Protesters hurling petrol bombs and firing slingshots besieged the largest US-run military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday, furious over reports that NATO troops burned copies of the Koran. The enraged crowd shouted “Death to Americans” and “Death to infidels” as guards at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, responded by firing rubber bullets from a watchtower, [...]

Taliban bombers killed five Polish soldiers in an attack on their convoy in Afghanistan on Wednesday, one of the heaviest single losses for Warsaw’s NATO contingent in the 10-year war. Poland’s news agency PAP cited unnamed government officials as saying the troops died when a roadside bomb exploded next to a NATO convoy. When contacted [...]

The Taliban are planning a “spectacular” terror attack in Afghanistan, the British army commander in the country has warned. Brigadier Ed Davis, who leads the Task Force Helmand and the 3 Commando Brigade, said that around 2.5 tonnes of home-made explosives have been seized in the past four months. The material could have been used [...]

President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday that France would withdraw a quarter of its 4,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year, becoming the latest NATO power to downsize its combat mission in the war-torn country. The French leader announced the withdrawal after jetting in on a surprise visit to meet troops stationed [...]