A Blow to Morale: Afghan Generals Worry About US Withdrawal
21 December 2018 - The Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said.
Tagged "afghanistan"
11 Afghan Troops Die in IS Attack on Kabul Military Academy
29 January 2018 - An Afghan official and an eyewitness say blasts have been heard and a gunbattle occurred near the military academy in the capital Kabul.
Bomber in Ambulance Detonates at Afghan Checkpoint; 95 Dead
27 January 2018 - A suicide bomber driving an ambulance coasted through a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's capital by telling police he was taking a patient to a nearby hospital.
Canadian-American Family Freed by Taliban-Linked Group After Five Years in Captivity
12 October 2017 - Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle had three children after being abducted in Afghanistan in 2012.
Prayer Request for 30 SEALs Killed in Afghanistan
25 September 2017 - A request for prayers for the families of 30 U.S. military personnel who died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan is several years old.
After Failed Visa Applications, Afghan Girls Will be Allowed Into U.S. for Robotics Contest
13 July 2017 - The team had traveled hundreds of miles to the U.S. embassy in Kabul, only to have visa applications rejected twice.
U.S. Army Releases Combat Photographer’s Last Shot — of the Blast That Killed Her
The "haunting" image was captured by Spc. Hilda Clayton of an explosion that claimed her life in Afghanistan.
Could the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Produce Radioactive Fallout?
17 April 2017 - While we cannot prove a negative, there are few mechanisms by which a MOAB-like bomb would benefit by the addition of anything that would introduce radioactivity.
Was This Huge Explosion Caused by the ‘MOAB’ in Afghanistan?
14 April 2017 - A video purporting to show the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb exploding in Afghanistan in April 2017 was actually an unrelated incident.
U.S. Military Confirms Use of ‘Mother of All Bombs’ In Afghanistan
13 April 2017 - The 21,000-pound bomb was used during an attack on a tunnel complex reportedly employed by the Islamic State terrorist group.
Plane Crash Video ‘Disappearing From the Internet’?
14 December 2016 - A 2013 video shows a cargo plane crashing in Afghanistan.
U.S. Special Forces Killed a Giant in Kandahar
31 August 2016 - Several conspiracy theory-oriented web sites are claiming a Biblical giant with flaming red hair was killed by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.
