Afghanistan and Pakistan

McChrystal sees slower pace for Kandahar operation

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BRUSSELS - A long-awaited military campaign in the Taliban's birthplace Kandahar, due to begin in earnest this month, will now unfold more slowly than planned, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said on Thursday.

British PM rules out more troops for Afghanistan

CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday ruled out sending more troops to Afghanistan, saying Britain's forces should not stay on "for a day longer" than necessary.

10 Jun 2010

Suicide bomber kills dozens at Afghan wedding party

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people, a quarter of them children, and wounded 77 others at a wedding party in insurgency-plagued southern Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.

10 Jun 2010

U.S. missile strikes kill three in Pakistan

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan - A U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles Thursday into Pakistan's North Waziristan, a sanctuary for al Qaeda and its allies, killing three suspected militants, security officials in the area said.

10 Jun 2010

Analysis: U.S. grapples with making peace in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration says the Afghan war will not be won on the battlefield but it is grappling with how to make peace with the Taliban while balancing alliances it has forged with some controversial political figures.

09 Jun 2010

Suicide bomber kills dozens at Afghan wedding party

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - At least 40 people were killed and 77 injured by a suicide bomb attack on a packed wedding party in insurgency-plagued southern Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday. | Video

World, 10 Jun 2010

Analysis: As Pakistan stares at India, India eyes the world

ISLAMABAD - When a senior security official here was asked why Pakistan was not developing long-range missiles, unlike in India, his answer revealed how these two nuclear foes' geopolitical priorities may be diverging.

10 Jun 2010

Gunmen attack NATO trucks near Pakistan capital

ISLAMABAD - Suspected Taliban gunmen in Pakistan set fire to more than 50 trucks carrying supplies for Western forces in Afghanistan, killing at least seven people in the first such attack near the capital, police said on Wednesday. | Video

World, 09 Jun 2010

Afghan insurgents down helicopter killing four foreign troops

KABUL - At least four foreign service members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan were killed on Wednesday when their helicopter was brought down by insurgent fire, the alliance said.

09 Jun 2010

Good times don't come easy at Canadian Afghan outpost

KALACHE, Afghanistan - One of the most frequently attacked Canadian outposts in Afghanistan seemed relaxed Wednesday.

World, 09 Jun 2010
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Explosion in Syrian city of Homs kills 40: monitoring group

BEIRUT - Forty people were killed and at least 120 people were wounded in an explosion at a weapons cache in the central Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, a group opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said. | Video