As the troops from President Obama's military surge in Afghanistan now leave the war-torn country, a transition to "Afghan security" is supposed to be taking place, but the war is increasingly seen as a failure. "A decisive end seems nowhere in sight," reports The...
42 Killed in Suicide Bomb Attack on Afghan Mosque | Deadliest single attack of 2012 hits Faryab Province
Afghan Policeman Kills Two US Troops in Insider Attack | Officials offer few details on Uruzgan Province killings
10 Afghan Security Forces, Two Taliban Slain in Herat Fighting | Police chief among the slain in ambush
The US Army hired private firms to improve the public image of a processor meant to detect buried explosives used by soldiers in Afghanistan who have widely criticized its working capabilities. An internal company email obtained by The Washington Times states that the...
US Troops Killed Four Afghan Children Who Were Tending Livestock | Gen. Allen to offer ‘condolence payments’
Britain to Double Drones Operating in Afghanistan | ‘Withdrawing’ nation rush purchases Reaper combat drones
Pakistan Presses for Extradition of Militant Leader in Afghanistan | Mullah Fazlullah accused of plotting attack on schoolgirl
Afghan Army Keeps Getting Bigger, But Readiness Lags | Massive Afghan Army ‘nowhere near ready’ for transition
Al-Qaeda "is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan's mountainous east," according to the Associated Press, in yet another example of how 11 years of war have failed to accomplish its most basic aims. The news that elements of al-Qaeda, notably, distinct from the...
