BAGHDAD, July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. forces in Iraq Tuesday announced the capture of the suspected leader of an al-Qaida bombing ring allegedly affiliated with Hezbollah.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A land mine blast killed six Afghan police officers in the southern province of Kandahar as an offensive by the Islamist Taliban movement escalated Sunday.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Security has been tightened at a U.S. military detention facility in Afghanistan after an escapee was named as a suspected al-Qaida leader in Southeast Asia. Omar al-Farouq, who escaped with three others from the Bagram military base in July, was consider

KABUL, Afghanistan, July 11 (UPI) -- Four prisoners, described as "dangerous enemy combatants," have escaped from the Bagram U.S. air base in Afghanistan, which houses al-Qaida suspects.

WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. service member is missing after apparently slipping into a swollen Afghan river, U.S. Central Command reported Tuesday.

KABUL, Afghanistan, June 19 (UPI) -- As many as 20 suspected Taliban members were killed by U.S. military in southern Afghanistan after an American patrol came under attack by militants.