With Afghans clamoring to pull their cash from their nation’s biggest bank, the United States risks a politically perilous decision: whether to step in to help shore up a wobbly bank critical not only to Afghanistan’s economy but also to the...

Karzai went from Washington after a high-profile visit to soothe ties with U.S. President Barack Obama, whose administration has been critical of Karzai for failing to battle corruption that many say is hurting U.S.-led efforts to fight the...

The Taliban fire had been relentless on A Company, the Mercian Regiment, during a fierce night-time battle last September: rocket-propelled grenades, bullets, mortars and even fireworks that whizzed round like catherine wheels. The soldiers had been...