Escape from Afghanistan: One Interpreter's Desperate Run Past the Taliban to Safety It's largely a roll of the dice determining whether someone can even reach the airport, let alone make it inside.
US Military Strikes Fell 54% in Biden's First Year Compared to Trump's Last The vast majority of military strikes under Biden happened in Afghanistan before U.S. forces left in August.
The Top 10 Military.com News Stories of 2021 The riot at the U.S. Capitol was just the warmup for a year that also included the end to the 20-year war in Afghanistan.
What Special Operations Command's 'Biggest Lesson' from Afghanistan Means for Future Fights The hectic last days of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan spelled an end of an era for the U.S. special-operations community.
Visit to a Lost CIA Base in Afghanistan With the base empty and the Taliban back in power, Washington’s ability to monitor the assorted militants who are still in...
NATO Debates the Lessons of Mission Creep in Afghanistan NATO took over the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in 2003.
Once Banned by the Taliban, Kites Mark First Thanksgiving for Afghan Refugees on US Military Base The Marines added a new tradition to the old for the first Thanksgiving in the U.S. for the Afghan refugees who escaped...
Our Sacrifices Were Meaningful, But We Need Help: The Afghan Withdrawal and Veterans' Mental Health The day after Kabul fell to the Taliban in August during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the VA shared a suicide...
Thousands of Afghans Seek Temporary US Entry, Few Approved Afghan families in the U.S. and the immigrant groups supporting them say the slow pace of approvals threatens the safety of...
Senate Approves Congressional Gold Medals for Troops Killed in Kabul Airport Attack The 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul in August are on track to receive Congress' highest honor.
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...