CAMP BONDSTEEL, Yugoslavia - After arresting a Serb on weapons charges, 11 U.S. soldiers were injured in a clash with angry Serb civilians - the largest number of American injuries in a single incident during the 10-month Kosovo peacekeeping mission.
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Gunmen attacked U.S. and Afghan troops in eastern Afghanistan, touching off a firefight that wounded one American soldier, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday. Three U.S.-allied Afghan fighters were killed, Afghan officials said.
...military has brought a small number of A-10 "Thunderbolt" attack jets to this base to bolster America's capability to provide close air support for combat operations against al-Qaida and the Taliban, a U.S. military spokesman said.
...the eastern Afghan city of Khost, just over a mile from the border, Maj. Gen. Franklin L. Hagenbeck said. U.S. military spokesman Maj. Bryan Hilferty said coalition special forces had been staking out a site in the area for two days when...
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Canadian troops and U.S. forensic experts returned from the former al-Qaida stronghold at Tora Bora on Tuesday with DNA samples they hope will identify some of those killed there by U.S. bombs late last year.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. Special Forces soldier was killed in eastern Afghanistan during a skirmish with forces believed linked to al-Qaida and the deposed Taliban militia, military officials said Monday. At least one opponent died and an Afghan fighting with the American forces was injured in the firefight.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's new regime was looking for answers Tuesday to why U.S. planes bombed a central Afghan village, killing scores of people.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's respected foreign and economy ministers resigned Thursday, leaving the government of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit little chance of survival and making early elections a near certainty.
BAGRAM, Afghanistan - A U.S. special forces compound came under grenade and small arms fire near the village where an American airstrike killed civilians at a wedding celebration, U.S. officials said Friday.
...BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) -- A U.S. soldier was charged with assault for striking an Afghan detainee, a U.S. military spokesman said Saturday. On July 22, a private first class was seen striking the detainee in the back of the head with...
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