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 ...

WASHINGTON -- About 100 U.S. commandos carried out a secretive ground assault in the Taliban stronghold of southern Afghanistan, opening a new phase of the war on terrorism after nearly two weeks of ...

Others have been tortured at the hands of the Taliban and live in fear for their lives. Former commando Najmuddin served in one of two UK-funded special forces units, known as the “Triples”, and was ...

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 ...

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 ...

They said the Russians want to attract thousands of the former elite Afghan commandos into a “foreign legion” with offers of steady, $1,500-a-month payments and promises of safe havens for themselves ...

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. null p ...

GHAZNI/HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Dozens of elite commandos were among the casualties suffered by Afghan security forces as the Taliban claimed to have taken a district in Ghazni province, ...

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 ...

KABUL/MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Afghanistan airdropped commandos on Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble in areas ravaged by earthquakes that have killed more than 1,400 this week, as ...

WASHINGTON -- More U.S. commandos have been put on the ground in Afghanistan to help in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the Pentagon said Monday. And American planes pounded Taliban front lines just ...