MA’SUM GHAR, Afghanistan — One of Afghanistan’s top field commanders wants Canada to provide his troops with better weapons to fight the Taliban. For the past year, Lt.-Col. Shereen Shah Kohbandi’s 2nd Kandak (battalion) has been roaring into battle in Ford Ranger pickup trucks while their Canadian brothers-in-arms ride in …

KABUL: Sitting and eating quietly on his father’s lap, the 18-month-old boy was oblivious to the infection running through his veins. But his father, a burly farmer, now a widower and father of four, knew only too well. It was the same one that killed his wife, the boy’s mother, …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The Taliban said on Sunday they had handed a kidnapped Italian journalist to tribal leaders, but added they would recapture him unless all their ransom demands were met by the Afghan government. confessed to spying for British troops, on Saturday extended a deadline to kill him …