AFP - Britain will stay the course in Afghanistan and Iraq despite the deaths of four British soldiers in insurgent attacks in the two countries, Defense Secretary Des Browne has vowed.

AFP - Afghanistan and Colombia, two of the world's biggest producers of illegal drugs, met in Kabul to share tips on fighting the drugs trade, which they say is fuelling terrorism.

US-led coalition forces supported by Afghan troops captured four suspected al-Qaeda operatives in eastern Afghanistan, the men, whose names and nationalities were not revealed, were seized during an early morning raid in Khost province, where four other suspected al-Qaeda members were captured...

AFP - Two British soldiers serving in the NATO force in southern Afghanistan were killed while another was seriously wounded and a fourth reported missing, presumed killed, the ministry of defense said.

AFP - Two NATO soldiers have been killed and one is missing after an ambush in southern Afghanistan, a day after the alliance assumed command in the troubled region from a US-led coalition.

AP - NATO took over command of insurgency-wracked southern Afghanistan from the United States on Monday, and the top general warned that he will "strike ruthlessly" against Taliban rebels when necessary.

In the latest attempt to curb Taliban forces, the troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Monday assumed command of military operations in southern Afghanistan from the U.S.-led coalition.

AFP - Afghan and coalition forces killed 23 Taliban militants in clashes in a southern district briefly held by the rebels earlier this month.

AFP - A provincial governor survived a bomb blast that ripped through a car near a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least five policemen and wounding 10 more.

AP - A bomb exploded Monday outside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan during a memorial service for a mujahedeen commander, police said. Casualties were reported.

AFP - NATO is due to take command of security operations in southern Afghanistan, embarking on its most ambitious mission and hoping a new approach will break a grinding Taliban insurgency.

AFP - Pakistan needs to give "real cooperation" to combat Taliban militants in its rugged border zone with Afghanistan, French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said.

AFP - US-led coalition troops and Afghan security forces have killed 20 militants and foiled a Taliban-led ambush in southern Afghanistan ahead of the scheduled expansion of NATO's presence in the restive region, the US military said.

AFP - Almost three years to the day after it took command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), NATO takes charge of security operations from the US-led coalition, which forced out the fundamentalist Taliban regime.

AFP - US-led coalition troops and Afghan security forces killed 20 militants and foiled a Taliban-led ambush in southern Afghanistan, the US military said Sunday.

AFP - Britain is preparing to reinforce its deployment of troops in lawless southern Afghanistan to combat the unexpectedly fierce opposition being put up by Taliban militants, The Sunday Times said.

AP - U.S.-led coalition forces detained four suspected al-Qaida operatives in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, while a major operation to crush Taliban fighters in the south moved to a close, officials said.

AP - U.S.-led coalition forces detained four suspected al-Qaida operatives in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, while a major operation to crush Taliban fighters in the south moved to a close, officials said.

AFP - At least 18 Taliban militants and three policemen have been killed in the latest fighting in insurgency-plagued Afghanistan.

AFP - The US military said it had captured four suspected al-Qaeda operatives in a raid on their hideout in eastern Afghanistan.