As per recent reports, a woman has given birth to sextuplets in Afghanistan. The woman has been identified as Sara Gul, and is only 22 years old. It was her first pregnancy and after giving birth to six babies, she is extremely exhausted.

The ban that has been suggested by France on full face veils in public, according to the French Defence Minister, does not increase the risk to Western troops in Afghanistan.

The global community has recently been joined by India and the U.S. for supporting the Afghanistan government's efforts to include some of the Taliban in a peace process but this support will only be given to those who had no links whatsoever with the al-Qaeda and other international terrorist organisations.

New York Times published photo of a Soldier Zachary Boyd fighting Taliban in Pink Boxer Shorts and red T-shirt. Boyd joined army after 11 September attacks as he graduated from Keller Central High School.

Washington  - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters late Monday while flying to a London conference on Afghanistan that the new US government has stopped referring to the "global war on terror."

Washington - US President Barack Obama is popular in Europe, but the world will soon find out if European affection for him his strong enough to offer more help in Afghanistan at the April 3-4 NATO summit.

Washington  - US President Barack Obama plans to increase troop levels in Afghanistan by an additional 4,000 soldiers in a move to expand the fight against Taliban and al-Qaeda militants, US news reports said.

Washington  - US President Barack Obama would consider a reconciliation effort to reach out to moderate members of the Taliban in order to turn around the conflict in Afghanistan, according to an interview published by the New York Times on Sunday.

Kabul - US President Barack Obama assured his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, of the US commitment to the fight against terrorism in the region during their first telephone talk since Obama's inauguration, the Afghan president's office said Wednesday.

Washington  - US President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he has ordered the deployment of more than 15,000 additional troops to Afghanistan to step up the fight against the resurgent Taliban.