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Authorities revealed that an American - charged with providing information to al-Qaida on the New York transit system and attacking a U.S. military base in Afghanistan - has been a secret witness in the fight against terror both here and overseas.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan reached two solemn milestones Monday: July has become the deadliest month for U.S. troops in ...

The U.S. military denounced on Sunday the release of a video showing a soldier captured in Afghanistan, saying the images were Taliban propaganda that violated international law.

Two U.S. soldiers also die in a separate bombing as violence grows in scattered areas of the nation. A powerful truck bomb killed at least 25 people today, more than half of them schoolchildren, in a province just south of Kabul.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a $106 billion spending bill that includes about $80 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, sending the bill to the White House for President Obama's signature.

"What are you doing?" For the U.S. military in Afghanistan, the answer to the latest social networking craze seems to be: "Killing Taliban."

Evidence suggests munitions procured by the Pentagon leak from Afghan forces for use against American troops.

The U.S. military said Friday reports that as many as 147 civilians died in fighting involving American forces and the Taliban were "extremely over-exaggerated" and investigators were still analyzing the data collected at the site.

The Pakistani army says it has launched a new offensive against militants in a northwest district that neighbors the beleaguered Swat Valley and Afghanistan.

The soldiers had barely arrived in Iraq before they got new orders -- get ready for Afghanistan.