To Reach a Peace Deal, Taliban Say Afghan President Must Go The spokesman for the Afghan Taliban says the insurgents don't want to monopolize power.
Taliban Appears to Have 'Strategic Momentum,' Gen. Milley Says The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the Taliban appear to have “strategic momentum” in the fight for control of...
Afghan President Slams Taliban; Rockets Target Kabul Palace The palace is in the middle of a so-called Green Zone that is fortified with giant cement blast walls and barbed wire.
Taliban Say They Want Afghan Deal, Even as They Battle On There are few signs of a political agreement on the horizon.
Analysis: How Afghan War Showed Limits of US Military Power The U.S. military may have missed opportunities to stabilize Afghanistan in the early years after ousting the Taliban.
Afghan Forces Battle Taliban at Border Post with Pakistan The Taliban had overrun the Spin Boldak crossing earlier in the week.
Taliban Press Advances, Take Key Border Post with Pakistan The Taliban are pressing on with their surge in Afghanistan and say they have seized a strategic border crossing with...
Official: Afghan Delegation, Taliban to Talk Peace in Qatar The Taliban were expected to bring their senior leaders to the table when the two sides meet.
Afghan Warlord Slams Government, Quick US Goodbye Ata Mohammad Noor says Washington’s quick exit has left the Afghan military unprepared for the Taliban onslaught.
Taliban Claims It Controls 85% of Afghanistan as US Withdrawal Looms Taliban leaders boasted that the group controls about 250 of the 398 districts 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...