Indonesian authorities opened fire on a boat crammed full of Afghan asylum seekers, wounding two, after demanding a bribe the Afghans could not afford to pay,
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According to a new study, the number of US veterans who died in 2008 because they lacked health insurance was 14 times higher than the US military death toll
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In an unexpected act of dissent at a critical moment, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan has warned in classified cables against any further buildup of
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The controversial Bagram airbase in Afghanistan has been undergoing extensive expansion and renovation. The base is home to a prison, which is often referred
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A new law signed by President Obama last month now allows the US Defense Secretary to block the release of photos depicting the abuse of detainees in U.S.
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Those with wheelbarrows push piles of scrap metal, square cans of oil or luggage. Women, children and the elderly can hitch a ride as long as the small driver
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According to British newspaper the Telegraph, a former UK Army officer says the Afghan National Police have been penetrated by the Taliban “at every level.”
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From the New York Times: A series of internal government reviews have presented the Obama administration with a dire portrait of Afghanistan’s military and
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US Foreign Service officer Matthew Hoh has become the first US official known to resign in protest over the Afghan war. Hoh, a former Marine Corps captain
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PlusViolence Up Sharply As Afghan War Nears 7th YearViolence Up Sharply As Afghan War Nears 7th YearThe Associated PressWhile Iraq enjoys a lower level of violence, attacks in Afghanistan have spiked. The AP's Sagar Meghani reports from the Pentagon. (July 14)(FILE Iraq) as violence in Iraq has...
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The New York Times reported this past week that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country’s booming
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