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McChrystal calls for enduring Afghan force
Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal said Monday he backs the White House's drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan slated for 2014, but added that the U.S.
US pushes to finish Afghan dam as challenges mount
In the approaching twilight of its war in Afghanistan, the U.S. is forging ahead with a giant infrastructure project long criticized as too costly in ...
Soldier adjusts to life at home after Afghanistan
First Lt. Aaron Dunn deployed to Afghanistan in early March 2012. His 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, was charged with engaging ...
Afghan violence falls in 2012, insider attacks up
Violence in Afghanistan fell in 2012, but more Afghan troops and police who now shoulder most of the combat were killed, according to statistics ...
Body of Georgian soldier found in Afghanistan
The body of a Georgian soldier who is believed to be the first member of the international coalition in Afghanistan to have gone missing in more than ...
Afghan policewoman kills US adviser in Kabul
An Afghan policewoman walked into a high-security compound in Kabul Monday and killed an American contractor with a single bullet to the chest, the ...
In Afghan Taliban birthplace, US troops step back
President Barak Obama will decide in the coming weeks how many American troops to send home from Afghanistan next year. A major factor in his decision ...
Afghan leader: Foreigners to blame for corruption
Afghanistan's president accused on Saturday the countries that fund his government and military with enabling the widespread corruption that ...
Coalition soldier missing in Afghanistan
A search is under way in southern Afghanistan for a soldier from the NATO-led coalition, believed to be the first to have gone missing since a U.S.
French leader honors troops home from Afghanistan
President Francois Hollande on Friday declared "mission accomplished" for French combat troops in Afghanistan, hailing their 11-year military ...
Afghan president welcomes British pullout timeline
The Afghan president on Thursday welcomed the withdrawal of nearly half of the British troops stationed in Afghanistan next year, saying his forces ...
US commanders are upbeat on Afghan war progress
U.S. commanders are offering glowing reviews of their 2012 war campaign, upbeat assessments that could be interpreted as leeway for President Barack ...
Senate moves bill covering fertility care for vets
Wounded veterans and their spouses who want to have children could get the government to pay for treatments such as in vitro fertilization under ...
Panetta in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai
President Barack Obama will decide shortly how many U.S. troops he wants to keep in Afghanistan after the U.S.-led coalition military mission ends in ...
US: Afghans resisting efforts to track cash exodus
A U.S. watchdog agency said Tuesday that Afghan officials were resisting U.S. efforts to help track billions of dollars being flown out of Kabul ...
Afghan attacks down overall, insider threat rises
The U.S. Army is updating its handbook for soldiers on how to detect and prevent so-called insider attacks, providing detailed warning signs to watch ...
Karzai: Afghan spy chief bomber came from Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that the recent assassination attempt on the country's intelligence chief was planned in Pakistan, but ...
US: 200 teens have been detained in Afghan war
The U.S. military has detained more than 200 Afghan teenagers who were captured in the war for about a year at a time at a military prison next to ...
Bombing wounds Afghan intelligence chief
A Taliban suicide bomber posing as a messenger of peace blew himself up near Afghanistan's newly appointed intelligence chief on Thursday, seriously ...
US tells allies to make good on Afghan pledges
The Obama administration pressed its European allies on Wednesday to follow through on their pledges to Afghanistan's security after most ...
AP IMPACT: An insider attack: Trust cost 2 lives
It was a sneak attack, but not by the enemy they feared. U.S. Army Capts. Joshua Lawrence and Drew Russell were inside a small command post on an ...
Risk is at heart of debate on troop withdrawal
The debate over how many U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan after 2014 comes down to risky business. There is a risk that leaving too few troops ...
Pakistan agrees to free more Taliban prisoners
Pakistan agreed on Friday to free more Taliban prisoners in the future, a move considered a key step to coaxing the militant group into peace ...
Report: Afghan politics hampers Kabul Bank case
Political interference stymied an investigation into the collapse of Afghanistan's largest bank, according to an independent report of how the men at ...
Afghan suicide attack kills 3, wounds more than 90
A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing three Afghan civilians and wounding more than 90 ...