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• World leaders to discuss reality of getting out of Afghanistan

  May 20, 2012 8:41 AM

  CHICAGO (AP) - When leaders at the NATO summit eventually turn their discussion to Afghanistan and the alliance pullout in a little less than two years, they are likely to be confronted by a bleak reality. The insurgents remain active, corruption runs rife and the peace process is stuck in... more »

• Men in Afghan police uniforms kill 2 NATO troops

  May 12, 2012 1:41 PM

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO and Afghan officials say that two of the coalition service members killed in the country's south were gunned down by men dressed in Afghan police uniforms. There were conflicting reports, however, as to whether the assailants in Saturday's shooting in Helmand province were members of... more »

• Afghan president weighs in on shooting, 16 civilians dead

  March 11, 2012 2:07 PM

  BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai puts the death toll from an overnight shooting rampage in southern Kandahar at 16. An American soldier is being blamed. NATO says he's been detained. The deputy commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan says he's "dismayed" by the incident. Lt. Gen. Adrian... more »

• US soldier suspected of Afghan shooting spree

  March 11, 2012 11:21 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials say it was an American Army soldier who may have shot as many as 16 Afghans before dawn on Sunday in southern Afghanistan. Officials say the U.S. military there is treating at least five wounded. Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the White House National Security... more »

• Afghan shootings force callback of US, NATO ministers

  February 25, 2012 9:21 PM

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - For the first time in the decade-long war in Afghanistan, the top commander of the U.S. and NATO forces has recalled all international ministers from Afghan ministries. This is in reaction to the killing of two American military advisers Saturday inside a heavily guarded ministry building.... more »

• American NATO troops killed

  October 29, 2011 9:26 AM

  Thirteen NATO troops have been killed when a suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy. We now know they were all American. It happened early today when a suicide bomber rammed a van packed with explosives into a NATO convoy. Afghan officials had said earlier that four Afghans, including... more »

• Obama mourns 31 US troops killed in Afghan crash

  August 6, 2011 12:24 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is mourning the deaths of 31 U.S. special operations troops in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. He says it's a reminder of the "extraordinary sacrifices" being made by America's military and its families. An American official says the helicopter appears to have... more »

• Official: NATO helicopter apparently shot down

  August 6, 2011 12:19 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior administration official says the helicopter that crashed Saturday carrying 31 U.S. special operations forces and seven Afghan soldiers was apparently shot down by insurgents in Afghanistan. It was the highest number of American casualties recorded in a single incident in the decade-long war. The... more »

• Former Sec. of Defense Rumsfeld at Mountain Post Thursday

  July 21, 2011 4:32 PM

  Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is expected at Fort Carson Thursday to autograph copies of his memoir. The book, titled "Known and Unknown", chronicles Rumsfeld's long and varied public service career. In it, he recounts his service as a U.S. Congressman, U.S. ambassador to NATO, White House chief... more »

• UK: Alliance on Libya airstrikes is holding strong

  June 22, 2011 12:38 PM

  LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron insists the NATO-led air campaign in Libya still has strong support, despite recent criticism. Cameron told lawmakers in Parliament on Wednesday that the coalition involved in the mission is "holding strong" and increasing the pressure on Moammar Gadhafi to quit power.... more »

• UPDATE: Libya says NATO airstrike kills 9 civilians

  June 19, 2011 1:36 PM

  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The Libyan government is calling it a "deliberate attack on a civilian neighborhood." Libya's foreign minister is accusing NATO of killing nine civilians in an airstrike on the capital, Tripoli, today. He says the incident should serve as "a direct call for all free peoples... more »

• Deadly day in Afghanistan

  May 30, 2011 1:44 PM

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - It's a deadly day in Afghanistan. Four NATO soldiers and five Afghans have died and five Italian soldiers have been injured, one gravely. Two NATO troops were killed in a bomb attack in the east and one died when a helicopter made a hard landing in... more »

• NATO missle strike insight mass vandalism in Libya Capital

  May 1, 2011 6:16 PM

  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Hours after a NATO missile strike on Libya's capital, angry mobs have set fire to the Italian and British embassies. Libya says the attack killed one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons and three of his grandchildren, and denounced it as an assassination attempt and a violation of... more »

• NATO to assume command of Libya air operations

  March 27, 2011 5:08 PM

  BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO will assume command of all aerial operations - including ground attacks - in Libya from the U.S.-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Mormmar Gadhafi's forces. Ambassadors on Sunday approved a plan to expand the previously agreed mission to enforce the U.N. arms... more »

• 4 Americans killed when helicopter shot down

  June 9, 2010 8:27 AM

  Four American servicemembers were killed Wednesday when their helicopter was shot down by enemy fire in Afghanistan's Helmand province, U.S. military officials told NBC News. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed responsibility on behalf of the insurgents, saying militants shot down the helicopter with two rockets. Helmand provincial... more »

• 3 American troops die in Afghanistan

  January 11, 2010 10:51 AM

  NATO has raised the number of service members killed in Afghanistan to six, including three Americans. That makes Monday the deadliest day for the international force in more than two months, underscoring warnings that casualties will increase as more foreign troops stream into the country and step up efforts against... more »

• U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan

  January 8, 2010 5:13 AM

  NATO says a U.S. service member has been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan. Roadside bomb use by Afghanistan's insurgents has risen sharply. Last year, about 40 percent of all U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan were due to the bombs. more »

• NATO allies pledge up to 7,000 troops

  December 7, 2009 12:26 PM

  NATO says its 28 member nations and 15 partner countries have confirmed pledges for nearly 7,000 additional troops to serve alongside the 30,000 reinforcements committed to Afghanistan by President Barack Obama. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says in a statement that there are strong indications that some nations may pledge... more »

• Clinton seeks allied for Afghan war effort

  December 4, 2009 8:24 AM

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been attending a NATO foreign ministers meeting to make her pitch for the new U.S. war plan for Afghanistan. The meeting comes as the alliance's top official predicts a "new momentum" for the Afghanistan war effort in 2010. Clinton has told reporters traveling... more »

• Clinton counters critics of Obama missile defense

  September 18, 2009 11:12 AM

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is defending the administration's new approach to missile defense in Europe, saying it will enhance protection of the U.S. and its NATO allies. In a speech at the Brookings Institution, Clinton disputed critics who assert that President Barack Obama will leave Europe more vulnerable... more »

• NATO proposes link with Russia's missile defense

  September 18, 2009 9:01 AM

  NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged the Western alliance and Russia to consider linking their defensive missile systems. He says NATO and Russia have a shared interest in combatting the proliferation of intercontinental ballistic missile technology in other countries. In his speech Friday, Fogh Rasmussen says, "If... more »

• US to adjust European missile defense plan

  September 17, 2009 9:29 AM

  The Pentagon says the Obama administration is making a "major adjustment" to a European missile defense plan that has been an irritant in relations with Russia. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell says the plan has been changed to better protect U.S. forces and allies in Europe from Iranian missile attacks. Earlier... more »