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Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan's troop request to Obama includes three different options, official says.

Afghanistan's insurgent Taliban mark the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion saying they will continue fighting as long as America and its allies remain in the troubled nation.

Barack Obama prepares to meet senior advisers as the US marks eight years of military operations in Afghanistan.

Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in February and has since undergone two months of radiation treatment....

NATO forces said Tuesday they had killed more that 100 fighters in a huge weekend battle in eastern Afghanistan in which eight Americans died, the deadliest firefight for U.S. troops in more than a year.

As Obama's team works on its plans, McChrystal and other advisors are asked to keep the process more private. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that President Obama's advisors should keep their guidance private, in effect admonishing the top commander in Afghanistan for publicly advocating an approach requiring more troops even as the White House reassesses its strategy.

On July 13, 2008, nine U.S. soldiers were killed and 27 were wounded in one of the war's bloodiest attacks, driving a strategic reassessment.

The White House session yields no announcements. It comes as the top U.S. official at the U.N. mission in Afghanistan is dismissed in a dispute over the handling of Afghan vote fraud allegations.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commander of U.S.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is pushing back against liberal calls for withdrawal timelines from Afghanistan, saying it's a ...