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ACHIN, Afghanistan - American and Afghan officials have begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias that have independently taken up arms against insurgents in several parts of Afghanistan, prompting hopes of a large-scale tribal rebellion against the Taliban.
When the Marines of "America's Battalion" first arrived in Afghanistan, they were eager to get into the fight against the Taliban. Now, as they wrap up their seven-month deployment — and after the loss of a dozen comrades — they see warfare in a different light.
A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 16 people, including two children and a policeman, and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, officials said.
The Nation -- Bill Moyers, who was at the side of President Lyndon Johnson at the time when disastrous decisions were being made to escalate the U.S. presence in the quagmire that was Vietnam, used his experience to speak Friday night to President Barack Obama about what could be an equally disastrous decision to escalate the U.S. presence in the quagmire that is Afghanistan.
US Senator John McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if sufficient troops are sent, as the White House mulls sending tens of thousands of reinforcements.
This week' Outlook section looks at Afghanistan and the future U.S. role there. First, read former congressman Paul McHale's take. He served as assistant secretary of defense from 2003 to 2009, and as a Marine colonel was senior adviser to the Afghan Ministry of Interior in 2007. Then, military correspondent Joe Galloway, who is the author of several books, including We Were Soldiers Once ...
Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.
Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- At least 15 people died in a suicide bombing in western Afghanistan, a day after President Hamid Karzai marked the start of his second term with a promise to bolster the fight against the country’s Taliban-led insurgency.
A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry joined Collin County Republicans in sending a holiday card to troops in Afghanistan. Among those signing the card were 8-year-old Caroline Carson of Allen, former Plano Mayor Jeran Akers, GOP county party chairman Fred Moses and many others on Monday afternoon in McKinney.
Donations from across the area will be shipping out Monday to meet the 203rd Engineering Battalion in Afghanistan as Operation Santa hits the road.
Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives.
Calling Afghan President Hamid Karzai an "unworthy partner," a key Democratic leader warned Friday that Congress cannot fund an expanded military mission without a reliable ally in Kabul.
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — The Defense Department says a Fort Lewis soldier was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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