List of Afghanistan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Despite Bombings, Advocates Still Hope for More Visas for Afghan Interpreters
A program to speed visas for Afghan interpreters working for U.S. troops during the war may be under threat after New York's bomb attack by a U.S. citizen with Afghan roots.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 No Foreign Terror Ties to U.S. Bombs, But Police Still Step Up Presence at U.N. General Assembly
With thousands of visitors in town for U.N. meetings, New York is on high alert after bombings in the city and in New Jersey.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Good books about the Afghan war???
If there is a book that really covers the Afghan war from the beginning to now, I’ve missed it. Is there one? If not, why not?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watchdog: United States Made Corruption in Afghanistan ‘Pervasive and Entrenched’
Billions of dollar the U.S. sent to Afghanistan made it a much more corrupt place.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘What I left behind in Afghanistan’
Five years after this solider left Afghanistan, his faithful interpreter sits in Kabul, jobless.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Clinton’s General Calls for Lasting Footprint in Afghanistan
The next president of the United States should stop the the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and consider expanding the capabilities of the American personnel there -- or even add more troops to the mix, said John Allen, a retired four-star Marine general with close ties to presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: U.S. Commandos Outside the Wire; American Warship Opens Fire in Persian Gulf
China Steps Up; Kerry and Lavrov Meet; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Reports: American University Of Afghanistan Under Attack
There are multiple reports of gunfire and explosions at the school.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S.-Backed Libyan Forces Take Islamic State Strongholds in Sirte
U.S. special operations assisted by calling in airstrikes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghan Forces Use Child Soldiers, and the U.S. Still Gives Them Money
The Afghan government swore to do away with the practice, and, under its own laws, the U.S. government is barred from funding countries that employ it. So why did the United States still fork over some $470 million?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Clinton, Generals Slam Trump; Turkey’s Military Falling Apart
U.S. Commandos Fighting in Afghanistan; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghan, U.S. Commandos Launch Offensive Against ISIS
New fighting just after a massive Islamic State attack in Kabul
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Deadly U.S. Syria Strike Under Investigation; More U.S. Troops to Afghanistan
Trump Fallout; And Lots More
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First Lady of the United States, Hillary Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea visit U.S. troops at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25th March 1996. (Photo by ) Hillary the Hawk: A History
From Haiti to Syria, the Democratic candidate’s long record suggests she’s looking forward to being a war president on day one.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Remembering War (VI): A patrol shows how we fought ourselves, not the enemy
Best Defense is in summer reruns. Here is an item that originally ran on January 8, 2016.