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Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Afghanistan on Monday on a trip for talks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and visit with U.S. troops.

The leaders of the largest tribe in a Taliban stronghold in southern Helmand province have pledged to halt insurgent attacks and expel foreign fighters from one of the most violent spots in the country, the senior U.S. Marine general in Afghanistan said Monday.

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Spc. Jaime Adame carried the young girl across the airfield, her tiny, gauze-wrapped body cradled in a polyester blanket, his camouflage rippling in the winds of the waiting Blackhawk."What's wrong?" shouted Staff Sgt. Christopher Meece, the crew chief, above the roar of the helicopter as Adame handed him the child."Another one," he said grimly.

President Obama's expansion of the war in Afghanistan has eroded the power of the al-Qaeda terrorists who attacked America in 2001 and the resurgent ...

Richard C. Holbrooke, the high-octane diplomat who spearheaded the end of the Bosnian war and most recently served as the Obama administration's point man in the volatile Afghan-Pakistani war zone, has died, officials said.

Richard C. Holbrooke, the Obama administration's diplomatic point man for Afghanistan and Pakistan, remained in critical condition Saturday night after surgery to repair a life-threatening tear in his aorta.

General David Petraeus, the top military commander in Afghanistan, has been named the "most fascinating person of 2010", beating the cast of MTV reality show "The Jersey Shore" and teen singer Justin Bieber.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, on an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, said on Tuesday he was confident British troops could start leaving early next year when a gradual transition to Afghan forces begins.

A new poll released Monday showed a sharp rise in the number of Afghans who see insurgent attacks against American troops as justified compared ...