NATO: No Winter Lull in Afghanistan This Year
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General Predicts Increase in Violence Over the Winter
The US military will never leave Afghanistan if Sen. Lindsey Graham has his way.
The US military will never leave Afghanistan if Sen. Lindsey Graham has his way.
German General Says NATO Moving Into 'Hold' Phase
It’s a tactic we see the enemy using, injuring these children or female civilians. They bring them to the local combat outpost, and at that point they gain access to a U.S. military facility. Then they get a flight on our helicopter so they understan
Kathy Kelly - is co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence - In Afghanistan
Kathy Kelly - is co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence - In Afghanistan
Rival militant organizations on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have increasingly been teaming up in deadly raids, in what military and intelligence officials say is the insurgents’ latest attempt to regain the initiative after months o
The Army's official history of the battle of Wanat - one of the most intensely scrutinized engagements of the Afghan war - largely absolves top commanders of the deaths of nine U.S. soldiers and instead blames the confusing and unpredictable nature o
One large part of the problem is that the United States is not demanding accountability for outgoing funds from U.S. companies which have little incentive to fully disclose where the U.S. money is going.
Internal United Nations maps show a marked deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan during this year's fighting season, countering the Obama administration's optimistic assessments of military progress since the surge of additional Amer
The surge has made all the difference.
A document released by WikiLeaks described efforts by high-ranking Afghan officials to quash reports of police officers and other Afghans arrested for "purchasing a service from a child." The leaked diplomatic cable quoted former Minister of the I
As the United States begins to look closely at reducing future spending, it may be time to put a dollar figure on President Obama's commitment, restated last week, to the long-term security of Afghanistan.
A series of US drone attacks killed around 60 alleged militants in a span of 24 hours in Khyber tribal district, according to officials. At least 50 people lost their lives in three unmanned air strikes in the Tirah Valley, a day after seven others w
US so-called liberation delivered genocide and appalling human miserry
Experts agree the war can't be won
But with each passing month under Petraeus’ leadership, the shift to a more violent strategy becomes more apparent. By November, one U.S. military official was boasting about America’s “awe, shock and firepower.”
There will be many more dead and wounded in Afghanistan and Pakistan by the time you read this. Sadly, Holbrooke is one of the Establishment “giants” responsible.
"You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan," Holbrooke told his Pakistani surgeon before entering a 21-hour operation, the Washington Post reported.
America's chief envoy to Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke spoke chilling last words about the nine-year military conflict before his death Monday night. "You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan," Holbrooke told his Pakistani surgeon before entering a
War-torn Afghanistan lacks basic national infrastructure, yet on Sunday the government unveiled plans for a $100 million electronic identification system with cards to be issued to all Afghans within five years.
When Hajji Juma Khan was arrested and transported to New York to face charges under a new American narco-terrorism law in 2008, federal prosecutors described him as perhaps the biggest and most dangerous drug lord in Afghanistan, a shadowy figure who
Following a number of other Pentagon officials making it a point to downplay NATO’s goal of ending the Afghan War by the end of 2014 (which will be over 13 years after it began), Gen. David Petraeus has chimed in, rejecting the date as unlikely.
Several of President Obama's top national security advisers stood to watch as the bodies of 6 US soldiers killed by a rogue Afghan policeman returned. The 6 were killed in Afghanistan when the policeman turned his gun on his American trainers
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered the release of numerous dangerous criminals and drug traffickers detained by US-led coalition forces, leaked American diplomatic cables revealed Tuesday. American officials said they repeatedly rebuked the
Little progress has been made against Taliban fighters and the Afghan government remains weak and rife with corruption, according to the Pentagon's semiannual report to Congress on the war in Afghanistan. The report, titled "Progress Toward Securi
Afghan President Karzai told a US envoy that the Pakistani government is forcing Taliban fighters to keep fighting coalition forces. Asdd evidence to claims Pakistan is intentionally prolonging the war effort to ensure any future peace settlement res
MI6 agents were responsible for promoting an impostor who they believed was a senior Taliban commander key to the Afghan peace process, the Times reported Friday.
"The war in Afghanistan is taking place in a netherworld where facts and common sense have no place," Kucinich said. "Elections are fake. Our deadline to withdraw is a fake. Now, we learn that a fake Taliban leader has been leading us to believe that