Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year’s end. He conceded that June was a “tough month,” in fact, the …

SARAJEVO: Bosnia-Herzegovina is to send more troops to Iraq this summer and would consider sending senior officers to join NATO troops in Afghanistan next year, Bosnian defense officials said in Sarajevo. Bosnia’s Army Commander General …

KANDAHAR: The ever-increasing explosive power of roadside bombs in Afghanistan has Canada’s Defence Department and the army examining the idea of buying larger, more heavily armoured vehicles to shuttle troops around the battlefield. Defence sources …

WASHINGTON: The number of Army troops suffering from severe combat stress is skyrocketing, rising from just over 1,000 new cases in 2003 to more than 28,000 soldiers today diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, the Army …

KABUL: There is mounting criticism in military and diplomatic circles of NATO members like Germany, Spain and France which refuse to send their troops south from the relatively stable north and west where they can …