Was the War in Afghanistan Worth It? You May Not Like This Veteran's Honest Answer In "What The Taliban Told Me," a veteran Air Force cryptologic linguist responds to the question he gets asked the most about...
Former US Officials Ask Pakistan Not to Deport Afghans Seeking Relocation to the United States Last week, the United Nations said such forced deportations of Afghans could lead to human rights violations, including the...
Republicans and Democrats Agree That the Afghanistan War Wasn't Worth It, an AP-NORC Poll Shows At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows considerable agreement on at least one issue...
An Independent Inquiry Opens into Alleged Unlawful Killings by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan An independent inquiry has opened in the U.K. to examine claims that British special forces murdered dozens of Afghan men...
Senior Taliban Officials Visit Villages Struck by Earthquake That Killed at Least 2,000 People Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 quake hit a densely populated area in Herat and was followed by strong aftershocks in what was one...
Why Military Education Isn't to Blame for Afghanistan and Iraq Purported failures in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan -- even the microcosm of Kabul -- are arguably symptoms of greater...
He Spoke No English, Had No Lawyer. An Afghan Man's Case Offers a Glimpse into US Immigration Court The Afghan man speaks only Farsi, but he wasn't worried about representing himself in U.S. immigration court. He believed the...
US Military Orders New Interviews on the Deadly 2021 Afghan Airport Attack as Criticism Persists The interviews are meant to see if service members who were not included in the original investigation, have new or different...
Secret Records: Government Says Marine's Adoption of Afghan Orphan Seen as Abduction, Must Be Undone The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that an American Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan was flawed and...
Afghan Soldier Who Was Arrested at US-Mexico Border After Fleeing Taliban Is Granted Asylum Abdul Wasi Safi, 27, is one of tens of thousands of Afghan citizens who fled to the U.S. following the withdrawal of its...
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...