Afghanistan

Senators voiced concern that the Pentagon's new defense strategy could hurt the counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan.

Special operations forces are responsible for conducting U.S. counter-terrorism missions in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

The DoD has identified another U.S. Army soldier killed in the Nov. 27 enemy bomb explosion that killed two other soldiers.

Relocating Air National Guard tankers to Kandahar has boosted airstrikes against the Taliban.

It's time for a political settlement, Mattis said last Wednesday in a wide-ranging informal session with Pentagon reporters.

Three U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday in an explosion that wounded four other Americans.

Sgt. Leandro A.S. Jasso was killed during an operation to eliminate al-Qaida militants in Nimruz province.

Three American service members were killed and three were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan, officials said.

The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan faces an overall deterioration of the military and a political situation.

This comes just four days after another insider attack left an Afghan police chief dead and an American general wounded.