MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents using sophisticated night vision and laser targeting equipment overran Afghan army positions near the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday, killing at ...

Lakanwal reportedly worked with one of several so-called 'Zero Units' that received direct U.S. intelligence support.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- U.S. Special Forces have begun teaching a Pakistani paramilitary unit how to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, hoping to strengthen a key front-line force as violence surges on ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross rejected criticism Wednesday of its role in providing first-aid training to Taliban militants, after word of the practice drew angry e-mails from around ...

A recent Reuters article notes: Afghan security forces, backed by U.S. air strikes, killed two of the movement’s shadow provincial governors on Sunday, as fighting stepped up in the wake of the ...

KABUL (Reuters) - The Red Cross said on Tuesday it had visited three Afghans detained by the Taliban, the first time during the eight-year war the militants had allowed the Geneva-based organization ...