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Report: Taliban strengthens in Afghanistan

The Taliban in Afghanistan -- whose government was toppled by U.S.-led forces after the September 11, 2001, attacks -- has strengthened its military and technical capabilities even while suffering heavy combat losses, says a State Department report.

Taliban regaining hold on Afghanistan, report says

The Taliban in Afghanistan -- whose government was toppled by U.S.-led forces after the September 11 attacks in 2001 -- has strengthened its military and technical capabilities even while suffering heavy combat losses, says a State Department report released Wednesday.

U.S. Marines launch Afghan operation

U.S. Marines in helicopters and Humvees flooded into a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan's most violent province early Tuesday in the first major American operation in the region in years.

Suicide bomber kills two Afghan police

A suicide bomber killed two police officers in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday -- the latest of several attacks that have killed at least 10 officers in the last two days.

Taliban kill six in checkpoint attack

Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan late Monday, killing at least six police officers, authorities said.

Blast kills UK troops in Afghanistan

An explosion struck a vehicle carrying British troops Sunday, killing two and wounding two others in southern Afghanistan, Britain's Defence Ministry said Monday.

Bomber kills engineers, driver in Afghanistan

Two engineers from India and their Afghan driver were killed Saturday morning by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan's southwest Nimroz province, according to the provincial governor.

NATO chief: Afghan troop increase likely

NATO leaders are likely to approve an increase in troop deployments to Afghanistan, the head of the military alliance said Wednesday.

Cheney visits Afghanistan ahead of NATO summit

Vice President Dick Cheney made a brief visit Thursday to Kabul, praising ties with the Afghan government and expressing hope that the NATO-led effort to confront the Taliban will be expanded.

Seven dead in Afghan suicide attack

Four soldiers with the NATO-led international force in Afghanistan were killed Monday when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into their convoy, officials said.

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