Combat in Afghanistan pushed firearms to their limits, with soldiers facing everything from close-quarters urban fighting to long-range engagements across rugged terrain. The weapons that proved most ...

"Frankly, we are running out of time," Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House Armed Services Committee, referring to the international effort to stabilize Afghanistan.

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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 ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — The death toll from a week of fighting between Afghan forces and hundreds of Taliban militants in a southern province rose above 100, officials said Thursday, while the ...

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.