KABUL, Afghanistan -- Anti-Taliban fighters battled the hard-line militia Thursday on the outskirts of Kandahar, the ousted regime's last bastion, a key commander said. The Taliban's supreme leader ...

Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Tribal fighters battled Taliban forces near the airport at Kandahar on Friday, as they closed in on the Taliban's last stronghold in Afghanistan. U.S.

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) -- A U.S. soldier was shot and killed in a gunbattle Friday with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, a U.S. military spokesman said. The soldier was ...