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Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. David Petraeus says the U.S. has stopped the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, but he warns that the gains are 'fragile and reversible' and that hard fighting still lies ahead. Key senators express confidence in the war effort.The U.S.

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.

American officials say that millions of dollars are flowing to extremist groups worldwide, and that some Middle East allies are not helping to stop it.

Looking for more firepower in the tough fight against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, Marines are scheduled to receive 14 tanks next month, which would be the first time the US military has used tanks in the nine-year war in ...

Hakimullah Mehsud, a key leader of the Pakistani Taliban, has been charged for his alleged involvement in the killings of seven U.S. citizens at an American military base in Afghanistan in 2009, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai renewed his demand that private security firms in Iraq disband by year's end, saying they are a source of corruption that's undermining support for the war against the Taliban ...

The last U.S. combat troops are leaving Iraq in a convoy to Kuwait, more than seven years after a U.S.-led invasion toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, NBC News reported on Wednesday.

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari warned that the international community was losing the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to an interview published on Tuesday.