American Soldier Dead

At least 85 people, including 72 Afghans, were killed after twin blasts outside Kabul airport Thursday evening. 13 US soldiers and 28 Taliban fighters also died in the attack, which took place a week before American forces are to leave Afghanistan.

An American soldier and a British soldier, as well as one US contractor, were killed Wednesday when rockets hit an Iraqi military base north of Baghdad, a US military official said.

U.S. and Afghan forces came under attack in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said in Kabul as they launched investigations into what the New York Times described as a deadly shootout between Afghan and American soldiers during a joint exercise.

In a solemn ceremony, the United States welcomed home on Wednesday human remains it said presumably included Americans killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War, and thanked North Korea for making good on a June summit pledge to hand them over.

North Korean and US military officials met at the inter-Korea border Sunday to discuss repatriation of the remains of American troops killed during the Korean War, a report said.

An American soldier was killed during operations against the ISIS in Afghanistan late on Saturday, the US military said in a statement posted on Twitter.

Elite US forces launched a dawn raid against Al-Qaeda in Yemen on Sunday, killing at least 14 suspected jihadists in an operation in which an American soldier also died.

A C-130 military transport plane crashed on Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing 11 people, including six US soldiers who were part of a NATO training and counter-terror mission supporting stretched Afghan troops.

A US soldier attached to an intelligence battalion in Japan has died during training exercises in South Korea, the US military said in a statement today.

US authorities are conducting medical tests on an American soldier who was found dead after recently returning from a stint in West Africa, officials said Tuesday.

The Philippine military says soldiers attacked a Muslim militant hideout on southern Basilan island, triggering a clash that killed three Abu Sayyaf members believed to have been involved in the 2011 kidnapping of an American woman and her teenage son. Two government militiamen were killed and two others were wounded.

A man wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot dead an American service member in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday.

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta apologized on Wednesday for gruesome, newly revealed photographs that show US soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of dead insurgents in Afghanistan. He said war can lead young troops to "foolish decisions" and expressed concern the photos could incite fresh violence against Americans. The White House called the...

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a van into an armoured NATO bus on Saturday, killing 13 American troops and four Afghans in the deadliest attack on coalition forces in Kabul since the war began - a major setback for the US-led coalition as it begins to draw down combat troops.

The US military has said that its soldiers shot dead a 12-year-old boy who tried to attack a joint American and Iraqi patrol with a grenade.

At least 85 people, including 72 Afghans, were killed after twin blasts outside Kabul airport Thursday evening. 13 US soldiers and 28 Taliban fighters also died in the attack, which took place a week before American forces are to leave Afghanistan.

An American soldier and a British soldier, as well as one US contractor, were killed Wednesday when rockets hit an Iraqi military base north of Baghdad, a US military official said.

U.S. and Afghan forces came under attack in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said in Kabul as they launched investigations into what the New York Times described as a deadly shootout between Afghan and American soldiers during a joint exercise.

In a solemn ceremony, the United States welcomed home on Wednesday human remains it said presumably included Americans killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War, and thanked North Korea for making good on a June summit pledge to hand them over.

North Korean and US military officials met at the inter-Korea border Sunday to discuss repatriation of the remains of American troops killed during the Korean War, a report said.

An American soldier was killed during operations against the ISIS in Afghanistan late on Saturday, the US military said in a statement posted on Twitter.

Elite US forces launched a dawn raid against Al-Qaeda in Yemen on Sunday, killing at least 14 suspected jihadists in an operation in which an American soldier also died.

A C-130 military transport plane crashed on Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing 11 people, including six US soldiers who were part of a NATO training and counter-terror mission supporting stretched Afghan troops.

A US soldier attached to an intelligence battalion in Japan has died during training exercises in South Korea, the US military said in a statement today.

US authorities are conducting medical tests on an American soldier who was found dead after recently returning from a stint in West Africa, officials said Tuesday.

The Philippine military says soldiers attacked a Muslim militant hideout on southern Basilan island, triggering a clash that killed three Abu Sayyaf members believed to have been involved in the 2011 kidnapping of an American woman and her teenage son. Two government militiamen were killed and two others were wounded.

A man wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot dead an American service member in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday.

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta apologized on Wednesday for gruesome, newly revealed photographs that show US soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of dead insurgents in Afghanistan. He said war can lead young troops to "foolish decisions" and expressed concern the photos could incite fresh violence against Americans. The White House called the...

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a van into an armoured NATO bus on Saturday, killing 13 American troops and four Afghans in the deadliest attack on coalition forces in Kabul since the war began - a major setback for the US-led coalition as it begins to draw down combat troops.

The US military has said that its soldiers shot dead a 12-year-old boy who tried to attack a joint American and Iraqi patrol with a grenade.