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Gerard Butler’s ‘Kandahar’ requires degree in international relations
Although “Kandahar” feels a like desert "The Fast and the Furious" meets Tom Clancy, there is a lot of warranted wistful reflection about the way the gr
By Sarah Sicard
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Gerard Butler’s ‘Kandahar’ latest to feature Afghan interpreter story
"Kandahar" premieres on May 26.
By Sarah Sicard
US launched several airstrikes in support of Afghan forces this week
These are the first known U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan since Gen. Scott Miller, who had been the top U.S. commander in the country, relinquished his command and left the country last week.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
US contractor sentenced for stealing truck from American base in Afghanistan
The contractor admitted that she and others conspired to steal property from the base in Kandahar in 2015, while a co-conspirator negotiated the sale of the stolen property with a third-country national middleman.
Quarantines in Afghanistan may slow down US withdrawal, meanwhile deployments there on pause
“We continue to execute the ordered draw down to 8600."
By Shawn Snow
US general wounded in Taliban attack that killed 2 Afghan leaders
The Pentagon has confirmed that U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley was shot in a Taliban attack that killed two Afghan leaders in Kandahar province last week.
US commander confident in ability of Afghan security forces
The assassination of Afghan leaders in Kandahar province won’t lessen U.S. support for the war in Afghanistan or deter local security forces in the fight against the Taliban, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East said Saturday.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Mattis reacts to deadly attack in Afghanistan; Taliban says it targeted top US commander
The Taliban claim responsibility for the assault, saying they targeted the top U.S. commander in the country.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Lawyers claim anti-malarial drug to blame for soldier who killed 16 in Afghanistan massacre
A review petition filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on May 16 alleges that prosecutors ignored key evidence that affected the life sentence of former Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, convicted in 2013 of killing 16 Afghan villagers.
Car bomb wounds eight Romanian troops, multiple civilians in Afghanistan
Eight service members were wounded Monday by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the Daman district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
By Kyle Rempfer
Afghans soon to fly missions with Black Hawks from US
The U.S. military has been flying UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter missions in Afghanistan for years, but the storied aircraft will soon take to the country’s battlefields manned by pilots and crews from the Afghan military.
A-10 Warthogs are back in Afghanistan
The A-10 Thunderbolt II arrived in Afghanistan Jan. 19, and flew their first mission within 24 hours of landing at Kandahar, according to U.S. Air Forces Central Command.
By Kyle Rempfer