Bales was assigned to the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington. The unit was deployed in support of Special Forces ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the US War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 with allied air strikes on Taliban and al Qaeda targets. The United States linked the September 11, 2001 terrorist ...

(Reuters) - Re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on Tuesday to form an inclusive government after stern warnings from Western supporters he would have to work harder to root out corruption. ...

I just read the letter to the editor about the Afghanistan withdrawal from Michael Ernest of Catonsville. However, he didn’t include all the facts (“Afghanistan withdrawal handled poorly,” April 10).

Taliban fighters celebrated the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan in Kabul on August 14. The State Department accused House Republicans of cherry-picking the ...

The suspect who shot two West Virginia National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., last week is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old who worked with the CIA and U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan.

Here’s a look at the life of Ashraf Ghani, former president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: 1949 Birth place: Logar Province, Afghanistan Birth name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Father: Shah Pesand ...

October 7, 2001 – Operation Enduring Freedom begins. US President George W. Bush announces that US and British forces have begun airstrikes on Taliban and al Qaeda targets in Afghanistan. Airstrikes ...

March 31 (Reuters) - Taliban fighters in Afghanistan who abandon extremism must be granted an "honourable form of reconciliation", U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday at an ...