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Poll: Most Afghans optimistic about future
Most Afghans believe their country is headed in the right direction but still worry about the lack of security resulting from the 11-year war, a ...
Scandal widens; US general's emails 'flirtatious'
The sex scandal that felled CIA Director David Petraeus widened Tuesday to ensnare the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, in a ...
Preliminary hearing ends in Afghan massacre case
Army prosecutors on Tuesday asked an investigative officer to recommend a death penalty court-martial for a staff sergeant accused of killing 16 ...
Shaping a security team, Obama's challenge deepens
Barely a week after winning re-election, President Barack Obama suddenly confronts a deepening challenge in assembling a new national security team, ...
The curse of commanding the Afghan war
A look at what went wrong for the four U.S. generals who have led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2008: Gen. David McKiernan, June 2008 to ...
Timeline of events in Petraeus case
The extramarital affair that brought down David Petraeus' celebrated career last week raised many questions. Among them: when exactly the affair ...
General investigated for emails to Petraeus friend
The career of Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is now in jeopardy due to the investigation of the David Petraeus sex scandal.
Afghan killings case testing military system
The U.S. military has been criticized for its spotty record on convicting troops of killing civilians, but a hearing against Army Staff Sgt.
Petraeus said to be shocked by girlfriend's emails
CIA Director David Petraeus was shocked to learn last summer that his mistress was suspected of sending threatening emails warning another woman to ...
Police: 4 rockets fired on Afghan capital; 1 dead
At least four rockets were fired into the Afghan capital Tuesday morning, killing one man and injuring three other people, police said. Gen.
Panetta: Admin deciding on post-2014 troop levels
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday the Obama administration is nearing a decision in the next few weeks on how many U.S. troops would remain ...
War widow sues Fox over film featuring her husband
A widow of a U.S. Army soldier killed in a blast in Afghanistan has sued Fox Cable Networks and the National Geographic Society over a documentary ...
Pakistan accuses Afghans of killing civilians
Pakistan on Monday accused Afghan forces of killing at least four civilians in a cross-border shelling attack, increasing tension just as a senior ...
Nation pays tribute to sacrifices of veterans
From sea to shining sea, the nation paid tribute to its members of the armed services Sunday, both with somber traditions such as a Virginia ...
Gunman in Afghan uniform kills British soldier
A gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform shot and killed a member of the U.S.-led coalition forces fighting in Afghanistan — the latest in a spate of ...
Highlights of testimony about Afghan massacre
For the past week, an investigating officer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has heard testimony during a preliminary hearing for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, ...
Obama honors sacrifice made by nation's veterans
President Barack Obama paid tribute at a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to "the heroes over the generations who have served this ...
Petraeus' biographer a military reservist, scholar
Paula Broadwell first met fellow West Point graduate David Petraeus in the spring of 2006, when she was a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School ...
Official: Emails from paramour led to FBI probe
The scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus started with harassing emails sent by his biographer and paramour, Paula Broadwell, to ...
Across US, Veterans Day commemorations under way
Saturday marked the first of what will be three days of Veterans Day commemorations across the United States. The holiday falls on a Sunday, and the ...
Vets preserve memories of war with their own art
The fallen Iraqi soldier's face is frozen in agony, his eyes and mouth wide open, his arms spread in surrender, his death in the Kuwaiti desert ...
Soldier's insider attack story is part of training
Not a day goes by that Zach Camp doesn't replay that terrible August day over in his mind. Was there anything he could have done differently? Were ...
CIA Director David Petraeus quits over affair
David Petraeus, the retired four-star general renowned for taking charge of the military campaigns in Iraq and then Afghanistan, abruptly resigned ...