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Taliban sweep across Afghanistan’s south, take 3 more cities
The insurgents have taken 18 of the country’s 34 provincial capitals in recent days, including its second- and third-largest cities, Herat and Kandahar.
The Taliban’s leader lived in walking distance of this US forward operating base, new book alleges
Omar reportedly lived for more than a decade in a shack near a well-patrolled route, where he would often hear coalition troops being ambush by insurgents, warplanes flying overhead, and U.S. forces on patrol.
By Kyle Rempfer
Final assault against ISIS camp launched Friday night and is still ongoing
By Sunday, the assault had slowed down amid allegations of human shields.
By Kyle Rempfer
Al-Qaida’s advance in northern Syria threatens fragile truce
It only took a few days for al-Qaida-linked militants to seize more than two dozen towns and villages in northern Syria from rival insurgents earlier this month, cementing their control over an area the size of neighboring Lebanon.
Pentagon identifies Army Green Beret killed in Afghanistan
He was assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group and was on his fourth overseas deployment.
By Kyle Rempfer
After soldier’s death, Army Guard investigates training, equipment provided to deploying EOD unit
Sgt. James Slape, a soldier with the North Carolina National Guard’s 430th Ordnance Company, died Oct. 4 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, from an improvised explosive device.
An Army Ranger dog was killed while saving soldiers’ lives in Afghanistan
A multi-purpose canine assigned to the Army Rangers was killed during a close-quarters battle in southwestern Afghanistan, during which a Ranger also died.
By Kyle Rempfer
Fourth soldier dies from large IED blast in Afghanistan
The Pentagon has identified a fourth casualty from the improvised explosive device that claimed the lives of three special operations troops last week and left three other Americans wounded.
By Kyle Rempfer
Review praises ‘Beyond the Call: Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan’
The Americans profiled — Marine Sgt. Sheena Adams and a pair of Army officers, Maj. Maria Rodriguez and Capt. Johanna Smoke — wanted to make a difference in America’s mission in Afghanistan.
By Jerri Bell, Veterans Writing Project
Pentagon identifies three special operations troops killed by IED in Afghanistan
The Department of Defense released the identities today of three U.S. special operations troops killed during combat operations in Afghanistan.
By Kyle Rempfer