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A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit against Blackwater , now known as Xe Services , can proceed in state court. The...

Australia's new Afghan detainee transfer policy may violate international human rights laws , Amnesty International (AI) warned Tuesday. The new detainee management system, announced Tuesday by Australian Minister of Defence Stephen Smith ,...

Staff Sergeant Robert Stevens pleaded guilty on Wednesday to shooting two unarmed Afghan farmers at a trial held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord . Stevens pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon, wrongfully tossing a...

Major General Curtis Scaparrotti of the US Army on Monday ordered a court-martial for Staff Sergeant David Bram stemming from a larger case involving five soldiers accused of killing Afghan citizens. Bram is charged with...

The US Army Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday stayed proceedings against a soldier charged in the death of an Afghan civilian in January. The stay was granted in the case of Private First Class Andrew Holmes...

A US soldier is currently being held in connection with the fatal shooting on Sunday of a Taliban detainee, who was found dead in a holding cell in Kandahar province, according to US Forces in Afghanistan ....

A US soldier accused of killing three Afghan civilians in an unprovoked rogue assault earlier this year will face a court-martial for premeditated murder, the US Army announced Friday. Specialist Jeremy Morlock of Joint Base...

The Afghan government on Sunday began the process of assuming responsibility for the country's security by disbanding eight Afghan and foreign private security firms and confiscating their weapons and ammunition. The banning of the firms is being...

Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday lodged a protest with NATO and its International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) regarding air strikes that crossed into Pakistani territory. The complaint stems from...

Australian Director of Military Prosecutions Brigadier Lyn McDade announced Monday that she will charge three Australian special forces soldiers in the deaths of six Afghan civilians during a 2009 operation. The deaths occurred as Australian forces attempted...