(CNN) — Fifteen people were freed from a Taliban prison in the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand on Sunday, the international coalition said in a statement. Afghan and coalition forces ...

Soldiers and police officers, many in tears, heaved bodies of their comrades from the trucks and laid them on sheets on the ground, side by side on their backs, until there were 20 of them. The dead ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An elite new Taliban force is proving its strength in the strategic southern province of Helmand, pointing to the insurgents' ability to refine their battlefield ...

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is embroiled in a legal battle over the evacuation of former Afghan special forces commandos to the UK. Hundreds of Afghan soldiers who fought alongside British special ...

Aziz’s family was sitting down for an evening meal in their cramped Islamabad hotel room when there was a knock at the door. When his nine-year-old daughter opened it, she was faced with a group of ...

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Night after night, commandos in U.S. Chinook helicopters descend into remote Afghan villages, wielding M-4 rifles as they swarm Taliban compounds. Such raids began in ...

KABUL, Afghanistan - The ruling Taliban branded America's first commando strikes of the war against terrorism a failure Saturday, and a senior militia commander said Americans are too soft for a ...

WASHINGTON - In the first confirmed face-to-face fighting of the war against terrorism, U.S. commandos staged a daring raid into a command compound of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, injuring or ...

Commandos jump into enemy stronghold. Army claims that over 750 militants killed. MARDAN, Pakistan — Helicopters dropped Pakistani commandos into a Taliban stronghold in the Swat Valley on Tuesday, ...