Campbell: Afghan Army Improving Despite More Deaths and Desertions The U.S. commander in Afghanistan told Congress the Afghan army continued to improve and overmatch the Taliban despite rising...
Afghan Military to Receive A-29 Close Air Support Planes in December The first of the A-29 Super Tucanos will begin arriving in December to begin their close-air-support missions after years of...
White House Says No Plans to Delay US Drawdown from Afghanistan The White House has no plans to announce a change to its Afghanistan drawdown numbers, though visiting President Ghani may...
US Military to Charge Bowe Bergdahl with Desertion Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was charged with desertion Wednesday after he was held for five years by the Taliban.
Bergdahl Free While Awaiting Possible Court Martial The Army will not detain Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl while he awaits proceedings on desertion and misbehavior before the enemy charges...
Bergdahl Claims He Left Post to Report Wrongdoing in His Unit Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl claims he was a whistleblower and not a deserter when he left his post in Afghanistan.
Iran Reportedly Stepping Up Shipments of Arms, Cash to Taliban The Iranian government reportedly has stepped up shipments of weapons and money to the Taliban in Afghanistan in recent...
Former CIA Operative: Bergdahl Was 'High' When Captured in Afghanistan Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was apparently "high" with a small group of Afghan soldiers when they were picked up by nomads in 2009...
US Long Suspected Pakistan of Sheltering Mullah Omar, Report Says U.S. intelligence officials suspected Pakistan of sheltering Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar for years before his death...
US General Says Mullah Omar’s Death Could Break Apart the Taliban The U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday that the death of Mullah Omar could fracture the Taliban and demoralize its...
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...
