The End of the Surge: Troops Return to Fort Bragg
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — With Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s announcement that 33,000 troops have been withdrawn from Afghanistan, the surge announced by President Obama in 2009 is officially over.But what that means for the troops and their fam…
The End of the Surge: Troops Return to Fort Bragg
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — With Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s announcement that 33,000 troops have been withdrawn from Afghanistan, the surge announced by President Obama in 2009 is officially over.But what that means for the troops and their fam…
The End of the Surge: Troops Return to Fort Bragg
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — With Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s announcement that 33,000 troops have been withdrawn from Afghanistan, the surge announced by President Obama in 2009 is officially over.But what that means for the troops and their fam…
Soldier’s E-mail Changes House Defense Chair’s Position on Afghanistan
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Sitton knew there was the threat of casualties when he deployed to Afghanistan for his third tour of duty, but he said he was “totally on board with sacrifice for [his] country.&rd…
Soldier’s E-mail Changes House Defense Chair’s Position on Afghanistan
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Sitton knew there was the threat of casualties when he deployed to Afghanistan for his third tour of duty, but he said he was “totally on board with sacrifice for [his] country.&rd…
US Officials: Last of 33,000 Surge Troops Leave Afghanistan
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The last of the 33,000 American surge troops sent to Afghanistan two years ago have left the battlefields of Afghanistan, a U.S. official confirmed.With the departure of the last of the surge troops, there are …
US Officials: Last of 33,000 Surge Troops Leave Afghanistan
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The last of the 33,000 American surge troops sent to Afghanistan two years ago have left the battlefields of Afghanistan, a U.S. official confirmed.With the departure of the last of the surge troops, there are …
Top Romney Staffer Denies Campaign Disarray
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A top strategist for Mitt Romney confirmed Sunday night that “speeches go through lots of processes and editing” after Politico first reported there were competing versions of Romney’s Tampa, Fla…
Afghan Officials Say NATO Airstrike Killed at Least Eight Women
MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Officials in Afghanistan say at least eight women were killed in a NATO airstrike in the country’s eastern province of Laghman, the BBC reports. NATO has admitted that five to eight civilians have died in …
Four US Troops Killed in Afghan Inside Attack; 8 Coalition Troops Killed in 3 Days
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Four American service members were killed by an Afghan policeman early Sunday, the third attack on coalition forces in three days, bringing the death toll in the recent violence to eight.
The attacks — two “green on blue” inciden…
Taliban Kill 2 US Marines at US-British Base in Afghanistan; Prince Harry Safe
JOHN STILLWELL/AFP/GettyImages(HELMAND, Afghanistan) — Taliban fighters Friday launched a complex and sustained attack on the large U.S.-British military base in Southern Afghanistan where Britain’s Prince Harry is based, killing two U.S. Marines and …
Britain Mulling Quicker Withdrawal from Afghanistan
ISAF Photo by British Royal Army Sergeant James Elmer(LONDON) — Britain is considering hastening the pace of its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.The goal of the U.S. and its coalition allies is to pull out virtually all forces by sometime in 2014 in…
Afghanistan Blocks Anti-Islamist Video
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Anticipating backlash in its own country following the attacks on U.S. embassies in Egypt and Libya, the government in Afghanistan has blocked an anti-Islamist video promoted by Florida pastor Terry Jones, …
Marking 9/11 Anniversary, Romney Renews Call for Withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2014
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(RENO, Nev.) — Mitt Romney Tuesday renewed his call for American troops in Afghanistan to return to the United States by the end of 2014 during a speech in Reno, Nev. The Republican presidential nominee remarked on the withdra…
Three Afghans Killed, NATO Helicopter Destroyed in Insurgent Attack
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A NATO helicopter was destroyed and three Afghan intelligence agents were killed after a rocket attack at Bagram Air Base, according to NATO officials.The attack happened Monday at 10 p.m. The rockets…
Afghanistan Takes Control of Bagram Prison from US
Kevin Horan/Stone(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Bagram prison, the main U.S. detention center in Afghanistan over the past decade, was formally turned over to Afghan authorities during a ceremony Monday.In a statement, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that …
Afghanistan Takes Control of Bagram Prison from US
Kevin Horan/Stone(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Bagram prison, the main U.S. detention center in Afghanistan over the past decade, was formally turned over to Afghan authorities during a ceremony Monday.In a statement, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that …
Joe Biden Calls GOP a ‘Different Breed of Cat’
ABC News(PORTSMOUTH, Ohio) – Vice President Joe Biden often proclaims how different the Republican Party is from generations ago, but in Portsmouth, Ohio, Sunday, he had a new way to describe them – a “different breed of cat.”&l…
Prince Harry Heads to War in Afghanistan
Sgt Russ Nolan RLC/MoD via Getty Images(LONDON) — Britain’s Prince Harry is back on the front lines in the battle against terrorism in what will be a four-month deployment in Afghanistan.A newly released video shows the prince, or Capt. Wales as he is…
NATO Commander Calls for Coordinated Effort to Stop ‘Insider Attacks’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said on Thursday that the epidemic of “insider attacks” that has cost the lives of 45 coalition soldiers this year, most of them…