Siraj Haqqani: Warlord of Haqqani Network Has Captured US Soldier

On Thursday, July 2, 2009, a U.S. soldier was captured in Afghanistan for the first time since the war started in 2001. At the same time Operation Khanjar is being rolled out, the "low-level" Afghani soldiers who caught the U.S. private sold him to a militant insurgent group...

Militant group claims downing of Nato chopper in Afghanistan

An Afghan militant group led by former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbadin Hekmatyar has claimed to have shot down a Nato helicopter gunship in Afghanistan."Hizb-i-islami, a banned militant outfit, has claimed to have brought down a gunship helicopter of Nato in...