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On the heels of a U.S. announcement of a massive troop surge for Afghanistan, an al Qaeda spokesman Saturday appeared to be trying to improve the group's image in the region with a new audio message in English.

President accepts prize days after announcing plan to deploy 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.

Progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than seen during the buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq two ...

The top commander in Afghanistan says he could make the case in a year that the insurgency has lost momentum, though the effort will be costly and require 'steadfast commitment.'

Arguing that the next 18 months will be decisive, the top commander in Afghanistan said today that he believes the Taliban could be "rolled back."

The first wave of President Obama's new Afghanistan surge will add about 16,000 U.S. troops who got their orders over the past ...

Perhaps only a “handful” of U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan in 2011, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said.

NATO said on Friday 25 countries had pledged a total of around 7,000 more troops to support the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, following President Barack Obama's commitment of 30,000 extra U.S. troops.

Administration officials come under tough questioning from Democrats, Republicans who challenge different aspects of new war plan.

European and other U.S. allies will contribute more than 5,000 more troops to the international force in Afghanistan, NATO's ...

Countries backing Afghanistan's government are going to demand that it meet specific security benchmarks, British Prime Minister ...