U.S. seeks to ease India's Afghan fears, backs Pakistan

India has a legitimate role to play in stabilizing Afghanistan but peace can not be brought to the region without help from its nuclear-armed rival Pakistan, U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Thursday. Read More

U.S. to review Afghan troop surge by end of year: Obama

The United States will review its strategy of increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan at the end of this year, President Barack Obama said in an interview with Italy's Corriere della Sera on Thursday. Read More

Clinton pushes for Nagorno-Karabakh solution

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday it was a U.S. priority to help Armenia and Azerbaijan settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and urged them to refrain from violence over the separatist region. Read More

Senate set to OK Petraeus as U.S. Afghan commander

U.S. General David Petraeus faces a confirmation hearing in the Senate on Tuesday expected to expose growing doubts about the U.S. effort in Afghanistan but broad support for the four-star general chosen to lead it. Read More

Australia troops to retreat from Afghanistan within two to four years

Australia on Wednesday announced it could complete its core mission and pull hundreds of troops out of Afghanistan within two to four years. Read More

Gates: Afghanistan Progress a 'Tough Pull'

The Afghan army will be ready to assume primary responsibility for security only in parts of Afghanistan so a big drawdown of U.S. troops may not take place in July 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. Read More

Setbacks cloud U.S. plans to leave Afghanistan

Six months after President Obama decided to send more forces to Afghanistan, the halting progress in the war has crystallized longstanding tensions within the government over the viability of his plan to turn around the country and begin pulling out by July 2011. Read More

Gates confident of gains in Afghanistan this year

Defense Secretary Robert Gates voiced confidence on Wednesday that sufficient progress would be made in the war in Afghanistan to allow Afghan forces to take more authority in parts of the country this winter. Read More

Gates confident on British Afghanistan commitment

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that Washington would not be asking Britain to pledge more troops for Afghanistan and voiced confidence the new government in London was committed to the war. Read More

U.S. widens Special Operations against al Qaeda: report

The Obama administration has significantly expanded the deployment of U.S. military Special Operations forces around the world against al Qaeda and other groups, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Read More