NATO

Afghans poised to take security lead from US, NATO

3 days ago

The NATO command does not issue reports on the number of insurgents its troops have killed, and Afghan military figures, from which the AP compiles its data, cannot be independently verified.

NATO denies UN report airstrike killed 3 children

5 days ago

The NATO military coalition in Afghanistan has denied a United Nations report that a coalition airstrike killed three children in eastern Afghanistan.

Militants attack NATO trucks in Pakistan, kill 4

9 days ago

In Monday's attack, the militants emerged from the mountains and lobbed rockets at the NATO trucks, setting fire and completely burning two vehicles, said local official Iqbal Khan.

Taliban lay siege to NATO air base in Kabul in early morning assault

9 days ago

Suspected Taliban fighters attacked a NATO base inside Kabul's international airport early Monday, setting off a gun battle that was still going on more than two hours after it began.

Afghan governor: Airstrike kills 3; NATO denies

13 days ago

The governor of an eastern Afghan province alleges that a NATO airstrike killed three civilians and wounded seven, a claim the US-led coalition is denying.

Hagel, NATO ministers talk Syria chemical weapons

14 days ago

Unwilling to get drawn collectively into a protracted civil war, NATO nations are making individual decisions on how best to aid the rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime.

U.S. and NATO allies can't ignore the humanitarian crisis in Syria

15 days ago

Assad's air defenses should be eliminated by NATO air and missile forces to facilitate a no-fly zone similar to those imposed in Libya and the Kurdish area of Northern Iraq after the Gulf War.

NATO to discuss post-2014 Afghan war details

15 days ago

U.S. and NATO officials revealed the range of troops at their last meeting here in February, and officials say those numbers are still the working plan.

Colombia minister rules out NATO membership

15 days ago

"Santos said over the weekend that Colombia planned to sign an agreement for cooperation with NATO "with a look also at entering that organization.

NATO to send expert mission to Libya

15 days ago

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance will send an expert mission to Libya to assess their needs as they face a flow of insurgents from Mali.

Bomb kills 9 Afghan children, 2 NATO troops

16 days ago

Bomb kills 9 Afghan children, 2 NATO troops

NATO to discuss Libya training, Afghanistan

16 days ago

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other NATO defense ministers plan to take up the issue of training Libyan security forces as that country battles insurgents flowing into the south from Mali.

2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan

18 days ago

NATO says that two of its service members and one civilian working with the international coalition in Afghanistan have been killed in two separate attacks in the country's east.

Obama: NATO to hold Afghanistan summit next year

18 days ago

President Barack Obama says he and the secretary general of NATO have agreed to focus the organization's 2014 summit on Afghanistan.

NATO leader to meet with Obama on Friday

22 days ago

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AHN'-derz fohg RAHS'-moo-sihn) will visit the White House on Friday.

Car bomb hits NATO convoy in Kabul; 6 dead

34 days ago

A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least six people in the explosion and wounding more than 30, police and hospital officials said.

NATO: 4 US troops killed in Afghanistan

36 days ago

The attack follows a truck bombing a day earlier on a NATO outpost in Helmand province that killed three Georgian soldiers.

NATO spokesman says 4 US soldiers killed in south

36 days ago

Thomas Collins said a powerful explosion ripped through a NATO convoy Tuesday in southern Kandahar province, the heartland of the insurgent Taliban.

NATO lowers death toll Afghan blast to 3 US troops

36 days ago

NATO has lowered the death toll in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan, saying 3 US service members killed instead of four.

NATO: 3 troops killed in Afghanistan attack

37 days ago

In keeping with their policy, NATO refused to release the identities of the soldiers, although many British and U.S. soldiers serve in the area.

NATO probes charges of misconduct in Afghanistan

42 days ago

The U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan says it has launched an investigation into allegations of misconduct by NATO troops in the country's south.

NATO head: Afghan prez wrong to charge collusion

93 days ago

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls that "an absolutely ridiculous idea.

NATO chief backs larger Afghan force through 2018

106 days ago

Fogh Rasmussen says he expects a decision this summer, part of determining how many NATO troops to deploy after 2014, when NATO turns security over to local forces.