WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is prepared to leave fighting forces in Iraq for as long as a decade despite an agreement between the United States an...
AP | AMIR SHAH and FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 06.26.2009 | World
PUL-E-SAYAD, Afghanistan — Shortly before he rammed his vehicle into an American military convoy, the young bearded suicide bomber waved at Saye...
Washington Post | Ernesto Londoño | Posted 06.22.2009 | World
An American working for a small company with a Defense Department contract was found dead in a vehicle in the fortified Green Zone on Friday morning, ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2009 | World
America pulling combat forces out of Iraqi cities is going to have multiple effects within the country. At this point, nobody can accurately predict what those effects are going to be with 100 percent reliability.
Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 06.09.2009 | World
From my three months in Afghanistan in 2006 and these two months in 2009 I have learned a national flag, a constitution, a president and a national seal do not make a nation.
New York Times | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics
The top American general in Iraq said Friday that one-fifth of American combat troops would stay behind in Iraqi cities even after the June 30 deadlin...
AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 06.07.2009 | World
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — There are no plans to deploy U.S. ground troops to Pakistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, ...
AP | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it would be difficult to request more U.S. troops in Afghanistan in six to 12 months. "It woul...
Christian Avard | Posted 05.18.2009 | World
In his latest book, Jurgen Todenhofer travels to Iraq as an unembedded journalist and gives an inside look at what is the Iraqi resistance, and revealing the myths and realities behind the resistance fighters and the terrorists.
Times London | Deborah Haynes | Posted 05.10.2009 | World
The activities of al-Qaeda in two of Iraq's most troubled cities could keep US combat troops engaged beyond the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal,...
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.30.2009 | World
With last week's announced escalation of the war in Afghanistan, Obama blew the lid off of any lingering perceptions that he represents a significant change in how the U.S. conducts its foreign policy.
AP | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — As he carries out a retooled strategy in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama says he will consult with Pakistan's leaders before pu...
Tom Andrews | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics
As someone who was growing up as LBJ's war was tearing his administration down, I had a pit in my stomach as I watched President Obama announce his "Af-Pak" policy.
Jon Soltz | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics
We've finally left fantasy-land, where America can simply go somewhere, topple a government, and western-style democracies will pop up and thrive. Afghanistan is a very different beast.
AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 04.25.2009 | World
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq — Attacks on Iraqi security forces have increased in an area south of Baghdad where the Iraqis are in control, even as violen...
AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.19.2009 | World
BAGHDAD — Sunni and Shiite lawmakers warned Thursday that political and economic challenges could derail the country's progress toward stability...
AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Army this summer will start cutting back on use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and h...
ABC | Posted 04.18.2009 | World
Three of the most dangerous Taliban leaders in Pakistan, once arch-enemies, have formed an alliance that could threaten thousands of American troops s...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.13.2009 | World
The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan: Yet Another Path to Failure Facts: Pakistan's government arrests hundreds of "dissidents" includi...
abcnews.go.com | Posted 04.09.2009 | World
Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said that continuing the fight against insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul might...
Harut Sassounian | Posted 04.05.2009 | World
Turkish officials have been salivating at the opportunity of presenting the United States with a series of demands in return for allowing U.S. troops to leave through Turkey.
Hurriyet Daily News | Zeynep Gurcanli | Posted 03.26.2009 | World
Turkey and the U.S. have officially began preliminary talks on the use of Turkish soil for the transfer of American troops, arms and other logistic eq...
Jonathan Powers | Posted 03.21.2009 | World
I hope you will join me in supporting our President Obama and our troops who work to stabilize this "deteriorating situation."
Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.21.2009 | World
Yesterday President Barack Obama approved the deployment of 17,000 United States troops to Afghanistan, AFP reports. The move led to responses from ac...
AP | TOM CURLEY | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics