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Taliban kill, abduct dozens of ex-officers: rights group
Human Rights Watch said the promised amnesty has not stopped local commanders from retaliating against former members of the army, police and intelligence services.
By Lee Keath
Guard unit that lost EOD troop in Afghanistan faced ‘funding constraints’ and ‘time-consuming request process’
Sgt. James Slape died while clearing a safe path around a disabled MaxxPro vehicle that had hit an improvised explosive device.
By Kyle Rempfer
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.
By Shawn Snow
Army Guard clears itself in investigation of EOD unit’s alleged shortfalls prior to soldier’s combat death
Guard officials said they found no evidence that one of their bomb disposal units was improperly trained and equipped.
By Kyle Rempfer
Town honors Special Forces medical sergeant who died in Afghanistan, rallies around widow
Sgt. 1st Class Elliott J. Robbins died of noncombat related injuries June 30.
By Seth Boster, The (Colorado Springs) Gazette via the AP
10th Group Green Beret dies from non-combat incident in Helmand
The cause of death was not released and an investigation is ongoing, Pentagon officials said.
By Kyle Rempfer
Valor medals awarded for braving a Helmand minefield to get to a fallen comrade
Unknown to them at the time, the site they were clearing would later be determined to be a minefield.
By Kyle Rempfer
Taliban fighters hid in sewage tanker, used ladders to breach major Helmand base housing Marines and Afghan forces
Taliban fighters had spies on the base, an Afghan lieutenant colonel and a sergeant major, who helped the militants hide.
By Shawn Snow
Marines in Afghanistan to receive combat action ribbons, prepare for next Helmand deployment amid talks of troop withdrawal
Task Force Southwest's third rotation has been downrange since October 2018.
By Kyle Rempfer
3 Marines killed in Bagram roadside bomb blast identified by Pentagon
The deaths of the three Marines in Afghanistan are the first for the Corps in several years.
By Shawn Snow
‘Combat Obscura’ is a brutally honest look at the blurred morality of the war in Afghanistan
The film’s true brilliance lies in its situational hysteria, an unpredictability that serves as a microcosm of a war with no end.
By Jon Simkins