WASHINGTON -- The situation in Afghanistan now is the worst since the U.S.-led invasion of 2001 and the country is in danger of a "downward spiral" into violence and chaos, according to an intelligence report draft.
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A solider from Jacksonville supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom was killed Friday when his vehicle struck an explosive device, according to the Department of Defense.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani intelligence officials say at least 12 people are dead as a result of two suspected U.S. missile strikes.
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- A report marked confidential and bearing the official seal of Spain's Defense Ministry charges that Pakistan's spy service was helping arm Taliban insurgents in 2005 for assassination plots against the Afghan government.
WASHINGTON, DC (AP) -- The top American military commander in Afghanistan says more troops and other help in fighting a growing insurgency are needed "as quickly as possible."
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan warned U.S. troops not to intrude on its territory Friday, after the two anti-terror allies traded fire along the volatile border with Afghanistan.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The United States cannot conceal pictures of abusive treatment of detainees by its soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan by saying their release might cause enemies to hurt someone, a federal appeals court said Monday in ordering the release of 21 photographs.
JACKSONVILLE. FL-- Some are calling a DVD that was distributed in the Sunday-edition of the Florida Times-Union, 'hateful.'
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- DeKalb police arrested a substitute teacher from St. Pius X Catholic High School on Thursday after what they called a terroristic plan was found on the campus. The substitute teacher confessed to authoring the plans.
DENVER, CO -- 9Wants to Know has uncovered a new policy that allows airport screeners at Denver International Airport to bypass the same security screening checkpoints that passengers have to go through.
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- Authorities arrested at least 25 militants with suspected links to al-Qaida in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital, a senior security official said Thursday.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation paused Thursday morning to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with heartfelt remembrances at the World Trade Center site, the dedication of a memorial at the Pentagon and a planned visit to ground zero by the presidential candidates.
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More War on Terror

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Three local congregations will gather tonight, to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Several explosions, reportedly caused by missile strikes from unmanned U.S. drone aircraft, hit a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander in northwestern Pakistan, officials said.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan army commander said that U.S. and Afghan troops were fired on first from a village where a government investigative commission says scores of civilians were killed, according to a report released Sunday.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Amid allegations that large numbers of civilians have died in recent raids and airstrikes by foreign forces, President Hamid Karzai's government has demanded a review of the presence of U.S. and NATO troops in the country.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban insurgents once derided as a ragtag rabble unable to match U.S. troops have transformed into a fighting force - one advanced enough to mount massive conventional attacks and claim American lives at a record pace.

WAH, Pakistan (AP) -- Twin Taliban suicide bombings at Pakistan's largest weapons complex killed at least 59 people Thursday, heightening the turmoil following Pervez Musharraf's ouster as president.

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- President Bush is defending his line-in-the-sand approach to the fight against Islamic terrorism, following presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama in a speech to a major veterans group.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- There's no immunity deal for Pervez Musharraf, though Pakistan's coalition government hasn't decided whether to pursue charges against the former president who resigned rather than face impeachment, the nation's law minister said Tuesday.
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