For sale now: U.S.-supplied weapons in Afghan gun shops VIEW
U.S. weapons and military accessories are being openly sold in shops by Afghan gun dealers who paid government soldiers and Taliban fighters for guns, ammunition...
A harsh new reality for Afghan women and girls in Taliban-run schools
The emerging government has made clear that it intends to severely restrict the educational freedoms enjoyed by many women and girls the past 20 years....
The War in Afghanistan: How It Started and How It Is Ending
Just weeks before U.S. forces were set to complete their pullout from Afghanistan, the Taliban have seized the momentum, capturing the northern city of Kunduz...
‘Find him and kill him’: A pilot’s desperate escape from Kabul VIEW
Threatened with death by the Taliban and considered AWOL by the Afghan military, a decorated pilot fled for the U.S. with his family. His situation...
Two Western hostages are freed in Afghanistan in deal with Taliban
The Westerners were released to U.S. forces by the Taliban, and included an American, Kevin C. King, 63, and an Australian, Timothy J. Weeks, 50,...
Trump travel ban a shock to Iraqis battling for Mosul
Iraqi officers and enlisted men fighting the Islamic State group on the front lines in Mosul said they interpreted the travel ban as an affront,...
Visa ban amended for Iraqi interpreters
The change, recommended by the Pentagon, eased some of the anger generated in Iraq by Trump’s executive order imposing the ban.
Panic over: South Carolina town’s Peachoid tower is just getting a face-lift
The Peachoid has been a startling roadside attraction along I-85 between Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta. But after the tower starred in a 2013 episode of...