AP - Suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. military base near Afghanistan-Pakistan border in a daring attack on a major American installation, officials said Tuesday. Six insurgents detonated their vests after being surrounded.

AFP - Taliban fighters attacked a US military base in eastern Afghanistan early Tuesday and at least 13 were killed, some in their own suicide blasts, Afghan officials said.

AFP - A suicide car bomb blew up Monday outside a US military base in eastern Afghanistan, killing 10 civilian labourers, as the country marked Independence Day under the shadow of extremist attacks.

AFP - A suicide car bomb blew up Monday outside a US military base in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine civilian labourers, as the country marked Independence Day under the shadow of extremist attacks.

AP - An Air Force crew just off a supply mission to Afghanistan were boarding a cargo plane in Germany to go home when they were given new orders — deliver the first U.S. humanitarian aid supplies to war-torn Georgia.

AP - As of Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, at least 500 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Sunday at 10 a.m. EDT.

AP - If ever there was a sign of the limits of American military power, it was the scene of U.S. aircraft delivering blankets and medicine to a beleaguered Georgia under invasion by Russia tanks.

AFP - A US general Wednesday accused another general of bullying and having a "spray and pray" approach to detainees at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a US daily reported.

AFP - The US Air Force's new chiefs vowed Tuesday to restore "perfection" as the standard for the control of US nuclear forces, in the wake of a series of embarassing blunders that cost their predecessors their jobs.

AP - As of Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at least 496 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Aug. 2 at 10 a.m. EDT.

AP - As of Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, at least 496 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Aug. 2 at 10 a.m. EDT.

AP - Ukraine warned Russia on Sunday it could bar Russian navy ships from returning to their base in the Crimea because of their deployment to Georgia's coast.