Feds Drop Charges Against Afghan Soldier Trying to Claim Asylum in Texas Wasi faced up to one year in prison and a fine of up to $5,000 if he pleaded guilty.
Afghan Government Officials Helped Smugglers Sneak Almost $1 Billion in Cash and Gold Out of Afghanistan During Collapse During the final months of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, as the Taliban advanced on the capital, the elected...
An Afghan Soldier Fleeing the Taliban Spent Months Reaching the US to Request Asylum. He Was Arrested at the Texas Border. Over the course of the conflict, the U.S. issued special visas to more than 34,000 Afghans who qualified for various reasons.
Afghan Pilot Who Bombed the Taliban Now Flying Recon to Combat US Wildfires With the support of a U.S. veterans group, former Afghan Air Force (AAF) Maj. Samimullah Samim earned U.S. flight...
Our Next War in Afghanistan Is Already Looming. And It May Be Even Harder. The dangers that kept the U.S. in Afghanistan for so long are accumulating again, little more than a month after troops left...
Hear a Medal of Honor Recipient Describe Hand-to-Hand Combat with the Taliban On Dec. 5, 2012, Dr. Dilip Joseph, an aid worker who was training health-care providers in villages around Kabul, was...
Visit to a Lost CIA Base in Afghanistan With the base empty and the Taliban back in power, Washington’s ability to monitor the assorted militants who are still in...
Once Banned by the Taliban, Kites Mark First Thanksgiving for Afghan Refugees on US Military Base The Marines added a new tradition to the old for the first Thanksgiving in the U.S. for the Afghan refugees who escaped...
Thousands of Afghans Seek Temporary US Entry, Few Approved Afghan families in the U.S. and the immigrant groups supporting them say the slow pace of approvals threatens the safety of...
Army Cuts Popular Education Benefit in Half, Bars Officers as Costs Soar The Army is dramatically scaling back one of its most generous education benefits, the Credentialing Assistance program known...
Navy Cuts Length of Boot Camp Amid Rise in Recruiting Totals The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known...
Army Secretary Fires 4-Star General Who Meddled in Promotion of Unfit Subordinate Army Secretary Christine Wormuth -- in a dramatic and rare move -- on Tuesday fired one of the service's top generals...
Congress Shaves Beard Pilot Program for Air Force, Space Force from Must-Pass Defense Legislation Congress has decided to pass on ordering the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program examining whether...
VA Health System Remains on Federal 'High Risk' List Due to Oversight Shortfalls The VA medical system has been a concern to government auditors for the past decade but has seen vast improvements, according...