WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military is set to deploy a powerful surveillance system in Afghanistan(阿富汗) this winter that wires wide angle aerial images directly to combat troops（部队）, media reports said Sunday. The Washingto...
For the last several months, CNN has followed the path of a young man from his small town to his coming of age in the U.S. military. Today, in the sixth part of a soldier's story, we check in at a very pivotal point of his young military career, a we...
By Sean Maroney Kabul 08 November 2009 An Afghan motorcyclist adjusts a newly purchased surgical mask at a market place in Kabul, Afghanistan, 02 Nov 2009 The Afghan government has closed the country's schools and universities for most of November i...
By Sean Maroney Kabul 07 November 2009 A US Army Chinook helicopter lands on a hill in Kabul on November 7, 2009 The Afghan government says a NATO air strike has mistakenly killed seven members of the Afghan security forces in Badghis province. NATO...
By Jennifer Glasse London 14 October 2009 The British prime minister says he plans to send an extra 500 troops to Afghanistan, if NATO coalition partners follow suit and the Afghan government speeds up training its own forces. Britain's PM Gordon Br...
By Kent Klein Washington 01 October 2009 President Barack Obama (file photo) U.S. President Barack Obama has met with his top military commanders, diplomats, intelligence officials and other advisers, to review Washington's war strategy in Afghanist...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 22 September 2009 The publication Monday of a secret assessment by the new U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has sparked a fresh round of debate about what the coalition strategy should be and how many troops are needed to...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he believes his government's mission in Afghanistan will succeed. Mr. Brown has been on the defensive amid a growing political debate at home over the rising death toll among British soldiers on the front lin...
Another British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the 17th this month. Rising casualties have sparked a political debate about the country's involvement in Afghanistan and why more and more of its soldiers are dying. British soldiers carry cof...
Representatives from more than 80 nations, including the United States and Iran, are gathering Tuesday in the Hague for a key conference focusing on Afghanistan at a time when NATO and U.S. forces there are fighting a rising insurgency. The entrance...
