An Afghan Soldier Fleeing the Taliban Spent Months Reaching the US to Request Asylum. He Was Arrested at the Texas Border. Over the course of the conflict, the U.S. issued special visas to more than 34,000 Afghans who qualified for various reasons.
Afghan Pilot Who Bombed the Taliban Now Flying Recon to Combat US Wildfires With the support of a U.S. veterans group, former Afghan Air Force (AAF) Maj. Samimullah Samim earned U.S. flight...
Hear a Medal of Honor Recipient Describe Hand-to-Hand Combat with the Taliban On Dec. 5, 2012, Dr. Dilip Joseph, an aid worker who was training health-care providers in villages around Kabul, was...
Visit to a Lost CIA Base in Afghanistan With the base empty and the Taliban back in power, Washington’s ability to monitor the assorted militants who are still in...
Once Banned by the Taliban, Kites Mark First Thanksgiving for Afghan Refugees on US Military Base The Marines added a new tradition to the old for the first Thanksgiving in the U.S. for the Afghan refugees who escaped...
Thousands of Afghans Seek Temporary US Entry, Few Approved Afghan families in the U.S. and the immigrant groups supporting them say the slow pace of approvals threatens the safety of...
NATO's Afghan Mission Hit by 'Mission Creep,' Official Says NATO took over the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in 2003.
ISIS in Afghanistan Might Be Able to Launch International Attacks Within a Year, Pentagon Official Warns The Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State group might be capable of launching international attacks in 6-12 months, a top...
Lawyer: 'Preposterous' to Blame Afghan Man in US War Deaths An indictment accuses Haji Najibullah of commanding the Taliban fighters responsible for a fatal ambush of three U.S. service...
Why Japanese Tanks Were Doomed in the Pacific Theater Today, the Pacific remains a prominent strategic interest for the U.S. military, but the Marine Corps recently deactivated...
Hegseth Says Wounded Knee Soldiers Will Keep Their Medals of Honor Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for...
The Italian WWII Frogmen Who Inspired the U.S. Navy SEALs While uniquely American, SEAL doctrine owes a technical and conceptual debt to Italy’s WWII combat divers, who first combined...
New Mexico's Health Care Crisis Is Forcing Military Personnel to Decline Assignments At New Mexico's three Air Force bases — Kirtland in Albuquerque, Cannon near Clovis and Holloman outside of Alamogordo — the...
Democratic Candidate for Governor of New Jersey Pushes Back After GOP Questions Her Service Record Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey in this year’s high-stakes race, is defending her Navy...