July 15, 2010

Life returns to Tangye thanks to Afghan and UK troops

TANGYE, Afghanistan (June 29, 2010) — The little town of Tangye, at the foot of Kajaki Dam here, has stood empty for nearly five years. But people are beginning to trickle back.

July 14, 2010

Provincial official helps thwart insurgent attack

WASHINGTON (July 12, 2010) – Afghan National Police and the subgovernor of Ghazni province thwarted an insurgent attack in Gahzni’s Khwajah Omari district yesterday, military officials reported.

July 13, 2010

Agriculture, livestock on mend after Afghans oust Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 11, 2010) – In the village of Daridam here, agriculture is on the mend after an Afghan-led force ousted a large Taliban presence.

July 12, 2010

Marine gets blown up, walks away unfazed

SOUTHERN SHORSURAK, Afghanistan (July 12, 2010) — Few people survive stepping on an improvised explosive device. Even fewer walk away the same day.

July 9, 2010

Marines provide Afghan police with lifesaving skills

Marines and sailors from the police mentor team, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, convoyed to each Afghan National Police checkpoint surrounding Hazer Joft, July 5, to provide the police with tourniquets, bandages and combat lifesaving skills.

July 6, 2010

U.S. on track to end combat mission in Iraq

BAGHDAD (July 3, 2010) – The United States in on track or ahead of schedule to end its combat mission in Iraq this summer

July 2, 2010

Petraeus: Effort, unity of purpose crucial in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (July 1, 2010) – Unity of purpose in Afghanistan is essential to winning the counterinsurgency fight in the country, the new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan said Thursday.

July 1, 2010

Wounded warriors return to battlefield

Cpl. Charles DuPree took a knee and buried his head in his hands. Staff Sgt. Jeral Majetic knelt in front of him as they grabbed hold of one another; both veterans too overwhelmed to support their own weight. With his voice cracking, DuPree said, “This is it, we’re back.”

June 30, 2010

In Afghanistan, one woman makes a difference

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 13, 2010) — Twenty-four-year-old Wahida received a good education when she was living as a refugee in Peshawar, Pakistan.

June 30, 2010

Mullen: U.S., NATO on track in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (June 29, 2010) – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday that he returned from Afghanistan this week reassured that U.S. and NATO forces remain on track there, but also concerned about the synergy among terrorist groups in the region. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen made the comments yesterday as part of an interview with David Sanger, New York Times chief Washington correspondent, at the inaugural Aspen Security Forum, part of the Aspen Institute, in Colorado.