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KABUL, Afghanistan — Fierce fighting broke out around Afghanistan on Friday, with battles in three separate regions killing more than 100 militants, part of a cycle of rapidly rising violence five ...

Water has exposed cracks in the Taliban's fragile relationship with Tehran, with both sides exchanging pointed barbs over scarce supplies before coming to deadly blows along the Afghan-Iranian border.

NPR's Tom Gjelten brings us an overview of the past five days of fighting in the mountains of Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan. He provides some of the details of the battle that are just now ...

A 19-year-old soldier from Battle Ground in southwestern Washington was killed Saturday in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Monday. Pvt. Andrew Jon Shields, a combat medic and paratrooper, ...

Retired Col. Eric Terashima rates scenes portraying the Afghanistan War in movies. During his 30 years of service, Terashima had 12 deployments, including eight combat tours, three of which were in ...

Retired Col. Eric Terashima rates scenes portraying the Afghanistan War in movies. During his 30 years of service, Terashima had 12 deployments, including eight combat tours, three of which were in ...

CAMP MARMAL, Afghanistan -- Whether it was enduring a 500-foot combat jump onto the small island of Grenada, patrolling the jungles of Vietnam, or navigating the streets of battle-ravaged Mogadishu, ...

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Omar Gul was on duty at a remote police checkpoint in Helmand's restive district of Sangin when the station came under fire. It was a warm night in ...

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