Two U.S. troops are missing in eastern Afghanistan, a military official said Saturday. An Afghan official said one may have been killed and the other captured by the Taliban. Afghanistan - Taliban - War in Afghanistan - Asia - Soldier
The Taliban claimed to have captured a district in Afghanistan after several days of fighting, NBC News reported Saturday. A police commander says: "We lost." Afghanistan - Taliban - Asia - War in Afghanistan - Politics
President Barack Obama makes a surprise visit to Afghanistan, telling President Hamid Karzai and his cabinet that they must do more to rein in rampant corruption.
As President Barack Obama weighs sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that the American public is concerned about the progress of the conflict there.
