Hundreds of US military family members trapped at camp facing closure, group says
Family members of U.S. troops and veterans are stranded at a camp in Qatar that the U.S. is planning to close Sept. 30, an aid organization said.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Bill seeks nationwide concealed carry for special operators
A senator and special operations veteran with a scrutinized story of a gunshot wound filed a bill to let special operators carry nationwide.
How Trump upended US-Taliban peace talks
With a series of tweets, President Donald Trump has upended nearly a year of U.S.-Taliban negotiations on ending America’s longest war.
Pompeo: Taliban ‘overreached’ in attack that killed American service member
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that Taliban “overreached” with their car bomb attack in a diplomatic area near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, killing an American soldier — and that led President Donald Trump to pull back from planned Afghanistan peace talks at Camp David.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
Trump calls off secret Camp David meeting with Taliban, Afghan leaders
President Donald Trump said Saturday he canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders after a bombing in the past week in Kabul that killed 12 people, including an American soldier, and has called off peace negotiations with the insurgent group.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
Mattis on why he went to work for the Trump administration
Mattis told an audience in Washington on Friday that his decision to become defense secretary was informed by the sense of duty he cultivated for 43 years in uniform.
Taliban attacks test Trump as he seeks to end Afghan war
Relentless, deadly attacks by the Taliban, including a car bombing Thursday that killed a U.S. service member, are testing President Donald Trump’s resolve to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and end what he has called America’s “endless” war.
US, Romanian service members killed in Kabul
This year has been the deadliest for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the mission to the country scaled down at the start of 2015 and changed names from Operation Enduring Freedom to Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
By Diana Stancy
Devil Dog reservists summon the power of ‘oorah’ in wonky trailer for prison break thriller, ‘Semper Fi’
A prison sentence may actually be preferable to seeing this film.
By J.D. Simkins
Talks ‘still ongoing’ to end Afghanistan war, says Defense Secretary Esper
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday he’s not ready to publicly discuss how a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would begin under a peace deal with the Taliban.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Diplomacy with the Taliban is the only solution in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan needs to end, says the author of this commentary, and the U.S. finally has an opportunity to end it.
By Rick Martin