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By Nov 20, 2020
Analysis

Acting SecDef Miller is rewriting the history of the Vietnam War as the US looks for the exit in Afghanistan

Miller’s take on Ford’s role in the war’s end bears no resemblance to reality.
By May 15, 2020
News

US and Afghan officials disagree over whether Taliban or ISIS responsible for Kabul hospital massacre

"Neither the Taliban hands nor their stained consciousness can be washed of the blood of women, babies & other innocent...
By May 13, 2020
Analysis

The fiction of an Afghan peace process died when gunmen murdered babies in Kabul

On Tuesday, gunman invaded a maternity ward in Kabul, killing at least 24 people – including two newborn babies
By May 12, 2020
News

Deadly attacks on hospital and funeral kill dozens in Afghanistan

Gunmen attacked a hospital in Kabul on the same day a suicide bomber struck the funeral of a police commander...
By Dec 4, 2019
Mandatory Fun

A Delaware soldier needed to raise $3,000 to bring a friendly cat home from Afghanistan. In two days, he raised $8,000

"I immediately recognized her as part of a litter of four I had seen around. She was the only one...
By Oct 4, 2019
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The US military has been hitting the Taliban harder since peace talks fell through, Esper says

At the direction of President Donald Trump, the U.S. military has ramped up the number of air and ground attacks...
By Sep 19, 2019
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The US is withholding $160 million so the Afghan government doesn’t steal it

Pompeo said in a statement the United States would complete the infrastructure project, but would do so using an "'off-budget'...
By Sep 13, 2018
Analysis

Afghanistan, 17 Years Later: This Is What Winning Looks Like

The distance between Resolute Support headquarters and the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul can’t be more than 50 feet, yet...
By Jun 4, 2018
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Afghan Religious Officials Issue Ban On Suicide Attacks Before Being Hit With Suicide Attack

The top religious clerics of Afghanistan issued a fatwa banning the use of suicide attacks as going against Islamic law...
By May 30, 2018
Bullet Points

Gunmen Attacked An Afghan Compound Wearing US Army Uniforms — And Failed Miserably

Gunmen disguised as U.S. military personnel and wearing explosives-laden suicide vests engaged Afghan security forces in a two-hour siege of...
By Apr 30, 2018
Bullet Points

Mattis: No Indication Trump Wants To Withdraw From Afghanistan

Although President Donald Trump has made clear that he wants U.S. troops to leave Syria as soon as possible, Defense...
By Nov 4, 2017
Analysis

In Afghanistan, US Military Leaders Tell T&P Taliban Is ‘Consistently Defeated’

Editor's note: This is the first dispatch by T&P; correspondent Marty Skovlund Jr. who is reporting on the ground from...
By Oct 28, 2017
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US Service Member Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash

KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. service member died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province, NATO said Saturday....
By Aug 8, 2017
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‘This War… Is Forever’: Afghan Refugees Say What They Really Think About US Forces

Rahmatullah says he was a farmer who fled his hometown of Sangin, in Afghanistan’s restive Helmand Province, after U.S. Marines...
By May 3, 2017
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ISIS Bombing In Kabul Kills 8 Civilians, Injures 3 US Service Members

A suicide car bomb struck a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on May 3, killing eight civilians and wounding...
By Apr 24, 2017
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Mattis In Kabul: It’s ‘Going To Be Another Tough Year’ For US Troops In Afghanistan

Secretary of Defense James Mattis has made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to meet with U.S. military commanders and Afghan...
By Mar 3, 2017
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As Marines Prepare To Head To Helmand, The Fallen Are Remembered

Just weeks before a contingent of Marines heads to Helmand province on a mission to train and advise Afghan soldiers...
By Sep 8, 2016
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SEAL Team 6 Fails To Rescue Hostages In Afghanistan

The U.S. special operations forces from SEAL Team 6 failed for a second time to rescue two professors, one American...