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Investigation recounts death of Army sergeant major in Afghan insider attack
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US troops wiped out a contingent of Afghan security forces with an airstrike for the second time in a month
A contingent U.S. and Afghan troops came under fire from another group of Afghan security forces before calling in air support in self-defense, a U.S. military spokesman announced on Wednesday
Taliban Fighters Massacre Scores Of Afghanistan Security Forces — Again
Taliban fighters massacred more than 57 Afghan military personnel and police officers in four separate attacks across northern Afghanistan, Afghan officials...
The War In Afghanistan Is (Still) Going Terribly
The war in Afghanistan, America's first and most enduring foray into the Forever Wars, continues to go poorly, according to...
The Longest War: 8 Years After My Last Deployment, I Returned To Afghanistan As A Reporter. Here’s What I Found
You know the story. On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacked our nation. A few weeks later, we sent over a...
This ‘New’ US Plan In Afghanistan Sure Sounds A Lot Like A Failed Strategy We Tried In Vietnam
For months now, U.S. leadership has been working with Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to stand up a new “territorial force”...
An Emboldened Taliban Nearly ‘Wiped Out’ An Entire Afghan Army Unit Using Lethal New Tactics
The Taliban has picked up a devastating new upgrade to its hall-mark tactic: stolen U.S.-supplied Humvees loaded with explosives. On...
Trump Wants Troops To Tell Him How To Win In Afghanistan. Here Are Some Suggestions
With American troops still serving in Afghanistan — it’ll be 17 years in October — and a beleaguered Afghan National...
DoD Spent $94 Million On The Wrong Type Of Camouflage For Afghan Troops
Apart from its sprawling arid plains, Afghanistan is home to fertile farmland intersected by irrigation canals, soaring mountains and plunging...
To End The War In Afghanistan, The US Needs To Make Some Difficult Decisions
Nearly 2,400 American service member have died during the war in Afghanistan. Along with so many of its sons and...
Afghan Gunman Kills 2 Americans At Military Base Near Kabul
Two Americans, a service member and a civilian, were shot and killed Wednesday by an Afghan wearing a military uniform...
The Insider Attack That Should’ve Killed Me, Not My Friend
My dress blues are hanging in a closet in our bedroom. My wife and I did not have a lot...
UNSUNG HEROES: These Pilots Braved Enemy Fire To Rescue Trapped Foreign Troops
In the early morning on Oct. 2, 2010, more than 90 Italian soldiers and Afghan special forces huddled together as...
