Lashkar Gah residents are fleeing their homes in fear of their city falling into the hands of the Taliban as Afghan forces fight a new elite unit
As the US prepares to ship most of its weapons home after more than a decade in Afghanistan, the bill for the move will be a staggering $6-billion.
The US Army has identified the soldier implicated in the massacre of 16 villagers in Afghanistan this week as staff sergeant Robert Bale.
US government in danger of missing out on historic peace settlement in Afghanistan.
The main focus is along the lawless 2 500km frontier with Afghanistan, where insurgent commanders can freely recruit, resupply and seek finance.
If his record in Iraq and elsewhere is anything to go by, General David Petraeus is not accustomed to losing.
President Barack Obama has given orders likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a political gamble meant to forge an eventual US exit.
