The government of Afghanistan took official control of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah today, raising the national flag and installing an official administrator. US-led troops are reportedly working ...

In rural Mason Neck, Virginia, among homes with Confederate flags hanging out front and towering pickup trucks occupying driveways, a stately brick mansion makes for an unexpected neighbor. In the ...

MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) — Military commanders raised the Afghan flag in the bullet-ridden main market of the Taliban's southern stronghold of Marjah on Wednesday as firefights continued to break out ...

* Dreaming of victory still risky in Marjah * Taliban says offensive shows NATO weak * Drugs fuel conflict By Golnar Motevalli MARJAH, Afghanistan, Feb 14 (Reuters) - NATO and Afghan troops may have ...

KHAN NESHIN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. Marines brought Afghan officials to raise the Afghan flag over a formerly Taliban-held valley on Wednesday in a gesture their commander likened to a great ...

Ahmad Habibzi pauses to pray at the top of the halfpipe hill on a mountain at the Yabuli Ski Resort in northeastern China. The Afghan-Canadian snowboarder was giving thanks to God after a whirlwind ...

Afghanistan's UN-sanctioned Foreign Minister has landed in India for a week-long visit. Amir Khan Muttaqi's trip -- made possible after the UN Security Council granted him a travel waiver -- is the ...