Afghanistan witnessed its first democratic transfer of power when Ashraf Ghani was sworn in as president in September 2014. Since 2001, when the Taliban were ousted, thousands have been killed and ...

The defense secretary’s decision to select his chief spokesman to lead the inquiry into the chaotic end of the war was highly ...

Soon after taking office, President Obama ordered a review of the war strategy and announced plans to send seventeen thousand additional troops to Afghanistan to fight a resurgent Taliban.

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN ... Eighteen journalists have been killed there since 1992, including 16 since the war began in 2001.

An Afghan working in a U.S military base walks near half mast flags of United States, Afghanistan and Task Force Cacti after a U.S. Army ... United States’ longest war. As frightful as these ...

WASHINGTON — Dakota Meyer, a Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Afghanistan ... before the ceremony, Meyer said he is returning to military service after 15 years ...

Lyse Doucet talks to Afghans and others about their fears and hopes for Afghanistan ... that had known nothing but war since the Soviets invaded 20 years earlier. After 2001, there was a new ...