U.S. and Afghan authorities disagree about whether to not the U.S. military's burning of Muslim holy books was intentional after a joint investigation that was ordered by Marine Gen. John Allen. U.S. officials involved in the investigation found it was a mistake...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is not backing down from his two demands for a strategic deal in negotiations with the U.S., steadfastly  calling for Afghan control of jails and an end to night raids on Afghan homes. The Obama administration has been working on a...

The head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday that the U.S. should take disciplinary action against those in the military who participated in burning Muslim holy books. "We were very concerned, as the UN, that the international military by...

Two U.S. soldiers were shot dead in southern Afghanistan on Thursday by an Afghan soldier and apparently an Afghan civilian, in the latest incidence of supposed NATO allies turning on occupation forces. The Afghan soldier involved in the attack was a platoon leader...

Many Afghans who have divorced themselves from the insurgency in return for money and jobs from Kabul are turning back to fighting with the Taliban, disillusioned by the government's broken promises. The corruption and ineptitude of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul...