A spokesman for the governor in Nangahar province said an Afghan commando had opened fire on the US troops during a joint operation in Achin. He was shot dead in return fire. Another US soldier ...

Two hostile families in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province have reconciled through the mediation of religious scholars and tribal elders, an official said . . .

In Achin, only eight of the region's 42 schools ... have driven more than 20,000 people from their homes in eastern Afghanistan, Al Jazeera and the Economic Times reported last year.