The war in Afghanistan is in its eighth year and has costed hundreds of billions of dollars but now Democratic lawmakers want a new surtax to pay for the war.

The number of portable robots deployed in Afghanistan is set to increase with the British Ministry of Defence ordering devices that can operate in caves, courtyards and which can help dismantle Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

A former Canadian diplomat, Richard Colvin, who worked in Afghanistan, told a House of Commons Committee on Wednesday that most Afghan prisoners captured by Canadian soldiers fighting the Taliban were tortured by Afghan intelligence services.

As United States President Barack Obama debates on whether or not to send an additional 40,000 troops to Afghanistan, the war in the region is costing $1 million per soldier per year.

US Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother of an 11-month old baby boy, faces one year in jail if she refuses to go to Afghanistan - despite she hasn't been able to find someone to take care of her son.

While the Obama administration continues to mull over its options in Afghanistan, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown initiated an effort to raise another 5,000 troops from NATO members.

Morale has fallen sharply among U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan since 2005 according to an Army mental health survey released on Friday. In Iraq, morale has increased slightly.

American veterans who served in Afghanistan have asked President Barack Obama to not pour more troops into Afghanistan. The message was timed to coincide with Veterans Day, November 11.

Many await President Obama's decision on Afghanistan. Impatience is growing, but the world should consider what's at stake.

On Nov. 10 during a surprise appearance at a concert by The Joe Perry Project in NYC, Aerosmith front-man Steven Tyler announced he has no intentions of leaving the band.

As President Obama struggles over the question of additional troop commitments to the war in Afghanistan, Mikhail Gorbachev offers advice that speaks from experience.

CBS.com reports that informed sources say the President has decided to send almost 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The White House has officially denied the story.

Two members of the Czech army, who wore Nazi symbols on their helmets whilst serving in Afghanistan, have been dismissed from the army by the country's Defense Minister Martin Bartak.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised after writing a mistake-filled letter to the mother of a young soldier killed last month in Afghanistan.

There will be some happy Canadians in 2011 when Canada withdraws from the conflict in Afghanistan, and there will be other Canadians regretting the action.

Abdullah Abdullah, the main challenger to Hamid Karzai for the presidency of Afghanistan, has announced that he is withdrawing from the second round of voting due to be held on November 7 in what has become a widely discredited election.

Sapper Steven Marshall, 24, from 11 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment, based in Edmonton was killed Friday by an improvised explosive device .

As the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan intensify, the United Nations' international law investigator believes the U.S. military's use of drones may be a breach of international law.

Multiple bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan killed eight U.S. troops today. Nineteen U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan in the last two days.

Three U.S. DEA agents were aboard a helicopter which crashed on Monday. Seven U.S. soldiers were also killed while the helicopter was returning from a counter-narcotics operation in western Afghanistan.