KABUL (Reuters) – To defeat Taliban militants, foreign troops led by NATO and the U.S. military in Afghanistan should come under the command of the Afghan government, otherwise the war will drag on, a government-owned newspaper said on Tuesday.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has detained a television journalist after he broadcast a program critical of the government, his channel said on Tuesday.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian boy during clashes with stone-throwing protesters on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, hospital officials and witnesses said.