KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — By switching from studying business management to training as a nurse, 19-year-old Anita Taraky has placed a bet on the future of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar — that ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan will launch a new military operation later this year to get full control of Kandahar, the former "capital city" of the Taliban, a senior U.S.

Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar is the historical birthplace and the political base of the Taliban. Now, the country’s second-largest city appears to be becoming the de facto capital under the ...

Both sides claim success after a day of fierce fighting in southern Afghanistan. LONDON, June 18, 2008 — -- Canadian and Afghan troops have swarmed into the countryside outside Kandahar, southern ...