Afghanistan
There's No Agreed Upon Strategy For Afghanistan But The Fallen Keep Returning
The 8th and 9th US troops killed in combat in Afghanistan this year died as the US continues to debate its strategy during the 16th year of the war.
The War In Afghanistan Just Got Harder To Follow In Real Time
The US commander in Afghanistan will no longer issue an initial statement within hours of a US combat death. Instead, deaths will be announced by the Pentagon 24 hours after family members have been notified.
Trump Has Handed The Keys To Afghanistan Over To The Pentagon
Critics worry that the new authority given to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis shows a president with very little interest in actually commanding his armed forces.
Two US Troops Died In The Ramped Up Fight Against ISIS In Afghanistan
The deaths of the two mark the second and third deaths this year fighting against not the Taliban or Al Qaeda, but ISIS's Afghan offshoot.
Deadly Taliban Attack Kills At Least 100 Soldiers In Afghanistan
The incident has become the single deadliest known attack on an Afghan military base to take place during the war.
The US Dropped A Huge Bomb On Afghanistan To Show ISIS "They’re Not Welcome"
Rather than dropping multiple bombs on a suspected set of ISIS-controlled tunnels, the US for the first time used a weapon nicknamed the "Mother of All Bombs."
A Soldier Stationed In Afghanistan Used A Mall Santa To Propose To His Girlfriend
If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.
Soldier Returns Home From Afghanistan To Discover His Dog Had Been Sold On Craiglist
This is heartbreaking.
7 Amazing Photos From Afghanistan To The People Of Boston
To Boston. From Kabul. With Love.
Wikileaks Reveals U.S. Tax Dollars Fund Child Sex Slavery in Afghanistan
U.S. government contractor DynCorp threw a party for Afghan security recruits featuring trafficked boys as the entertainment. Bacha bazi is the Afghan tradition of "boy play" where young boys are dressed up in women's clothing, forced to dance for leering men, and then sold for sex to the highest bidder.