a truce with US-led coalition forces after its defeat in the first Gulf war. His regime brutally suppressed the uprising, killing thousands of people. The names of dozens of...

As in Vietnam, coalition forces are battling a rural-based, ethnically cohesive insurgency in an overwhelmingly illiterate country whose geography makes conventional fighting...

He said the attack occurred around 7: 45 am (0315 GMT) when a suicide bomber in a car blew up alongside a coalition forces vehicle heading toward Camp Phoenix on the road...

Afghan troops distribute school supplies to areas where no coalition forces are present. However, the results are uneven. Some units find that success in winning over locals...

In one of the single bloodiest ambushes against coalition forces, 10 French soldiers were slain when they first tried to move into Uzbeen in August 2008. Now the Foreign Legion...

NATO issued a statement saying coalition forces killed a militant and arrested a few other suspected militants, including someone who was helping insurgents transport weapons and...

NATO headquarters issued a statement saying coalition forces killed a militant and arrested'' a few'' suspected militants, including someone who was helping insurgents...

He said Afghan police had been helping coalition forces in the search Thursday and Friday but had been unable to find the two soldiers. NATO forces operating in western...

'' Unless this is stopped, you have to understand that you'll be getting regular visits from coalition forces,'' he said. The elders were unswayed.'' We ask you not to come...

Such attacks have also occurred in Iraq, where U.S. and coalition forces are engaged in a similar process of mentoring and training the Iraqi army and police. In February, two...

They have also occurred in Iraq, where U.S. and coalition forces are engaged in a similar process of mentoring and training the Iraqi army and police. In February, two Iraqi...

They have also occurred in Iraq, where U.S. and coalition forces are engaged in a similar process of mentoring and training the Iraqi army and police. In February, two Iraqi...

Organizing enough security to prevent violence in a hastily arranged runoff would have posed a serious challenge for coalition forces in Afghanistan, and some officers commanding...

The U.S. has urged the Pakistani government to persevere with the offensive against the militants, who have used the border region as a sanctuary to launch attacks against coalition forces ...

to launch attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan. Washington has also stepped up efforts to use development work in Pakistan as a way to alleviate poverty and lessen the...