Afghanistan Forces

Australia Pledges $300 Million To Afghan Forces

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 05.16.2012

CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia will contribute $100 million annually for three years beginning in 2015 toward the $4 billion a year cost of running ...

Deadly Attack On Afghan Capital Hours After Obama Visit

AP | AMIR SHAH and CHRIS BLAKE | Posted 05.02.2012

KABUL, Afghanistan — At least six people have been killed in an early morning suicide attack in the Afghan capital, the Afghan government said. ...

One Young Captain Offers Brutally Honest Account Of Dealing With Life, And Death, In Afghanistan

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

The Independent In the first ever unauthorised dispatch from an officer on the frontline, one young Captain offers a brutally honest account of life ...

Sam Stein

Obama "Not Ruling... Out" More Troops For Afghanistan: Jim Jones

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The president's National Security Adviser, Jim Jones, said on Sunday that the White House would be open to the idea of sending more combat troops to A...