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American deaths in Afghan war drop to 4-year low
U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan have plunged to the lowest level in four years, reflecting a pullback from direct combat into the less deadly role ...
AP Interview: Top US general confident in Afghans
The top commander of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan believes government security forces have improved faster than expected and will be ready to take ...
Taliban attacks show Afghan insurgents' resilience
Taliban suicide bombers carried out a brazen attack in the Afghan capital on Monday, the second in less than a week and a sign that insurgents are ...
UK soldier dies from Afghanistan wounds
Britain's Ministry of Defense says a soldier injured in Afghanistan has died from his wounds at a U.K. hospital. The defense ministry says the soldier ...
Afghanistan: Blast kills 7 civilians after raid
An explosion Sunday killed seven Afghan villagers as they tried to pull bodies of dead insurgents from the rubble of a village mosque after a night ...
Obama, Karzai agree: It's time to wind down war
Uneasy allies, President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai demonstrated Friday they could agree on one big idea: After 11 years of war, ...
Panetta says US in 'last chapter' of Afghan war
In a notably upbeat assessment of war progress, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that the U.S.-led coalition has advanced to the "last ...
Specter of Benghazi drives US-Afghan talks
The attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya last year has become a factor driving the White House decision on how large a force to leave in ...
US troop plan in Afghanistan follows Iraq playbook
It's the same debate, the same numbers and practically the same plan, but the White House is working harder to keep troops in Afghanistan than it did ...
US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands ...
Afghan soldier kills British soldier, wounds 6
An Afghan soldier turned his weapon against foreign and Afghan troops in a southern province, killing one British soldier, another attack by a member ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...