Seven soldiers killed in a bombing in southern Afghanistan on Thursday were Americans, the Pentagon confirmed, adding that they died after successive blasts struck them at the same location.

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A French fighter jet crashed in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, although the crew escaped without injury and enemy fire was not to blame, a French army spokesman said.

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A suicide bomber struck a crowded Afghan bazaar on Monday , killing four civilians and wounding another 14 in a remote town in the East of the country.

Helicopters with the NATO force in Afghanistan wounded two Pakistani soldiers on Tuesday in a cross-border attack, local officials said, a day after the US tried to smooth a row over the killing of Os

Six years after he made his first trip to Afghanistan as Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh on Thursday embarked on a two-day visit to Kabul during which he will discuss terrorism, regional development and ways to step up India's assistance to the war-torn country.

'Welcome to your second home,' is how President Hamid Karzai received Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today, with the latter responding by assuring the Afghan leader that India will stand with the

In an unprecedented gesture, the residence of Afghanistan's last king Zahir Shah was opened up here for the stay of visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

This is for the first time the home of

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that India supported Afghanistan’s quest for peace and reconciliation, and will stand by it as its "partner in development".

With a new chill in US-Pakistani ties following Osama bin Laden's killing, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is all set to travel to Afghanistan, a visit sure to rankle Islamabad.

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The Taliban declared the start of a spring offensive across Afghanistan on Saturday, warning they would target foreign troops, as well as Afghan security forces and top government officials, in a wave