During his 2012 re-election campaign, President Barack Obama pledged to "end the war in Afghanistan in 2014." As straightforward as that might sound, disentangling U.S. involvement in Afghanistan ...

KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan formally ended its combat mission on Sunday, more than 13 years after an international alliance ousted the Taliban government for sheltering the ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up HONOLULU (CNN) — Thirteen years and more than 2,000 American ...

France took a major step toward winding down its activities in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan on Dec. 8 with a ceremony for 153 returning combat soldiers — part of President François Hollande’s ...

Canada formally ended its combat role in Afghanistan on Thursday, closing a mission that has cost 157 soldiers their lives since 2002 — casualties that shocked Canadians unaccustomed to seeing their ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Jan. 24, 2013) -- "Combined arms" is a military term more often associated with assaults, ambushes and other dramatic actions used to close with and destroy the enemy. For ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2019, an improvised explosive device ripped through a US Army patrol in Afghanistan, leaving combat cameraman Ian Ives with ...

Associated Press WriterABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (AP) -- After flying an attack mission on Afghanistan, Lt. j.g. Sara said Tuesday she didn't think she and other women pilots should be singled ...

new video loaded: Obama thanks troops as Afghanistan combat mission ends President Barack Obama delivers his weekly address, giving thanks for the men and women in uniform around the world. Rough Cut ...

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s statement Wednesday that the U.S. plans to hand off all combat missions in Afghanistan sometime in 2013 has triggered howls from hawks who maintain it’s a step down a ...