AP – The Defense Department has identified the nine American troops killed in the worst coalition helicopter crash in Afghanistan in four years. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A Taliban suicide squad armed with bombs and rockets attacked the largest US military base in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking an hour-long gun battle, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A Taliban suicide squad armed with bombs and rockets attacked the largest US military base in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking an hour-long gun battle, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The US Senate has rejected emergency funding for military operations in Afghanistan, sending it back to the House of Representatives because it included billions in non-military spending. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – President Barack Obama says U.S. troops are carrying too much of the burden in Iraq and Afghanistan and doing too many things that are more appropriate for civilians, such as building schools and setting up justice systems. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – For the first time, more US forces are deployed in Afghanistan than Iraq, amid a buildup of American troops in the Afghan war, the Pentagon said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »