Former Green Berets seek justice in Texas killing of Afghan teammate
Two months after Abdul Rahman Waziri was shot and killed outside his Houston home, authorities have yet to make an arrest despite identifying the shooter.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Advocates recruit vets to attend Afghan allies’ immigration hearings
The effort is designed to show support for legal immigration of more Afghans who worked alongside American forces during the war overseas.
US bombing expands to Afghan province near Chinese border
U.S. Forces-Afghanistan has begun launching precision airstrikes in Northern Afghanistan in an effort to degrade the Taliban’s revenue streams, training facilities and support networks.
By Kyle Rempfer
Doubts rise over effectiveness of bombing Afghan drug labs
A government watchdog agency is questioning the Defense Department’s drug lab bombing campaign against the Taliban financial network this winter.
By Kyle Rempfer
Afghan forces uncover ISIS hideout in Kabul district
Afghan security forces uncovered an Islamic State hideout packed with explosives and suicide vests this week in a poor western neighborhood of the capital, Kabul.
Marines see Afghan forces improve in Helmand battles
Afghan forces backed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan’s turbulent Helmand Province have gained ground in recent months, but the Taliban still maintains control over roughly half the province, according to the senior Marine commander who just returned from a nine-month deployment to the region.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
US officials push back against report on losses in Afghanistan
A recent report by the BBC stating that the insurgent group threatens 70 percent of Afghanistan “overstates their influence,” officials with Resolute Support told Military Times.
By Kyle Rempfer
Pentagon: Gag order on Afghan data was a mistake
In an abrupt reversal, the U.S. military on Tuesday said it made a mistake when it ordered an independent federal auditor to stop providing the public with information about U.S. war efforts in Afghanistan that help to measure how the 16-year-old stalemated war is going.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press