improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in eastern Afghan provinces, bordering Pakistan, since Saturday, Xinhua reported."Afghan and coalition forces found and safely cleared nine improvised ...

A senior Taliban leader was arrested Friday during an operation in northern Afghan province of Baghlan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces said."An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a senior Taliban leader ...

German NATO-led ISAF troops in Afghanistan File Photo: Reuters (AFP) Four-star US General Philip Breedlove assumed command of NATO Monday, promising to bolster the 28-member military alliance as it prepares for a difficult withdrawal from ...

As many as 19 militants were killed in eastern Afghan provinces during operations that started Saturday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Sunday."Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed 19 insurgents, discovered ...

At least two soldiers and four contractors with NATO-led forces were killed along with nine Afghan civilians on Thursday when a suicide bomber in a car struck a military convoy in Kabul, officials said. The bomber drove his explosives-laden vehicle ...

KABUL, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Three soldiers with the NATO-led coalition forces lost their lives in a bombing in restive southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the military alliance confirmed in a statement. "Three International Security Assistance Force ...

As US and other NATO troops begin to withdraw from the country by 2014, Washington is in talks with Karzai's government to allow the US Military to retain a residual presence. The size of the force has not yet been determined, but could number ...