In Afghanistan, Afghan security personnel have abandoned nearly 200 checkpoints in restive Kandahar province in recent weeks. Kandahar Provincial Governor Hayatullah Hayat and a local lawmaker ...

The official says the truck blew up before it rammed into the checkpoint ... have angered many Pakistani officials. The U.S. military in Afghanistan routinely offers no comment on reported ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly military checkpoint attack ... which borders Afghanistan. They made the claims in one of their ...