KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a firefight with insurgents Monday, while an Afghan vice president escaped a bomb attack on his convoy in the latest assassination attempt ...

The soldiers with the 3rd platoon launched a warning flare, called a "red star cluster," to identify themselves. For a moment, according to a U.S. military summary of the incident, the firing stopped; ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan have finally agreed to a ceasefire following days of deadly cross-border gunfire that has killed, injured, and displaced several civilians at the Durand Line that ...

Pat Tillman, the former ASU standout who gave up his career with the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army Rangers after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was killed in an Afghanistan firefight last week. ...

The weekend Doha talks did produce an immediate ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan with an agreement to hold ...

Amidst struggles by regional negotiators at getting Afghanistan and Pakistan continue their efforts at a peace agreement came ...

The attack triggered a fierce firefight that lasted for nearly six hours ... TTP is separate from but closely linked with the Afghan Taliban and, along with its affiliates, the group is responsible ...