
Two American service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, US forces there said Wednesday, adding that the crash appeared to be an accident, though the Taliban claimed they had shot it down. A statement from US Forces in Afghanistan said the crash on Wednesday was being ...

The Taliban released two Western hostages in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, handing them over to US forces more than three years after they were abducted in Kabul, insurgent sources and police told AFP. The release of American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks, both professors at the American University in Kabul, ...