US Has Given 'Limited Support' to Taliban in ISIS Fight, General Says The four-star commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan made the stunning admission Tuesday.
US Troops Will Begin Pulling Out of Afghanistan Despite Renewed Violence, SecDef Says Esper said he had directed the commander of U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan, "to get moving" on drawing down forces.
Death Toll for American Afghan Aid Workers Nears 300, New Watchdog Report Finds More than 5,000 casualties have resulted from U.S. efforts to bring aid to the Afghan people.
Special Forces Soldiers Killed in Afghan Firefight ID'd, Given Bronze Stars and Promotions The Defense Department has awarded posthumous promotions to two Special Forces soldiers killed in a firefight in Nangarhar...
'The Afghanistan Papers' Are Being Made into a Documentary and Scripted Series The confidential trove of interviews with top U.S. national security officials showed a years-long effort to hide the truth...
Army IDs Two Paratroopers Killed by Roadside Bomb in Afghanistan Two more soldiers were wounded in the blast.
The 2,300 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Did Not Die in Vain, Joint Chiefs Chairman Says Milley said the sacrifices had kept the Taliban and other insurgent groups at bay and prevented another "9/11" attack.
Troops Could Shift from Afghanistan to Pacific in Drawdown, Pentagon Chief Says Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed the U.S. was actively considering a drawdown of about 4,000 troops in Afghanistan.
One Marine's Christmas Wish: Bring His Pup Home from Afghanistan It's going to take $7,400 for one Marine to return home with the puppy he rescued from concertina wire in Afghanistan.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
