Robert Gates, the US Defence Secretary, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan yesterday and cautioned against over optimism for the new military surge there, as a report emerged detailing low morale…



BLOODY clashes between Afghan insurgents have left up to 79 people dead.



Bloody clashes between competing factions of Afghanistan’s insurgency left up to 79 people dead, officials said today, including 19 civilians in a lawless part of the country beyond the reach of…



President Karzai has paid “blood money” to the families of nine children killed in a brutal night raid after Nato admitted that they were gunned down by mistake.



THE commander of United States and Nato forces in Afghanistan has issued new rules to limit the use of controversial night raids, which have been blamed for countless civilian deaths and plummeting…



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