US taking Afghan concerns ‘very seriously’: White House
Afghan President Hamid Karzai © AFP/File Shah Marai AFP ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AFP) – A White House spokesman said Sunday that Washington was taking…
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Gates: ‘Premature’ to eye faster Afghan pullout
© AFP/File Bay Ismoyo AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has said accelerating troop withdrawals from Afghanistan because of Osama bin…
Obama speech on Arab world in coming days: report
© AFP/File Mandel Ngan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s long-expected speech on turmoil in the Arab world could take place as soon as…
Allies to ‘stay the course’ in Afghanistan: NATO chief
An Afghan boy plays on a swing in Kabul © AFP Manan Vatsyayana AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Osama bin Laden may be dead but NATO…
Kerry to visit Afghanistan after bin Laden raid
US Senator John Kerry © AFP/File Jewel Samad AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Senior US Senator John Kerry said Tuesday he would travel to Afghanistan in…
Clinton warns Taliban ‘you cannot wait us out’
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton © AFP Paul J. Richards AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday warned the Taliban…
Obama remakes Afghan war braintrust
US Marines on patrol in Helmand Province © AFP/File Adek Berry AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama will Thursday unveil new military and diplomatic…
US listed Pakistan spies as terrorists: document
Pakistani army soldiers secure the site of a suicide bomb blast. © AFP/File A Majeed AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US investigators who screened prisoners considered…
Obama gathers top aides on Afghanistan, Pakistan
© AFP Bay Ismoyo AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Monday gathered top national security and intelligence staff for his regular review of…
The Price of War (Graphic Video)
Youtube Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio covers the U.S. sport killing in Iraq and Afghanistan. “When you cheer war, this is what you are cheering.”
How much did YOU pay for war this year? (Video)
Youtube – BraveNewFoundation Ever wonder how much you paid to fund the war? Use the Afghanistan War Tax Calculator to find out. We’ll give you…
US apologizes for more Afghan ‘kill team’ photos
Der Spiegel/Wikimedia Commons image AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US military apologized again Monday after Rolling Stone published more photos and videos of members of…
US soldier pleads guilty over Afghan killings
US Corporal Jeremy Morlock © AFP/US Army/File AFP JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington (AFP) – A US soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday to targeting Afghan civilians for…
US lawmakers seek big Afghan withdrawal in July
© AFP Peter Parks AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Eighty-one US lawmakers, mostly Democratic allies of the White House, pressed President Barack Obama on Wednesday to…