No one said that the Taliban's plan to hold direct talks with the U.S. would be easy.
Afghanistan's military formally took over responsibility for its own security on Tuesday, accepting the handoff from NATO forces, whether security forces there are ready or not.
President Obama's exit plan for Afghanistan is growing clearer — but it's not yet certain how many American troops will bear the weight of maintaining peace in post-war Afghanistan. And there's disagreement at a big NATO meeting with Leon Panetta.
After previously suggesting that some American forces could remain in Afghanistan for decades to come, the Pentagon says it's considering the possibility that no U.S. forces could be stationed there after 2014.
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There was yet another green-on-blue attack in Afghanistan on Sunday in which two Americans and three Afghans were killed. The death of a U.S. soldier brings the total number of troop deaths in the Afghan war to over 2,000.
After yet another green-on-blue attack left four Americans dead on Sunday, U.S. troops have suspended their joint operations with Afghan security forces.
Four U.S. NATO troops were killed when an Afghan police officer turned his gun on them at a routine checkpoint early Sunday morning in what's being called an "insider" attack, but no one's sure why.
Navy Adm. James Stavridis tells us what he reads while he's keeping our NATO allies in line.
How could NATO get supplies out of Afghanistan in time for the drawdown? A shipping container worth of gear sent every seven minutes, all day, every day.
The much-hyped NATO Summit in Chicago this weekend wasn't a complete boondoggle. The alliance forged a formal agreement on withdrawing from Afghanistan, but elsewhere, a number of world leaders left the Windy City without much to say for their stay.
Yes, it was a press conference at the NATO summit, nominally about global politics and economics, but in an election year it's no surprise the second question for President Barack Obama was about Newark Mayor Cory Booker's criticism of his campaign's attacks on Mitt Romney.
A lawyer representing a Getty photographer arrested during NATO protests in Chicago this weekend says the police have been "incredibly restrained" compared to their New York counterparts, despite the arrest and the injuring of at least one other photographer.
The NATO summit in Chicago started on Sunday, and while the focus of the summit is supposed to be on withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, a rift between the U.S. and Pakistan is taking center stage.
Five journalists covering the NATO protests in Chicago were stopped by police and ordered out of their car at gun point on Saturday night, and weren't given a reason why.
Three men loosely connected with the NATO protests have been arrested in Chicago for planning terror attacks on major police stations and businesses downtown, as well as President Obama's campaign headquarters and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house.
Friday's rally in Chicago, which kicked off a weekend of protests against the NATO summit there, did not rise to the level of chaos seen at past gatherings of world leaders such as the G8 or WTO, but it did portend a rambunctious weekend for the city.
President Obama and his administration have decided to move the G8 summit from the Windy City to Camp David, that wooded retreat in Maryland.
NATO is withdrawing all personnel from Afghan ministries after two American advisers are discovered shot to death inside their heavily-guarded offices.
Thousands of Aghans protested at Bagram Air Base, the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan, on Tuesday, as local laborers found out that NATO personnel had been burning Korans at the base.
On Wednesday, the Pentagon announced plans to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year.
Relations between U.S.-led coalition forces and Afghan troops are at an all time low, according to a spate of new reports.
An investigation into a NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last month, lays plenty of blame on both sides of the incident, in a verdict that is unlikely to end the ongoing dispute.
The White House has decided that President Obama will not apologize to Pakistan for the deaths of two dozen soldiers in NATO airstrikes last week, which means Pakistan will have to settle for a sorry from Hillary Clinton instead.
The NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers on Saturday is forcing the U.S. to brace for a spate of terrorist attacks, re-route its supply lines and engage in a public shouting match with Pakistan while it simultaneously holds private talks to salvage the shattered relationship.
Pakistan claims attacks were unprovoked.
ISAF criticizes the Taliban on Twitter for not caring about its foot soldiers
The Taliban attacked the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters
This is the third attack in the capital since Afghan forces assumed control
An agreement may signal that Baghdad will want the U.S. to stay, too
A U.S. soldier mistook the stringer for a suicide bomber
The deposed leader urges supporters to defend his country
No one know who looted a cache of weapons that can shoot down high-flying aircraft,
Lithuanian fighter plane crashed into French jet while on a joint Balkan air patrol
About 1,000 pro-Qaddafi forces are putting up resistance
Fighters were seen celebrating inside the compound's outer gate
A top Libyan official defects as the rebels take over a key supply route
Gen. John Allen says the Taliban insurgents responsible were killed on Monday
Some analysts suspect Iranian or Pakistani assistance
Survivors say a NATO warship ignored distress calls
Thursday is a busy day in the wild world of vigilante cyberactivism
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As head of the military, one official says, he's responsible for attacking civilians
The alliance may now be working with private British soldiers on the ground
Infiltration of highly-guarded NATO-Afghan meeting leaves seven dead
Eric Schmitt lands a pretty nifty dateline for his report: "Over the Mediterranean sea"
The attacks come as the British and French deploy low-flying helicopters
We place the releases from ISAF and the Taliban's side by side
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