How did Osama bin Laden escape the dragnet that closed in around his mountain hideout in Afghanistan in December 2001?
The recently released cache of U.S. reports from Afghanistan provides fleeting glimpses into the possible whereabouts of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the years since his escape from American forces at Tora Bora.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has held talks with representatives of a major insurgent group whose leader is known for anti-U.S. rhetoric and support for al Qaeda, officials said Monday.
An Afghan militant group is willing to "help" U.S. and coalition forces, if they prepare to leave Afghanistan, the group's leader said in a statement given to CNN on Monday.
A surprise raid stuns the NATO alliance, but it brings no sympathy for the coalition forces among the local populace
A former congressman has been charged in connection with his work for an Islamic charity accused of funneling money to an Afghan warlord, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
An anti-government group led by Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a convoy of U.S. contractor SUVs near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul Tuesday morning, an Afghan police official said.
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. James Jones promised Afghan President Hamid Karzai at a news conference Saturday that a full investigation of an incident involving the unintended death of around 70 Afghan civilians would be launched.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has assembled a team to investigate reports of civilian casualties caused by NATO air operations in southern Afghanistan.
A maverick Afghan militant issued defiant anti-U.S. rhetoric and support for al Qaeda in a videotape message on Thursday, the same day an Afghan military commander acknowledged that it "will take time" to defeat the "various insurgent groups."
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