More on Afghanistan and Pakistan
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
Afghan insurgents proudly claimed they helped dig the long, narrow tunnel used by at least 475 inmates to escape Sarposa prison in the...
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
A roadside bomb killed two NATO troops in southern Afghanistan on Sunday as international forces braced for a spring surge in fighting.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
A NATO helicopter crew member was killed when the aircraft crash-landed in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, authorities said.
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times
A U.S. missile strike killed at least 25 people Friday in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, signaling that Washington's use of drones...
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times
In a ruling seen as a setback for women's rights in Pakistan, the country's Supreme Court on Thursday freed five men accused of gang-...
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
Afghan officials plan to sell part of troubled Kabul Bank, the country's biggest financial institution, in hope of clearing the way to...
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
An insurgent dressed as an Afghan soldier opened fire Monday inside the Defense Ministry, killing two soldiers in an unsuccessful attempt to...
By David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times
A Pentagon report made public Monday disputed the accuracy of a magazine article that forced Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal to resign...
By Molly Hennessey-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
In one of the deadliest days for foreign forces in Afghanistan this year, eight NATO troops were killed in three separate incidents...
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
A suicide bomber wearing a uniform attacked a joint Afghan and NATO base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing five NATO troops and...
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
A suicide bomber killed a prominent police chief and his bodyguard Friday in Kandahar, stunning Afghanistan's second-largest city, where...
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
Suicide bombers targeted Afghan police and government officials in three attacks Thursday, killing three police officers and injuring...
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
A suicide bomber killed a dozen people, including a leading tribal elder and five children, after a meeting Wednesday in an eastern province...
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
Violent attacks against humanitarian aid workers have tripled during the last decade, with more than 100 deaths reported annually, according...
By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times
The Taliban has deepened its infiltration of Afghan institutions and sharpened its surveillance of Afghan and foreign troops as it seeks...
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times
After months of reduced cooperation between Pakistani and American intelligence agencies in the battle against Al Qaeda and Taliban...
By David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times
In what appeared to be the first case of U.S. troops being hit by "friendly fire" from a drone aircraft, two American servicemen were...
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
President Hamid Karzai on Monday promised to clean up scandal-plagued Kabul Bank but sharply criticized international auditors and oversight...
By Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times
He's considered one of world's most dangerous terrorism suspects, and the U.S. offered a $1-million reward for his capture in 2005....
By David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times
Nearly three miles above the rugged hills of central Afghanistan, American eyes silently tracked two SUVs and a pickup truck as they...
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
Taliban gunmen and bombers attacked a police complex Thursday on the outskirts of the southern city of Kandahar, killing at least six...
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
Grim combat statistics that one military doctor called "unbelievable" show U.S. troops in Afghanistan suffered an unprecedented number of...
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
An Afghan policeman shot and killed two American soldiers Monday in northern Afghanistan, the province's deputy governor said, and...
By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times
Two suicide bombers killed at least 42 people at a shrine in central Pakistan on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks on places of...
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
One clear beneficiary has emerged from the wave of deadly riots that swept Afghanistan after members of a Florida evangelical church...