The Taliban have yet to decide the fate of Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, Taliban spokesman Kari Mohammad Yousif Ahmadi said Thursday. Ahmadi told DPA they captured the reporter for La Repubblica newspaper and his two Afghan assistants in Helmand province Monday because Mastrogiacomo is a spy for British troops. ‘The …

KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO-led troops launched an offensive against Taliban militants in a southern Afghan province where hundreds of militant fighters have massed in recent months. One NATO soldier was killed yesterday in combat in the south.      The operation, which will eventually involve 4,500 NATO troops and 1,000 Afghan …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces arrested a suspected bomb expert and five other terror suspects Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, as NATO forces in the south fought Taliban militants in the second day of the alliance’s largest-ever offensive in Afghanistan.       The U.S.-led coalition had information indicating ”a …