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One Year On, Trump’s Afghan War Strategy Has Yielded No Measurable Progress
On Nov. 12, 2001, the Taliban fled Kabul amid a lightning advance by Northern Alliance forces and their U.S. Special...
Afghan Governor: The Taliban Are ‘Going To Win’ If Death Toll Continues To Rise
A provincial governor in Afghanistan says the Taliban is “going to win” if the death toll among Afghan security forces...
Who’s Behind The Mysterious Airstrike On The Afghan-Tajikistan Border?
Armed clashes erupted at the Afghan-Tajikistan border on Monday, though questions remain about who exactly was involved in the skirmish...
The Pentagon Doesn’t Want You To Know Just How Well The Taliban Are Doing
The federal watchdog responsible for tracking how American tax dollars are being spent in Afghanistan claimed in a new report...
Afghan War Documentary ‘Trauma’ Does Justice To The Difficult Job Of Combat Medic
I’m beginning to suspect that constantly writing about war isn’t good for my psychological health. Since starting at Task &...
‘12 Strong’ Isn’t The Afghan War Movie We Deserve, But It’s The One We Want
The War on Terror has never looked so good.
F-22 Raptor Makes Afghanistan Debut As War Escalates Into 24/7 Bomb Fest
The number of American bombs dropped in Afghanistan this year is projected to be triple the total dropped in 2016,...
The DoD Is Sending More Troops To Afghanistan Than Previously Announced
Since President Donald Trump first announced his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan in August with a vow to...
Most Recent American KIA In Afghanistan Reflects Military’s Evolving Mission
The Department of Defense has identified the Army Green Beret killed in Afghanistan on Nov. 4 as Sgt. 1st Class...
As The War In Iraq Winds Down, The US Military Shifts Its Attention To Afghanistan (Again)
For the second time in recent history, the winding down of U.S. military operations in the Middle East has allowed...
What Mattis’ New Rules Of Engagement Mean For The War In Afghanistan
When people struggle to make sense of why the United States still isn’t winning the war in Afghanistan after 16...
Mattis Was The Target Of A Brazen Rocket Attack On Kabul Airport, Taliban Claims
A barrage of rockets that struck the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 27 were intended for U.S. Defense...
Airman Who Repelled Ambush With Multiple ‘Danger Close’ Airstrikes To Receive Air Force Cross
An Air Force combat controller earned the service’s second highest award for valor in combat for his actions during an...
Trump Says He Wants To Hear Afghan War Advice From Rank-And-File Soldiers Instead Of ‘Lousy’ Generals
During a tense mid-July meeting with his national-security team over the state of the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan, President Donald...
2 US Troops Killed In Convoy Ambush In Afghanistan
Two U.S. service members were killed in an attack on a NATO convoy in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on August 2, Reuters...
Here’s Exactly How Much The US Has Spent On The War In Afghanistan — So Far
The United States has spent $714 billion on a war it’s losing. That’s according to the latest quarterly report from...
SOCOM Is In A Prison Of Its Own Making
The head of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III, told a gathering of government officials,...
Leader Of ISIS In Afghanistan Killed By US Forces 3 Months After Assuming Command
The leader of ISIS forces in Afghanistan was killed in a U.S. strike in eastern Afghanistan last week, the Department...
The Campaign To Free Clint Lorance Was Just Dealt A Devastating Blow
The highly publicized campaign to exonerate Clint Lorance — an ex-Army officer serving a 19-year prison sentence at Fort Leavenworth,...
Former US Soldier Blasts Canada For Massive Payout To Ex-Gitmo Detainee Who Blinded Him
A retired U.S. Special Forces soldier accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of treason after the government of Canada issued...
DoD Identifies 19-Year-Old Army Private Killed In Helmand
The Department of Defense has identified an American service member killed by indirect fire in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province on July...
Mattis Has Officially Been Given Full Control Of The War In Afghanistan
President Donald Trump has handed over authority to determine troop levels in Afghanistan to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, The...
Afghan Protesters Clash With Police Over Worsening Terror Attacks
Anti-government protests in Kabul turned violent on June 2, two days after a sewage truck packed with explosives detonated and...
Get Ready For A Mini-Troop Surge In Afghanistan
The Pentagon had previously announced plans to expand U.S. military operations in Afghanistan by at least several thousand additional troops,...
What Politicians Don’t Understand About The War In Afghanistan
In a recent Washington Posteditorial, senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham reprised their timeworn roles in an almost-comedic ritual: clean-shaven...
