AFGHANISTAN

A Seattle defense attorney who once represented Ted Bundy said Thursday he will represent the Army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan.

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Olivier David Och, 31, and Daniela Widmer, 29 -- who appeared at a military check point in North Waziristan on Thursday -- told Pakistani officials that they escaped their Taliban captors.

Hollywood celebrities and political figures joined President Barack Obama on Wednesday night for the White House State Dinner to honor British Prime Minister David Cameron and celebrate the relationship with Britain. View the slideshow to see photos of celebrity guests like George Clooney, Anna Wintour and Warren Buffet at the White House State Dinner.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants local security to have more authority in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the Taliban has suspended peace talks.

American sergeant who shot dead 16 Afghan villagers while they slept flown back to US base.

Forty percent of Americans say the slaughter of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier had weakened their support for the war, a poll showed Wednesday.

The U.S. staff sergeant who killed over a dozen Afghan villagers this week has been flown out of Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

The driver of the truck, an Afghan civilian who worked at the base, has been arrested, but transported to a hospital for treatment of his injuries.

The two leaders are expected to hold talks on a wide range of issues including the withdrawal of U.S. and UK forces from Afghanistan and the ongoing crisis in Syria.

The defense secretary also praised the work of Afghan, U.S. and other NATO soldiers.

The Central Asian nation's natural gas production has plummeted during decades of conflict, to about 1 billion cubic feet per year as of 2009. But underground there could be vast stockpiles of gas as well as oil, potentially satisfying Afghanistan's energy needs for years.

President Obama sought to alleviate outrage over Sunday's massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier, denouncing the killings and vowing a full investigation.

Droukdel, an engineer by training, reportedly fought in Afghanistan where he received bomb-making training.

Obama's approval rating has fallen to a record low of 41 percent. What does this mean for the general election? The numbers tell a complicated story.

In the search for an explanation of why a U.S. soldier left his base in Afghanistan at night and killed 16 civilians in their homes, some experts have raised the possibility that mental illness or a brain injury played a role in the massacre.

Tuesday's attack in Kandahar province came as student protesters in the eastern city of Jalalabad condemned the weekend killing of several civilians by a U.S. Army staff sergeant. The 38-year-old serviceman could face the death penalty if convicted, a top U.S. official said.

Taliban militants attacked the government delegation visiting the village where an American soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians. The delegation which included Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brothers and several top government officials was attacked from multiple directions when they reached the site in Panjwai in Kandahar province of Afghanistan, according to a BBC report.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that the death penalty could be sought over the massacre of 16 villagers in Afghanistan, which U.S. officials said they believe was the work of a rogue American soldier.

An American soldier's alleged massacre of 16 Afghan civilians has inflamed anger against U.S. troops at a time when the American public -- increasingly including Republicans -- is tiring of America's decade-long presence in Afghanistan.

The U.S. Military is ready to deploy the 'Pain Ray,' a non-lethal weapon meant to control crowds by zapping them with an electromagnetic wave to create the sensation of unbearable heat.