CAMP PENDLETONCAMP PENDLETON — They began arriving at the crack of dawn. Marine Corps veterans, Gold Star families, active duty Marines and a film crew mingled in anticipation for what lay ahead as ...
SANGIN VALLEY, Afghanistan -- Villagers trickled back to their damaged farms, descending from the hills with their belongings in bundles or on donkeys Tuesday after a NATO operation in their valley ...
Bret Stephens reports back from his time in Afghanistan, the resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi, and the Obama Administration’s decision to review federal laws banning crude oil exports. Plus, Big ...
This story has been corrected. SANGIN, Afghanistan — From the air, Sangin district looks like two planets merged: One a seemingly lifeless landscape, the other an earthly oasis of green pastures and ...
More than 6,700 miles separate Westport from the Sangin Valley in Helmand province in southwestern Afghanistan. But the scarlet and gold of the United States Marine Corps standard will now be ...
SANGIN VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) -- Villagers trickled back to their damaged farms, descending from the hills with their belongings in bundles or on donkeys Tuesday after a NATO operation in their ...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- More than 40 insurgents were killed Saturday as hundreds of coalition troops, many dropped by helicopter, wrested a desert town from the Taliban and U.S. forces battled ...
In the midst of a fair amount of depressing news from Afghanistan (e.g., al-Qaeda backers get U.S. military contracts, U.S. cites “due process rights” as reason not to cancel), here’s a report from ...
SANGIN, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Marines who recently inherited this lush river valley in southern Helmand province from British forces have tossed aside their predecessor's playbook in favor of a more ...