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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commander of U.S.

The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent, confidential assessment of the war that he needs more forces within the next year and bluntly states that without them, the eight-year conflict "will likely result in failure," according to a copy of the 66-page document obtained by the Washington Post.

The commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan has finished his review of the war and that it is now being sent up the chain of command to the Pentagon and NATO headquarters, NATO says.

A suicide bomber hit a Pakistani security checkpoint Thursday at the main border crossing for convoys ferrying NATO supplies ...

A huge explosion occurred near the main gate of NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital on Saturday, a heavily guarded area ...

Washington supports Ukraine's bid to join NATO and the former Soviet republic is free to choose its own foreign policy alliances ...

A civilian helicopter crashed at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday, military officials said. Russia's air transportation agency reported 15 people died.

Dutch naval forces captured seven pirates and freed 20 captive fishermen after tracking the pirates to their "mother ship" in the western Gulf of Aden on Saturday, a NATO maritime spokesman said.

Albania and Croatia officially join Nato, days before the military alliance marks its 60th anniverary.

Pirates have seized two European-owned tankers off the coast of Somalia in the past day, Nato shipping officials say.