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5 missiles hit Iraqi base hosting US troops; no casualties
Two Iraqi security officials said the missiles hit only a few yards from where U.S. forces are stationed.
Afghan forces could turn guns on Kabul without US air support, cash and troops, among other warnings
Here is the list of reasons why a peace deal between the Taliban and U.S. could threaten the gains made in the past 17 years of war in Afghanistan.
By Kyle Rempfer
‘Combat Obscura’ is a brutally honest look at the blurred morality of the war in Afghanistan
The film’s true brilliance lies in its situational hysteria, an unpredictability that serves as a microcosm of a war with no end.
By J.D. Simkins
Is miscommunication to blame in US airstrike that killed at least 5 Afghan troops?
Authorities are investigating an errant U.S. strike on an Afghan military base in the country’s south that killed at least five Afghan troops, a lawmaker said Thursday.
US aircraft strike Afghan checkpoint after possible friendly fire incident
American forces conducted an airstrike near an Afghan National Army checkpoint after the Afghan forces manning the checkpoint exchanged fire with a joint U.S. and Afghan force convoy.
By Kyle Rempfer
The Taliban’s leader lived in walking distance of this US forward operating base, new book alleges
Omar reportedly lived for more than a decade in a shack near a well-patrolled route, where he would often hear coalition troops being ambush by insurgents, warplanes flying overhead, and U.S. forces on patrol.
By Kyle Rempfer
Final assault against ISIS camp launched Friday night and is still ongoing
By Sunday, the assault had slowed down amid allegations of human shields.
By Kyle Rempfer
Al-Qaida’s advance in northern Syria threatens fragile truce
It only took a few days for al-Qaida-linked militants to seize more than two dozen towns and villages in northern Syria from rival insurgents earlier this month, cementing their control over an area the size of neighboring Lebanon.
Pentagon identifies Army Green Beret killed in Afghanistan
He was assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group and was on his fourth overseas deployment.
By Kyle Rempfer
After soldier’s death, Army Guard investigates training, equipment provided to deploying EOD unit
Sgt. James Slape, a soldier with the North Carolina National Guard’s 430th Ordnance Company, died Oct. 4 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, from an improvised explosive device.
An Army Ranger dog was killed while saving soldiers’ lives in Afghanistan
A multi-purpose canine assigned to the Army Rangers was killed during a close-quarters battle in southwestern Afghanistan, during which a Ranger also died.
By Kyle Rempfer