David Petraeus has become Obama's third commander of the war since April last year.

General Stanley McChrystal deserved to be fired as the United States commander in Afghanistan, writes Gwynne Dwyer.

The Nato commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington over a series of disrespectful remarks he and his staff made to Rolling Stone magazine.

Three Australian commandos have been killed and seven injured in a helicopter crash during an early-morning operation against Taleban insurgents.

Four soldiers, three of them Australian, have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

The Taleban has reportedly hanged a seven-year-old boy accused of being a spy for US forces.

The deaths of two Australian soldiers in a bomb blast has reopened debate on the nation's involvement in the war in Afghanistan.

Australia has reaffirmed its support for the war in Afghanistan, despite the deaths of two of its soldiers yesterday.

Germany's conservative President Horst Koehler tendered his immediate resignation yesterday.

Al Qaeda says its top leader in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, has died, according to a group that monitors Islamist websites.

Most New Zealanders want Special Air Service (SAS) troops withdrawn from Afghanistan, a poll has found.

The 1000th American serviceman to die in Afghanistan was killed by a landmine this week.

In an attempt to take the pressure off bomb disposal officers in Afghanistan, combat engineers will now be tasked with blowing up many improvised devices rather than having to dismantle all of them.