Two service personnel from the RAF have been killed following a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.

The United States and Nato have formally ended their war in Afghanistan with a ceremony at their military headquarters in Kabul.

THIS year, Western troops will withdraw from Afghanistan after 13 years of war.

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a police checkpoint and a bank in southern Afghanistan, one of two attacks in the heartland of the insurgency that killed 18 people over 24 hours.

A helicopter owned by an Afghan company made an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled area of eastern Afghanistan and the insurgents took all nine people on board hostage, officials said today.

Two Nato troops have been killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan.

Nato officials have expressed their regret after civilians were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan which was targeting known insurgents.

Britain's Prince Harry may have been the primary target of an attack on the Camp Bastion military compound in Afghanistan, it was claimed today.

Two US Marines were killed and several more troops wounded in an attack on the Camp Bastion military compound in Afghanistan.

Three British soldiers have been killed by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform who shot them at a checkpoint.

An attacker wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on international troops today in southern Afghanistan, killing one, Nato said. Coalition forces returned fire and killed the attacker.

Nato has been accused of misleading the public over success in Afghanistan by saying operations involving only its troops are led by local forces.

Twelve Turkish soldiers died today in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

With reference to Edward Horgan (Letters, Mar 13) in relation to the presence of possibly eight members of the Defence Forces being stationed in Afghanistan, it should be pointed it that it is no coincidence that the number is in single figures.

An Afghan man who crashed a stolen vehicle on to the runway at Camp Bastion as US defence secretary Leon Panetta arrived there has died of his injuries.

Protesters angry over the burning of the Koran by American troops lobbed grenades at a US base in northern Afghanistan and clashed with police and troops in a day of violence that left seven international soldiers injured and two Afghans dead.

US President Barack Obama has apologised over the burning of Korans at a US airbase in Afghanistan, where three days of protests have killed 14 people.

THE US Marines have identified the unit whose forces are suspected of being behind a video appearing to show them urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban in Afghanistan, according to a Marine officer.

TWIN blasts at Afghan shrines on the Shi’ite holy day of Ashura left at least 59 people dead.

An arson attack on Berlin’s busy central train station was foiled at the last minute today after staff discovered a firebomb.

AFGHANISTAN’S intelligence agency said last night it had thwarted a plot to assassinate President Hamid Karzai after arresting a bodyguard and five people with links to the Haqqani network and al-Qaida.

Ten years after Nato’s invasion, the Taliban are stronger that ever, and hopes for peace a long way off, writes Katherine Haddon.

NATO troops attempted to ascertain last night if Taliban insurgents had shot down a troop-carrying helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 38 people in the largest loss of life suffered by foreign troops in a single incident in 10 years of war.

A BOMB exploded near a police station outside a crucial city in Afghanistan’s south yesterday where Afghan forces are readying to assume security responsibility within hours, another worrying sign as insurgents seek to disrupt a gradual transition process.

AN air strike called in by NATO-led troops in southern Afghanistan killed 12 children and two women, Afghan officials said yesterday — one of the worst civilian death tolls by foreign forces in months.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued a warning to Washington after 12 children and two women died in a Nato-led airstrike in southern Afghanistan.

An Afghan civilian has been killed in a road accident involving British forces, the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said.

A SUICIDE attack on an army recruitment centre in northern Afghanistan killed at least 37 people in the third major assault in the area in less than a month, the deputy governor said.

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai yesterday told US General David Petraeus, the commander of international troops, that his apology after nine children died in a NATO air strike was “not enough”.

AN investigation into claims international troops killed scores of civilians in northeast Afghanistan escalated into a feud between President Hamid Karzai and senior US military officials who cited a report that Afghan parents have been known to discipline children by burning their hands and feet.

A massive effort by US and Nato forces including offensives in the insurgent heartland and targeted assassinations of rebel leaders has failed to dent Taliban numbers over the past year, according to the military and diplomats.

Nato nations formally agreed today to start reducing troop levels in Afghanistan next year and hand over control of security to the Afghans in 2014.

THE head of Britain’s Armed Forces, has warned that the West will never be able to defeat al-Qaida and Islamic militants.

Every effort was made to safely rescue a kidnapped British aid worker who was killed in Afghanistan during an attempt to free her, military commanders and the UK government said today.

An Afghan soldier “executed” a prisoner on a British base in Helmand province, Ministry of Defence documents disclose.

PAKISTANI authorities blocked a vital supply route for NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan yesterday after the killing of three soldiers in two NATO cross-border incursions, officials said.

TWO protesters died and four were injured as Afghans protested for a third day yesterday against a plan by an American pastor to burn copies of the Islamic holy book, despite his decision to call off the action.

The pastor who planned an “International Burn-a-Koran Day” is still hopeful of meeting the imam overseeing plans for a controversial Islamic centre in New York for talks.

The pastor who planned an “International Burn-a-Koran Day” will instead fly to New York to try to meet the imam overseeing plans for a controversial Islamic centre near Ground Zero.

THE online whistle-blower WikiLeaks said it will continue to publish more secret files from governments around the world despite US demands to cancel plans to release classified military documents.

Online whistleblower WikiLeaks vowed to continue publishing more secret files from governments around the world despite US demands to cancel plans to release classified military documents.

DUTCH troops ended their mission in Afghanistan yesterday after four “proud” years, in a departure experts say signals the beginning of a drawdown of foreign forces that will leave a worrying void.

The general sacked by Barack Obama as Afghanistan's coalition commander ended his 34-year army career in a retirement ceremony at his Washington military headquarters.

A rogue Afghan soldier was being hunted today after he killed three British troops and wounded another four.

British troops are to be pulled out of the Sangin area of Afghanistan, where nearly a third of UK deaths in the war have occurred.

BRITAIN announced its 300th death in Afghanistan yesterday, prompting Prime Minister David Cameron to pledge he will withdraw troops as soon as the war-torn state can handle its own security.

Two children were killed in an explosion which tore through a group of civilians and US soldiers visiting a road construction project, a spokesman for the governor of an eastern Afghanistan province said today.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates yesterday toured the nerve centre of NATO command in Afghanistan, telling officers an imminent troop surge would turn around the eight-year war against the Taliban.

Allied troops must stay in Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban filling any “vacuum”, Britain's Foreign Secretary said today.