The US commander in Afghanistan has prepared a color-coded timetable for handing over the control of Afghan provinces to local security forces. US Army General David Petraeus plans to submit his timetable to NATO leaders at a summit in Lisbon on November 19, The Times reported.

The NATO says six of its soldiers have been killed in combat operations in Afghanistan as the death toll of US-led forces continues to climb in country.

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomb tore through a Pakistani mosque during weekly prayers on Friday, killing 50 people and bringing down the roof, trapping victims under pulverised rubble.

Two US-led soldiers have lost their lives in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, the NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) says.Two soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan in “an improvised explosive device attack”, ISAF said in a statement on Tuesday, a Press TV correspondent reported.

A non-UN-sanctioned drone attack by the US military in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal district has killed six people, Pakistani security officials say.The early Monday attack also left two other people injured.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday demanded an explanation from NATO’s command in Afghanistan for a drugs raid carried out by the United States and Russia without his government’s permission.

US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan have started a massive military operation in the southern province of Kandahar, causing extensive damage– especially to civilian property.

ISLAMABAD: Rights group Amnesty International called on Pakistan Tuesday to investigate the alleged torture and killing of more than 40 political leaders and activists in the insurgency-torn province of Baluchistan.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said US private security firms, including Xe Services LLC, formerly known as Blackwater, are being behind terrorism in the country.

US-led forces have targeted a mosque in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 25 civilians during the airstrike, Afghan officials say.