Trevor Baucom recalls the sense he and his colleagues were finally having an impact on the war. The American Blackhawk pilot’s first deployment in Afghanistan had been to Bagram. The Soviet built ...

During the long war in Afghanistan, the United States fought many visible battles — against the Taliban, against terrorism, and for control of a fragile nation. But behind the scenes, another secret ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan and international troops killed at least 65 Taliban insurgents in battles in two southern provinces, each involving large groups of insurgents and lasting several ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, December 21 (UNHCR) - The decades of violence which devastated Afghanistan have ended, but across the country a new battle is being waged. It is a campaign fought in the simple mud ...

While America’s longest war – the 20-year conflict in Afghanistan – ended when American forces hastily fled the country in August 2021, memories from two decades of bloody battles are still lodged ...

In the summer of 2006, four and a half years after the invasion of Afghanistan, someone in the headquarters of the 10th Mountain Division had a bright idea. In and of itself, this was nothing new. So ...

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Australia is grappling with trying to investigate veterans accused of misconduct during the long war in Afghanistan, while the price tag for litigation keeps rising. The Australian government has ...

An interview with Paul D. Miller about his upcoming book “Choosing Defeat: The Twenty-Year Saga of How America Lost Afghanistan.” In an upcoming book, slated for release in October 2025, Paul D.