The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed fighting in eastern Afghanistan. A military statement issued Tuesday said four other soldiers were wounded in the Jan. 1 battle in the Achin ...

What began as a battlefield partnership became a deep friendship, as an American veteran worked for years to help an Afghan ...

October 7, 2001 – Operation Enduring Freedom begins. US President George W. Bush announces that US and British forces have begun airstrikes on Taliban and al Qaeda targets in Afghanistan. Airstrikes ...

Sgt. 1st Class Dustin B. Ard, 31, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died from wounds sustained during combat operations in Afghanistan Thursday, the Department of Defense announced Saturday. He is the third U.S.

The families of four U.S. Army Rangers killed in combat in Afghanistan over the weekend will not be flown by the Pentagon to Dover Air Force Base to witness the return of the soldiers’ bodies, as is ...

President Donald Trump is honoring Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Verardo, one of the most catastrophically wounded heroes of the Afghanistan war and a Purple Heart recipient who died at age 40 ...

Crow's combat experience would be a crucial factor in a different kind of conflict, this time with the nation's ...