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    October 12, 2017
    In an undated image provided by the U.S. Army, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held prisoner by the Taliban for years after leaving his base in Afghanistan in 2009. A top Army commander on Dec. 14, 2015, ordered that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl face a court-martial on charges of desertion and endangering troops stemming from his decision to leave his outpost. (U.S. Army via The New York Times copyright 2017 / New York Times)
    Army: Bowe Bergdahl will plead guilty in connection with his disappearance in Afghanistan
    Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who spent five years in militant captivity after disappearing in Afghanistan, is expected to enter...
    newsOctober 12, 2017 - 10:49am
    September 18, 2017
    Defense Secretary James Mattis at the commissioning ceremony for the USS Gerald R. Ford at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, July 22, 2017. Mattis said Aug. 20 that President Donald Trump, who had been accused by lawmakers of dragging his feet on Afghanistan, had settled on a new strategy after a “rigorous” review. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
    U.S. to send over 3,000 troops to Afghanistan
    WASHINGTONDefense Secretary James Mattis at the commissioning ceremony for the USS Gerald R. Ford at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, July...
    newsSeptember 18, 2017 - 3:07pm
    August 31, 2017
    U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Division oversee training of the 215th Corps of the Afghan National Army at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afg. on March 22, 2016. The U.S. has about 11,000 troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Aug. 30, 2017, acknowledging for the first time publicly that the total forces there are higher than formally disclosed in recent years. The new count includes covert as well as temporary units, defense officials said. Adam Ferguson/The New York Times
    Pentagon admits thousands more troops in Afghanistan than previously reported
    After months of providing misleading information on the actual number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Wednesday there...
    newsAugust 31, 2017 - 12:42pm
    August 23, 2017
    American Opinion: Trump's military self-correction
    opinion/editorialsAugust 23, 2017 - 9:46pm
    August 21, 2017
    U.S. President Donald Trump announces his strategy for the war in Afghanistan during an address to the nation from Fort Myer, Virginia, U.S., August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
    Trump clears way for troop increase in Afghanistan as part of retooled strategy
    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump opened the door to an increase in U.S. troop numbers in Afghanistan on Monday night as part of a new strategy...
    newsAugust 21, 2017 - 8:57pm
    President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence walk toward the White House, in Washington, Aug. 20, 2017. (Al Drago/The New York Times)
    Trump struggles to move past Bannon, starting with Afghanistan
    Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office on Monday, Aug. 21, in danger of becoming increasingly isolated from the Republican establishment...
    newsAugust 21, 2017 - 7:50am
    August 2, 2017
    U.S. troops assess the damage to an armoured vehicle of NATO-led military coalition after a suicide bomber's attack in Kandahar province, Afghanistan August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem
    Afghan suicide bomber kills two U.S. soldiers in NATO convoy
    KABUL/WASHINGTON - A suicide bomb attack killed two American troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday as they were traveling in a convoy near the airport...
    newsAugust 2, 2017 - 4:33pm
    July 14, 2017
    Pentagon says head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed
    WASHINGTON - The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Sayed, was killed in a strike on the group's headquarters in Kunar province earlier this week, the Pentagon said on Friday, July 14. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement that other members of the Islamic State...
    newsJuly 14, 2017 - 3:27pm
    June 17, 2017
    Official: Seven U.S. soldiers wounded in insider attack at Afghan base
    MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan - At least one Afghan was killed and seven American soldiers were wounded in an "insider attack" at a base in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, a U.S. military official said. A spokesman for the U.S. military command in Kabul said earlier comments by an...
    newsJune 17, 2017 - 2:18pm
    June 12, 2017
    Afghan soldier kills 3 US soldiers, US official says
    Three US soldiers were killed and another wounded during a joint US-Afghan military operation Saturday in Nangarhar province, US officials told...
    newsJune 12, 2017 - 6:09pm
    May 26, 2017
    Submitted Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Kahler was well-respected and liked by his fellow soldiers, and his death Jan. 26, 2008, dealt a "body blow" to the troops, according to author Gregg Zoroya.
    'Chosen Few' tells story of sacrifice: YME grad among those who gave his life for country
    Matthew Kahler gave his life leading one of the most decorated units in the Afghanistan conflict. Sgt. 1st Class Kahler, a 1997 graduate of...
    news/regionMay 26, 2017 - 6:45pm
    April 16, 2017
    National Security Adviser Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster listens as U.S. President Donald Trump makes the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida U.S. February 20, 2017. REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque
    In Afghanistan, Trump aide promises coordinated response to enemies
    KABUL - President Donald Trump's national security adviser met Afghan officials in Kabul on Sunday and said the new administration was weighing...
    newsApril 16, 2017 - 12:32pm
    April 15, 2017
    The GBU-43/B, also known as the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, detonates during a test U.S., Nov. 21, 2003, at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida. U.S. Air Force photo / Reuters
    Former Afghan president calls decision to drop massive U.S. bomb "treason"
    KABUL - Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai accused his successor on Saturday, April 15, of committing treason by allowing the U.S. military...
    newsApril 15, 2017 - 9:39am
    April 13, 2017
    The GBU-43/B, also known as the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, detonates during a test at Eglain Air Force Base, Florida, U.S., November 21, 2003 in this handout photo provided April 13, 2017. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force photo/Handout via REUTERS
    U.S. strike kills an al Qaeda 'leader' in Afghanistan
    WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said on Saturday a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan this week killed an al Qaeda militant who was responsible for the...
    newsApril 13, 2017 - 2:06pm
    The GBU-43/B is launched from a MC-130E Combat Talon I at Eglain Air Force Base in Florida on November 21, 2003. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force photo/Handout/File photoplay button
    U.S. unleashes 'mother of all bombs' for first time in Afghanistan
    WASHINGTON - The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan...
    newsApril 13, 2017 - 12:04pm
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