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They served through America’s post-9/11 wars. 25 years later, what did that service mean?

Nearly 3 million Americans served in the wars that followed Sept. 11. Three veterans reflect in The War Horse about what they saw, lost and still carry.

By David Roza, The War Horse

2 weeks ago

Hundreds of US military family members trapped at camp facing closure, group says

Family members of U.S. troops and veterans are stranded at a camp in Qatar that the U.S. is planning to close Sept. 30, an aid organization said.

By Hope Hodge Seck

5 weeks ago

UN says American airstrikes on alleged Afghan drug labs caused civilian casualties

A U.N. report released on Wednesday criticized American airstrikes earlier this year against alleged drug facilities in Afghanistan, saying they were unlawful and caused significant civilian casualties.

7 years ago

Attorneys in Green Beret murder case headed to Afghanistan to interview relatives of alleged bombmaker

The trial is scheduled for Dec. 2 at Fort Bragg, N.C.

7 years ago

Major al-Qaida leader killed in joint US-Afghan raid

The NDS said it killed six other AQIS members, including the courier for core al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

7 years ago

Taliban say Afghanistan has freed several of their prisoners

Taliban officials say several of their group's members have been freed from Afghan jails, including former shadow governors, just days after a U.S. envoy met top Taliban leaders in the Pakistani capital following the suspension of U.S.-Taliban talks last month.

7 years ago

Anger grows at civilian deaths by US, Afghan forces

Increasing civilian deaths in stepped-up U.S. airstrikes and operations by Afghan forces highlight the conundrum the U.S. military and its Afghan allies face, 18 years into the war: How to hunt down their Islamic State group and Taliban enemies, while keeping civilians safe and on their side.

7 years ago

Afghans face presidential vote amid violence, corruption

Millions of Afghans are expected to go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, despite an upsurge of violence in the weeks since the collapse of a U.S.-Taliban deal to end America’s longest war, and the Taliban warning voters to say away from the polls.

7 years ago

Green Beret killed in action in Afghanistan

Another U.S. service member has been killed in action in Afghanistan, officials announced Monday.

By Kyle Rempfer and Meghann Myers

7 years ago

Court-martial planned for Green Beret charged with murder

Maj. Mathew Golsteyn’s court-martial is scheduled for December.

7 years ago

US troop reduction in Afghanistan unclear as Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now ‘dead’

U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now “dead,” President Donald Trump declared Monday, two days after he abruptly canceled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan leaders aimed at ending America’s longest war.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press

7 years ago

Trump calls off secret Camp David meeting with Taliban, Afghan leaders

President Donald Trump said Saturday he canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders after a bombing in the past week in Kabul that killed 12 people, including an American soldier, and has called off peace negotiations with the insurgent group.

By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press

7 years ago