US President George W Bush found himself battling another diplomatic challenge from congressional opponents as top Democratic lawmakers mulled a precedent-breaking visit to arch rival Iran.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Several dozen Taliban guerrillas were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led troops in southern Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Thursday. The strike on Wednesday was called in after Taliban fighters ambushed Afghan forces in Shah Joy district in Zabul province on the main highway …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – Two NATO soldiers were killed Thursday in separate explosions in Afghanistan, as US-led warplanes and soldiers killed 24 Taliban who were hiding in caves in the south, officials said. The killings followed the deaths of two Canadian troops on Wednesday, and takes the number of foreign …