Debate Aside, Drone Strikes Drop Sharply
In an address on Thursday, President Obama will attempt to lay out his justification for drone strikes, which have been in decline since 2010, and ...
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Afghanistan’s Karzai Says ‘No Circumstances’ Allow Him to Seek Another Term
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has sought to dispel talk that he find a way to stay in power beyond his constitutionally mandated two ...
Applying Early Lessons to Build Afghan Security
As Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, deputy commander of the Special Operations forces in Afghanistan, prepares to leave the country, a program created to train ...
Sergeant Accused of Secretly Filming Female Cadets
The suspect, Sgt. Michael McClendon, sometimes videotaped the West Point cadets when they were in the shower, officials said.
A Group Taking Politics and Military Strategy to the Same Extremes
A suicide bombing in Kabul was almost as noteworthy for the group that took credit — Hezb-i-Islami, a largely spent insurgent force — as for its ...
Coalition Downplays Afghan Reports of Major Battle in Helmand
Afghan officials portrayed the fighting as a big victory against the Taliban, but the American-led coalition was circumspect about the scale of the ...
Wave of Bombings Kills Dozens in Iraq
A series of car bombs in Baghdad and Basra deepened worries that Iraq is spiraling toward levels of violence not seen since ...
Khaled Hosseini on How the Iraq War Hurt Afghanistan
It also almost killed his literary career.
Obama to Discuss Al Qaeda, Drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday Speech
President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging ...
Don’t Expand the War on Terror
Congress should not grant the president the power to go after any group he deems a terrorist organization.