- Villagers trekked to Kandahar on Sunday to complain to Afghan authorities that Army Special Forces killed innocent people in a raid last week. U.S. officials said the reports were inconsistent with intelligence.
Special Forces Wage Secret Afghan War
- As the U.S.-led campaign evolves from a seen-on-TV bombing campaign to a cave-by-cave hunt for al-Qaida and Taliban holdouts, covert U.S. agents and troops are increasingly fighting the key battles.
Philippine Hostages Endure Hunger
- Two American missionaries remain hostages eight months after they were captured by the Abu Sayyaf -- a Muslim extremist group linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network -- in the Phillipines.