President Joe Biden insisted the U.S. mission in Afghanistan was always strictly about counterterrorism, not “nation-building” as he defended the withdrawal of troops after 20 years of fighting ...

Lt. Gen. John Vines, commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan since June 2003, spoke to NPR's Steve Inskeep about a resurgence of attacks by the Taliban against police and civilian officials ...

Afghanistan's U.S. backed government is trying to end a long-running confrontation between two powerful warlords in the north. Kabul has sent newly-trained police forces and replaced provincial ...

A little over two years ago, on October 7, 2001, US President George Bush announced that the Pentagon had begun air strikes against Afghanistan in preparation for a US invasion. The bombing campaign ...

A year after the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan's future, there is considerable ground for optimism about that country. Living conditions are still harsh for many people, and episodic violence ...

Even as attention shifts to Iraq, America needs to be careful not to forget that its work in Afghanistan is just beginning. We have spent billions of dollars and lost precious lives to vanquish the ...

In the decade since the attacks, 306 men and women from Illinois have died in combat or while supporting military missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the U.S. State Department of Veterans ...