Afghanistan Archives

Posted on Apr 7, 2024

Afghanistan

ISIS still a threat but more active in Asia and Africa, Pentagon says

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 25, 2024

Afghanistan

Milley, McKenzie face angry lawmakers over botched Afghan withdrawal, Abbey Gate

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 19, 2024

Afghanistan

Army major honors fallen soldiers with Native eagle feathers in hair

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 15, 2024

Afghanistan

When a veteran lost his farm, fellow paratroopers came to the rescue

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 2, 2024

Rob Ham and the two Afghan interpreter brothers, Saifullah and Ismail Haqmal.

Afghanistan

Army veteran tells story about saving his two Afghan interpreters in ‘Interpreters Wanted’

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Dec 14, 2023

Afghanistan

75th Ranger combat camera releases video on Afghan withdrawal

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 16, 2023

Afghanistan

Blood brothers: In the Pacific, US medics may soon use blood from allies

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 6, 2023

Afghanistan

Report: Special operations forces need to rethink language training

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 1, 2023

Afghanistan

Army special operations cuts not expected to affect Green Berets

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 6, 2023

Afghanistan

CENTCOM launches fresh interviews of Abbey Gate bombing survivors

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 16, 2023

Afghanistan

Here are all the US military units receiving the Presidential Unit Citation for the Kabul evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 1, 2023

Afghanistan

US troops awarded Presidential Unit Citation for Kabul evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 31, 2023

Afghanistan

3M settled its combat earplug lawsuit for $6 billion – but don’t get too excited

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

Afghanistan

What is happening inside the Afghan resistance?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 17, 2023

Afghanistan

What’s happened since the Taliban took over Afghanistan?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 15, 2023

Afghanistan

Bowe Bergdahl’s court-martial is overturned

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jul 27, 2023

Afghanistan

The Pentagon didn’t refuse to pay $60,000 to fly fallen Marine Nicole Gee to Arlington [Updated]

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 26, 2023

Afghanistan

U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a result of poor planning, communication, report finds

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 1, 2023

Afghanistan

US troops will no longer learn Pashto, an Afghan national language

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 22, 2023

Afghanistan

Taliban moving captured US military vehicles and Soviet tanks to Iranian border

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 1, 2023

Afghanistan

The Taliban is using leftover American gear to fight a border skirmish with Iran

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 29, 2023

Afghanistan

How effective are US ‘Over-the-Horizon capabilities’ in Afghanistan?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 27, 2023

Afghanistan

Taliban kill ISIS leader responsible for Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 US troops

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 26, 2023

Afghanistan

Former Afghan interpreter says becoming a Marine is a dream come true

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 21, 2023

Afghanistan

Former Afghan interpreter graduates from boot camp to become a Marine

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 12, 2023

Afghanistan

Biden administration still insists Afghanistan had 300,000 security forces before Kabul fell

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 7, 2023

Afghanistan

Washington Post blasted over editorial that suggested cutting veterans’ disability benefits

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 4, 2023

Sgt Maj. of the Marine Corps Troy Black.

Afghanistan

The Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps reflects on his biggest leadership regret and ‘living with guilt’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 17, 2023

Afghanistan

Wounded Abbey Gate Marine delivers powerful testimony to Congress

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

Afghanistan

Congress honors heroic MARSOC working dog with 4 deployments

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 8, 2023

Afghanistan

Why Afghanistan’s security forces collapsed, according to a scathing new US government watchdog report

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 28, 2023

Afghanistan

US-trained Afghan commandos may be fighting as mercenaries for Russia

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jan 27, 2023

Afghanistan

What it was like for US troops at Kabul airport when the chaotic withdrawal began: ‘I thought I was going to die’

By David Roza

Posted on Jan 25, 2023

Afghanistan

How airmen used a single Google Doc to save thousands of lives during Afghan airlift

By David Roza

Posted on Jan 16, 2023

Afghanistan

Why airmen had to hotwire hundreds of cars during the Afghan airlift

By David Roza

Posted on Jan 9, 2023

Afghanistan

Afghan interpreter rescued by Marine officer denied visa to stay in US

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 8, 2022

Afghanistan

‘Land, load ’em, go’ — How Army helicopter crews risked their lives to save 10,000 during Afghanistan evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 7, 2022

Afghanistan

The Pentagon has no idea how much military equipment it actually left behind in Afghanistan

By Jared Keller

Posted on Nov 17, 2022

Afghanistan

Airmen who delivered Afghan baby mid-flight during Kabul evacuation to receive Distinguished Flying Cross

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 17, 2022

Afghanistan

Air Force C-17 crew receives Distinguished Flying Cross for hauling record 823 people to safety during Kabul airlift

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 4, 2022

Afghanistan

The US has funneled more than $1 billion into Afghanistan since the fall of Kabul with zero accountability

By Jared Keller

Posted on Nov 2, 2022

Afghanistan

Marine Corps JAG accused of kidnapping Afghan baby following Kabul evacuation

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Oct 21, 2022

Afghanistan

‘Don’t quit’ and other lessons from a legendary Air Force PJ’s 26-year career

By David Roza

Posted on Oct 19, 2022

A U.S. Marine from the 3/5 Lima company points his rifle at a building as it burns in the restive city of Fallujah,14 November 2004, 50 kms west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP photo by Patrick Baz via Getty Images)

Afghanistan

Who gets to call themselves a ‘combat veteran’?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 10, 2022

Afghanistan

Lawmakers want to replace ‘thank you for your service’ with something even more meaningless

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 4, 2022

Afghanistan

This Marine was nearly killed in Afghanistan. Then came the hard part

By Peter Molin

Posted on Sep 21, 2022

Afghanistan

Navy veteran held in Afghanistan for 2 years released in exchange for Taliban drug lord

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 19, 2022

Afghanistan

Lack of training, maintenance likely led to Taliban pilot crashing Black Hawk, military aviator explains

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 12, 2022

Afghanistan

The Army grounds its fleet of CH-47 Chinooks, one of its oldest and most versatile aircraft

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 31, 2022

Afghanistan

As the world moves on, veterans of the Afghanistan withdrawal struggle to join them

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 29, 2022

Afghanistan

‘We were in shock’ — Loved ones remember Marine killed in Abbey Gate bombing one year ago

By Francisco Martinezcuello

Posted on Aug 26, 2022

Afghanistan

Special operations vets hid a woman being hunted by the Taliban. Now comes the hard part

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 22, 2022

Afghanistan

‘Those treatments saved my life’: The veterans who turn to psychedelic treatments for PTSD healing

By Ethan E. Rocke

Posted on Aug 18, 2022

Afghanistan

Here’s all the US military equipment that ended up in Taliban hands during the fall of Kabul

By Jared Keller

Posted on Aug 17, 2022

Afghanistan

‘We never understood what winning meant’ — A decorated Marine Raider reflects on the fall of Kabul

By Elliot Ackerman

Posted on Aug 9, 2022

Afghanistan

Trump reportedly didn’t want wounded warriors in his military parade because it wouldn’t ‘look good’

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

Afghanistan

A new memoir from a decorated Marine Raider captures the horrors of the Afghanistan withdrawal

By Elliot Ackerman

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

Afghanistan

‘Oh shit that’s my house’ — Iraq vet realizes Al Qaeda chief was killed while living in his old home

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 4, 2022

Afghanistan

How did the US kill an Al Qaeda top leader despite an uneasy agreement with the Taliban? It’s complicated

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 2, 2022

Afghanistan

Veterans just got screwed out of a massive expansion to VA health care over some petty political BS

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 29, 2022

Afghanistan

Army helicopter crew earns rare ‘broken wing award’ after surviving ‘catastrophic’ incident in Afghanistan

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

Afghanistan

The Navy is paying $100,000 for tips on smuggling drugs and guns in the Persian Gulf

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jul 5, 2022

Afghanistan

A Marine’s Bronze Star offers insight into US troops’ heroism during the Kabul evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 5, 2022

Afghanistan (Page 2)

Latest in Afghanistan

US military finishes new Abbey Gate review, shares findings with Gold Star families

ISIS still a threat but more active in Asia and Africa, Pentagon says

Milley, McKenzie face angry lawmakers over botched Afghan withdrawal, Abbey Gate

Army major honors fallen soldiers with Native eagle feathers in hair

When a veteran lost his farm, fellow paratroopers came to the rescue

Army veteran tells story about saving his two Afghan interpreters in ‘Interpreters Wanted’

75th Ranger combat camera releases video on Afghan withdrawal

Blood brothers: In the Pacific, US medics may soon use blood from allies

Report: Special operations forces need to rethink language training

Army special operations cuts not expected to affect Green Berets

CENTCOM launches fresh interviews of Abbey Gate bombing survivors

Here are all the US military units receiving the Presidential Unit Citation for the Kabul evacuation

US troops awarded Presidential Unit Citation for Kabul evacuation

3M settled its combat earplug lawsuit for $6 billion – but don’t get too excited

What is happening inside the Afghan resistance?

What’s happened since the Taliban took over Afghanistan?

Bowe Bergdahl’s court-martial is overturned

The Pentagon didn’t refuse to pay $60,000 to fly fallen Marine Nicole Gee to Arlington [Updated]

U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a result of poor planning, communication, report finds

US troops will no longer learn Pashto, an Afghan national language

Taliban moving captured US military vehicles and Soviet tanks to Iranian border

The Taliban is using leftover American gear to fight a border skirmish with Iran

How effective are US ‘Over-the-Horizon capabilities’ in Afghanistan?

Taliban kill ISIS leader responsible for Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 US troops

Former Afghan interpreter says becoming a Marine is a dream come true

Former Afghan interpreter graduates from boot camp to become a Marine

Biden administration still insists Afghanistan had 300,000 security forces before Kabul fell

Washington Post blasted over editorial that suggested cutting veterans’ disability benefits

The Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps reflects on his biggest leadership regret and ‘living with guilt’

Wounded Abbey Gate Marine delivers powerful testimony to Congress

Congress honors heroic MARSOC working dog with 4 deployments

Why Afghanistan’s security forces collapsed, according to a scathing new US government watchdog report

US-trained Afghan commandos may be fighting as mercenaries for Russia

What it was like for US troops at Kabul airport when the chaotic withdrawal began: ‘I thought I was going to die’

How airmen used a single Google Doc to save thousands of lives during Afghan airlift

Why airmen had to hotwire hundreds of cars during the Afghan airlift

Afghan interpreter rescued by Marine officer denied visa to stay in US

‘Land, load ’em, go’ — How Army helicopter crews risked their lives to save 10,000 during Afghanistan evacuation

The Pentagon has no idea how much military equipment it actually left behind in Afghanistan

Airmen who delivered Afghan baby mid-flight during Kabul evacuation to receive Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Force C-17 crew receives Distinguished Flying Cross for hauling record 823 people to safety during Kabul airlift

The US has funneled more than $1 billion into Afghanistan since the fall of Kabul with zero accountability

Marine Corps JAG accused of kidnapping Afghan baby following Kabul evacuation

‘Don’t quit’ and other lessons from a legendary Air Force PJ’s 26-year career

Who gets to call themselves a ‘combat veteran’?

Lawmakers want to replace ‘thank you for your service’ with something even more meaningless

This Marine was nearly killed in Afghanistan. Then came the hard part

Navy veteran held in Afghanistan for 2 years released in exchange for Taliban drug lord

Lack of training, maintenance likely led to Taliban pilot crashing Black Hawk, military aviator explains

The Army grounds its fleet of CH-47 Chinooks, one of its oldest and most versatile aircraft

As the world moves on, veterans of the Afghanistan withdrawal struggle to join them

‘We were in shock’ — Loved ones remember Marine killed in Abbey Gate bombing one year ago

Special operations vets hid a woman being hunted by the Taliban. Now comes the hard part

‘Those treatments saved my life’: The veterans who turn to psychedelic treatments for PTSD healing

Here’s all the US military equipment that ended up in Taliban hands during the fall of Kabul

‘We never understood what winning meant’ — A decorated Marine Raider reflects on the fall of Kabul

Trump reportedly didn’t want wounded warriors in his military parade because it wouldn’t ‘look good’

A new memoir from a decorated Marine Raider captures the horrors of the Afghanistan withdrawal

‘Oh shit that’s my house’ — Iraq vet realizes Al Qaeda chief was killed while living in his old home

How did the US kill an Al Qaeda top leader despite an uneasy agreement with the Taliban? It’s complicated

Veterans just got screwed out of a massive expansion to VA health care over some petty political BS

Army helicopter crew earns rare ‘broken wing award’ after surviving ‘catastrophic’ incident in Afghanistan

The Navy is paying $100,000 for tips on smuggling drugs and guns in the Persian Gulf

A Marine’s Bronze Star offers insight into US troops’ heroism during the Kabul evacuation

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