5 hours 14 minutes ago - The Huffington Post
Casting about in late 2001 for someone or something to replace the vanquished Taliban, President George W. Bush helped select Hamid Karzai, an Afghan...
Yesterday - The Huffington Post
Paying militants to switch sides has had some success in Iraq. Now the US hopes the same tactic will succeed in Afghanistan
One of the more immediate...
2 days ago - FOX News
The plan comes amid Western dissatisfaction with both the quality and size of Afghan forces, any many U.S. and European officials think it could take...
2 days ago - The Huffington Post
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints Sunday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-...
2 days ago - CNN
Afghanistan is prepared to begin taking over security from international forces in some parts of the war-torn nation by the end of the year, President...
2 days ago - FOX News
American and British forces poised to assault the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, have begun targeting insur...
2 days ago - Business Week
NATO’s head said the alliance should become a global “hub” of security and look beyond Afghanistan, where he urged China and Russia to get more...
2 days ago - Business Week
NATO urged Russia to provide helicopters and military trainers in Afghanistan to help the alliance strengthen its expanding mission against the Taliba...
3 days ago - CNN
At least 16 Taliban members were killed during an Afghan/NATO-led military operation in southern Afghanistan, a local official told CNN on Saturday...
4 days ago - The Huffington Post
A delay of months in closing a remote combat outpost with "no tactical or strategic value" led to the deaths of eight U.S. soldiers last year in one o...
4 days ago - Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have said they will not enter into any "deal" with the Afghan government or the West to bring peace to Afghanistan, and...
4 days ago - CNN
President Obama paid tribute Friday to seven CIA officers killed in Afghanistan in December, calling them "American patriots who loved their country a...
5 days ago - Business Week
Afghanistan said it will start a new bidding process for one of the world’s richest iron ore deposits to “improve transparency” as it faces inte...
5 days ago - Reuters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said on Thursday the security situation there remained serious but was not deterio...
5 days ago - Reuters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said on Thursday the security situation remained serious but was no longer deterio...
5 days ago - The Huffington Post
I was talking recently with some V.A. colleagues, who were telling me how the new vets coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan are very different from t...
5 days ago - The Huffington Post
KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — "Attack! Attack! Attack! Attack!"
No bombs nor rockets – just a spectator yelling during a tight game o...
5 days ago - MSNBC
There's no ice and no puck, but no matter. The Kandahar Ball Hockey League allows Canadian troops to get their hockey fix — even in the middle of a...
6 days ago - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pakistani woman was found guilty in a New York court on Wednesday of shooting at her U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan
6 days ago - The Huffington Post
Recent announcements on the war in Afghanistan -- from U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates's call for Taliban disarmament and reintegration, to the U...
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