US targets informal banks for alleged aid to Taliban

To attack the financial underpinnings of Taliban militants, the United States on Friday slapped sanctions against a pair of informal money-exchange networks in Afghanistan and Pakistan for alleged......

150 Taliban militants killed in major assault

Heli-dropped US and Afghan forces killed up to 150 Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants in a surprise major assault along Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. A force of about 700 US and Afghan troops......

US troops get ready to storm Kandahar

United States and NATO forces will begin their big push to clear the Taliban fighters from their spiritual homeland of Kandahar in June as President Barack Obama has lamented that the progress in......

US to launch major attack in Af-Pak in 18 months

The US and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces are all set to roll out an "intensive 18-month" ground campaign in Afghanistan to stamp out Taliban and Al Qaeda militants, top US generals have......