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Kabul - A US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, while television footage showed Taliban insurgents sorting and transporting what appeared to be US military ammunition sized by militants in two remote outposts in...
The camp in Afghanistan that housed Chief Hospital Corpsman David Strickland and about 100 other Mar
Japan said Tuesday it plans to provide up to $5 billion in new Afghanistan aid over the next 5 years as the country's naval refueling mission in the region draws to a close.
A Custer, Whatcom County, man was one of two Fort Lewis soldiers killed Thursday in Afghanistan when the Stryker vehicle he was driving went over a buried explosive.
The bodies of six British troops killed in Afghanistan were flown home Tuesday, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised to a dead soldier's mother for a botched condolence letter.
Peter Galbraith, who was fired after alleging that the United Nations covered up fraud during the presidential election in Afghanistan, said Monday that sending more American troops to the war-torn nation won’t help.
Washington - US President Barack Obama is set to approve sending thousands of more soldiers to Afghanistan to bolster the fight against the Taliban, CBS News reported Monday. CBS News, citing informed sources, said Obama will approve most of the 40...
ROCK HILL, S.C.-- The thoughts of soldiers around the world are with those injured and killed in Fort Hood, TX. But as any soldier will tell you they also know they have a mission to complete. In Rock Hill, troops are getting ready to go to Afghanistan. Saturday morning a salute was held to the men and women of the 12 22nd Engineer Company of the South Carolina Army National Guard. It was a pre ...
A 22-year-old soldier from Ocala died last week after the vehicle he was in was attacked with an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Monday.
KABUL – Television footage broadcast Tuesday showed insurgents handling what appears to be U.S. ammunition in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan that American forces left last month following a deadly firefight that killed eight troops. The U.S. military said the forces that left the area said they removed and accounted for their equipment. read more
President Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though not quite the 40,000 sought by a general, a source says.
As disparate as they may seem, Rory Stewart insists that U.S. policy in Afghanistan and a game of poker have a lot in common. Stewart, director of Harvard University’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, discussed this slightly quirky approach to global challenges and more when he spoke Monday night at Penn’s Global Forum. read more
When Peter Galbraith was fired from his post as deputy official for the U.N. mission in Afghanistan world leaders did a global double take.
Japan said Tuesday it will dramatically increase its non-military aid for projects including clearing land mines and rehabilitating former Taliban fighters.
The bodies of six British soldiers, including five who were shot dead by a "rogue" policeman in Afghanistan, were on Tuesday flown home to be buried.
Chris N. Staats was "a man's man," according to fellow soldiers. "It's true," said his wife, Monteigne. "They were saying he really was the glue that held them together, and was pushing for a lot of things to help the people in Afghanistan."
