Afghanistan War
New hero, fresh heartbreak
An Army widow shares memories of her late husband
Date: 05/28/2012 | Business
U.S. general: Afghanistan better vetting recruits
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- The commanding Marine general in one of Afghanistan's hardest-fought regions said Friday he is seeing big improvements in the vetting of Afghan recruits to the country's security forces following attacks by Afghan soldiers on their NATO partners.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World
World support wanes for costly Afghan war
KABUL, Afghanistan -- It was what President Barack Obama called a "war of necessity," a conflict thrust upon America by the 9/11 attacks. As NATO's mission here winds down nearly 11 years later, the insurgents remain undefeated, corruption runs rife and the peace process is stuck in the...
Date: 05/20/2012 | Nation & World
Survivors of Afghan massacre recall horror of GI's assault
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- It was early in the morning, perhaps 2 a.m., when gunfire awoke 14-year-old Rafiullah.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Nation & World
Afghan soldier kills U.S. Marine, wounds another
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan soldier killed one U.S. marine and wounded another before being shot to death in return fire Sunday in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks against foreigners blamed on government forces within their own ranks.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Nation & World
Wife Skyping with soldier saw bullet hole in wall
DALLAS -- An Army nurse showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet hole in a closet behind him after his collapse, his family said Sunday.
Date: 05/06/2012 | Nation & World
9/11 terror trial suspects ignore their judge (video)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- They knelt in prayer, ignored the judge and wouldn't listen to Arabic translations as they confronted nearly 3,000 counts of murder. The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four co-defendants defiantly disrupted an arraignment that ended late...
Date: 05/06/2012 | Nation & World
9/11 terror suspects disrupt Gitmo hearing (video)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks repeatedly declined to answer a judge's questions Saturday and his co-defendants knelt in prayer in what appeared to be a concerted protest against the military proceedings.
Date: 05/05/2012 | Nation & World
Panetta: Troop scandals endanger fellow soldiers
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned troops Friday that it takes just seconds for misconduct to make headlines and said that enemy insurgents can use recent military scandals to fuel their fight.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Nation & World
Lawyer in Afghan slayings case objects to background check
SEATTLE -- The lead civilian lawyer for a U.S. soldier accused of massacring 17 Afghan villagers in March doesn't want to undergo a background check.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
Osama Bin Laden's last words go online
WASHINGTON — In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Nation & World
Bin Laden sought operative with valid Mexican passport
WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden instructed his deputies to recruit an operative with a valid Mexican passport who could cross illegally into the United States, said a former U.S. official familiar with the trove of letters and notes seized last year from the terrorist leader's compound.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Nation & World
Local veterans support accused soldier's family
TACOMA -- A local veterans group has been raising money to support the wife and children of Sgt. Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Nation & World
Afghan assassins kill two in attack
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Two Taliban militants hiding handguns in their shoes infiltrated a government compound in southern Afghanistan on Saturday in an attempt to assassinate a provincial governor, setting off a fierce battle that left two security guards and both attackers dead.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Nation & World
Pakistan deports Osama bin Laden's family
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani authorities deported Osama bin Laden's three widows and his children to Saudi Arabia early Friday, less than a week before the first anniversary of the unilateral American raid that killed the al-Qaida leader in his hideout in a military town.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Nation & World
Terrorist explosives seized in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan security forces have arrested five militants with 22,000 pounds of explosives that they smuggled in from Pakistan to carry out a massive attack in Kabul, as well as another three suspects allegedly planning to assassinate the vice president, an official said...
Date: 04/22/2012 | Nation & World
Support for Afghan war tumbles, poll finds
WASHINGTON -- American support for a U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan continues to erode rapidly and has now hit a new low, according to a poll from the Pew Research Center in Washington.
Date: 04/19/2012 | Nation & World
Army denies clemency in 2010 'thrill kill' case
SEATTLE -- The Army has denied early release for a soldier who tried to blow the whistle on a plot to kill Afghan civilians in 2010, only to later be convicted in the plot himself.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Northwest
Lewis-McChord soldier killed in Afghanistan
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Conn. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a Connecticut native killed in Afghanistan last week will be honored by his home state.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Northwest
Marine from Tacoma killed in Afghanistan
TACOMA -- The Defense Department says a Camp Pendleton Marine from Tacoma, Wash., has been killed in Afghanistan.The department said Lance Cpl. Ramon T. Kaipat, 22, died Wednesday in combat.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
JBLM unit in Afghanistan adopts turtle mascot
TACOMA -- A unit from a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker Brigade on a year-long deployment in Afghanistan has adopted a turtle as a mascot.The turtle was found in the desert this week by Sgt. Dison Ittue, who carried it back to Forward Operating Base Wolverine in Zabul Province.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Northwest
Afghan bomb kills at least 10, including 3 GIs
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 10 people, including three American soldiers, at a park in a relatively peaceful area of northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, part of an increase in violence at the start of the spring fighting season.
Date: 04/04/2012 | Nation & World
Another Stryker brigade heads to Afghanistan
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD -- Joint Base Lewis-McChord will hold a deployment ceremony Friday for the 2nd Stryker Brigade as about 4,000 soldiers start heading to Afghanistan for a nine-month tour.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Northwest
Soldier may have split killing spree, investigators say
WASHINGTON -- U.S. investigators believe the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians split the slaughter into two episodes, returning to his base after the first attack and later slipping away to kill again, two American officials said Saturday.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Nation & World
Republicans offer few details on Afghanistan plans
WASHINGTON -- As Afghanistan seizes more of the political spotlight, the Republican presidential candidates are quick to criticize President Barack Obama's handling of the war but struggle to explain how they would change the strategy they would inherit.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Nation & World
Afghan father tries to cope after shooting rampage
HARMARA, Afghanistan -- Mohammad Wazir can barely take a sip of water because it reminds him of his 7-year-old daughter, who brought him a glass three days before she was killed with 10 other loved ones in a shooting spree allegedly carried out by a U.S. soldier in southern Afghanistan.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Nation & World
Soldier to be charged Friday
WASHINGTON -- Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder as well as assault and a string of other offenses in the massacre of Afghan villagers as they slept, a U.S. official said Thursday.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
Sergeant suspected in slayings had 2nd assault incident
OLYMPIA -- A second incident involving alcohol and violence surfaced Thursday in the background of the Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 17 Afghan villagers -- a 2008 allegation that he thrust a woman's hand to his crotch and fought with her boyfriend.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
Soldiers' dog home in Everett
Many aided in shepherd's journey from Afghanistan
Date: 03/22/2012 | Local News
Suspect in Afghan case a profile in contradictions
Robert Bales boasted of being one of the good guys, a proud patriot who enlisted in the Army just two months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and engaged in some of the fiercest fighting in Iraq.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Nation & World
Soldier's lawyer known for 'humanizing' clients
SEATTLE -- A day before the public learned the name of the soldier accused of methodically slaughtering 16 civilians in Afghanistan, his lawyer called a news conference and sketched a different portrait of Robert Bales: that of a loving father and devoted husband who had been traumatized by a...
Date: 03/21/2012 | Nation & World
Money, career woes plagued suspect in Afghan massacre
LAKE TAPPS -- Bypassed for a promotion and struggling to pay for his house, Robert Bales was eyeing a way out of his job at a military base months before he allegedly gunned down 16 civilians in an Afghan war zone. A deeper picture emerged Saturday of the Army sergeant's financial troubles and...
Date: 03/18/2012 | Nation & World
Despite ban, war zone soldiers find alcohol
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military bans alcohol for its troops in Afghanistan, but that doesn't stop some soldiers from having a bottle or two stowed away in their gear -- a fact highlighted by investigators' probe into whether alcohol played a role when a U.S. sergeant allegedly carried out a...
Date: 03/17/2012 | Nation & World
Bin Laden plotted to kill Obama, documents show
WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden in his final days schemed over an effort to kill President Barack Obama as well as other top U.S. officials, documents recovered from his compound show.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Nation & World
Suspect in killing of Afghan civilians identified
WASHINGTON — After five days cloaked in military secrecy, the soldier suspected in a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians has finally been identified, adding a critical detail to the still-sketchy portrait just beginning to emerge.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Northwest
Experts: Soldier might have PTSD
Mental health experts say the soldier suspected of killing Afghan civilians could have post-traumatic stress disorder.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Northwest
Taliban talks off; Karzai tells NATO to pull back
KABUL, Afghanistan — The American campaign in Afghanistan has suffered a double blow: The Taliban broke off talks with the U.S., and President Hamid Karzai said NATO should pull out of rural areas and speed up the transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces nationwide in the wake...
Date: 03/16/2012 | Nation & World
Years later, Women in Black still standing firm
Still, they stand for peace.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Local News
Accused U.S. soldier flown out of Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier accused of shooting 16 Afghan villagers in a pre-dawn killing spree was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday to Kuwait, even as many Afghans called for him to face justice in their country.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Northwest
Accused U.S. soldier flown out of Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The American soldier accused of shooting 16 Afghan villagers in a pre-dawn killing spree was flown out of Afghanistan on Wednesday to an undisclosed location, even as many Afghans called for him to face justice in their country.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Nation & World
Vigil near Lewis-McChord for Afghan victims canceled
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- Organizers of a vigil that had been planned near Joint Base Lewis-McChord Monday evening for victims of an Afghan shooting spree have canceled it to avoid appearing anti-military.
Date: 03/12/2012 | Northwest
Afghans to run their own military prisons
KABUL, Afghanistan -- More than 3,000 detainees held by the U.S. military will be transferred to Afghan control within six months under an agreement signed Friday between the United States and Afghanistan.
Date: 03/10/2012 | Nation & World
Five Americans linked to Afghan Quran burnings
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An investigation into the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. military base has found it was a mistake involving at least five Americans who may face a disciplinary review, a Western official said Saturday, but Afghan investigators claimed it was an intentional...
Date: 03/04/2012 | Nation & World
U.S. drone attacks mostly kill militants, reporter finds
ISLAMABAD -- American drone strikes inside Pakistan are killing far fewer civilians than many in the country are led to believe, according to an on-the-ground Associated Press investigation of 10 of the deadliest attacks in the past 18 months.
Date: 02/26/2012 | Nation & World
Pakistan halfway done razing Osama bin Laden compound
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan was more than halfway done Sunday demolishing the three-story compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. commandos last May, erasing a concrete reminder of a painful and embarrassing chapter in the country's history.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Nation & World
Obama apologizes to Afghans for Quran incident
KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Barack Obama apologized to Afghans on Thursday for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base, trying to assuage rising anti-American sentiment as an Afghan soldier gunned down two American troops during another day of angry protests.
Date: 02/24/2012 | Nation & World
Intelligence officials offer grim view of war in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON -- Senior U.S. intelligence officials offered a bleak view of the war in Afghanistan in testimony to Congress on Thursday, an assessment they acknowledged was more pessimistic than that of the military commanders in charge.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Nation & World
Lewis-McChord Stryker unit heading to Afghanistan
SEATTLE -- The Department of Defense says a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker brigade is deploying to Afghanistan in late spring.The Pentagon says 4,000 soldiers from 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division will head to Afghanistan.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Northwest
Wednesday service at Lewis-McChord for soldier killed in Afghanistan
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- A memorial service will be held Wednesday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.The Army said 24-year-old 1st Lt. David A. Johnson, of Horicon, Wis., was killed Jan. 25 by a homemade bomb while on foot patrol in Kandahar province.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Northwest
Pentagon to ease job restrictions on women in military
WASHINGTON _ The Pentagon plans to ease restrictions on women serving in combat, which will open 14,000 new and potentially more dangerous jobs to female troops, mostly in the Army and Marine Corps.
Date: 02/08/2012 | Nation & World
Charges dropped against soldier in Afghan deaths
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- The Army on Friday dropped all charges against the fifth soldier it had accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport during a 2010 deployment.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Northwest
U.S. to end combat role in Afghanistan next year
BRUSSELS -- The U.S. and its allies will formally change their military mission in Afghanistan to training and advising Afghan troops next year, a shift meant to extricate the alliance from a combat role after more than a decade of war, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.
Date: 02/01/2012 | Nation & World
U.S. worried about Bin Laden tipster in Pakistan
WASHINGTON -- The United States is "very concerned" about the condition of a Pakistani doctor who provided information that helped them track down al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CBS News in an interview to be broadcast today.
Date: 01/29/2012 | Nation & World
Early pullout by France cracks Afghan coalition (Video)
KABUL -- The announcement by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that his troops would sharply accelerate their departure from Afghanistan cast a harsh light on potential cracks in the U.S.-led military coalition in the country.
Date: 01/29/2012 | Nation & World
Services for Ferndale Marine killed in Afghanistan
BELLINGHAM -- Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at Washington state buildings be lowered to half-staff Tuesday in memory of a Marine captain from Ferndale who was killed in Afghanistan.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Northwest
Lewis-McChord soldier killed in Afghanistan
MAYVILLE, Wis. -- The family of a Wisconsin soldier killed in Afghanistan will travel to Dover Air Force base in Delaware where the body of 1st Lt. David Johnson is due to arrive.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Northwest
Despite Iran warning, USS Abraham Lincoln enters Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON — Amid heightened tensions with Iran, an American aircraft carrier has sailed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf. The Navy says it's a routine maneuver.
Date: 01/23/2012 | Nation & World
Marines name general to handle urination video probe
WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps on Friday laid the groundwork for deciding what, if any, disciplinary action will be taken in the case of an Internet video purporting to show Marine snipers urinating on dead bodies in Afghanistan.
Date: 01/14/2012 | Nation & World
Desecration of the dead is as old as war itself
Since before Achilles dragged Hector's body around the walls of Troy, warriors have been desecrating the corpses of their vanquished enemies, whether to send a message or exact revenge.And for just as long, they have known in their hearts it was wrong.
Date: 01/13/2012 | Nation & World
Tacoma soldier dies in Afghanistan
TACOMA -- The father of a Tacoma soldier who died in Afghanistan says he died in a training accident.
Date: 01/13/2012 | Northwest
U.S. deplores video of Marines urinating on dead Taliban (Video)
WASHINGTON — Pentagon leaders scrambled Thursday to contain damage from an Internet video purporting to show four Marines urinating on Taliban corpses — an act that appears to violate international laws of warfare and further strains U.S.-Afghan relations.
Date: 01/12/2012 | Nation & World
Military cargo drone makes debut in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military is testing a revolutionary new drone for its arsenal, a pilotless helicopter intended to fly cargo missions to remote outposts where frequent roadside bombs threaten access by road convoys.
Date: 01/07/2012 | Nation & World
Obama: U.S. Navy will remain in Persian Gulf
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday brushed aside Iran's warning to keep U.S. aircraft carriers out of the Persian Gulf, dismissing its threats as a consequence of hard-hitting American sanctions on the Iranian economy.
Date: 01/03/2012 | Nation & World
Britain's Prince Harry plans another shot at combat
LONDON -- Britain's Prince Harry has said he will be deployed to Afghanistan for a second time -- almost four years after his previous secret mission was cut short when details leaked, according to a report Wednesday.
Date: 12/22/2011 | Nation & World
Marines promoted inflated story for Medal of Honor winner
WASHINGTON — With Dakota Meyer standing at attention in his dress uniform, sweat glistening on his forehead under the television lights, President Barack Obama extolled the former Marine corporal for the "extraordinary actions" that had earned him the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest...
Date: 12/14/2011 | Nation & World
Marine deserved Medal of Honor, his comrades say
WASHINGTON — Dakota Meyer's commander had good reason to nominate the former Marine Corps corporal for the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest decoration for valor.
Date: 12/14/2011 | Nation & World
Carnage in Kabul sparks fear of sectarian strife
KABUL, Afghanistan -- In Afghanistan's first major sectarian assault since the fall of the Taliban regime a decade ago, a suicide bomber slaughtered 56 Shiite worshippers and wounded more than 160 others Tuesday outside a Shiite shrine in the capital.
Date: 12/06/2011 | Nation & World
U.S. rerouting some Afghan war supplies
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military is working around a Pakistani government border blockade by shipping small amounts of some supplies for the Afghan war through alternate countries, U.S. defense officials said Tuesday.
Date: 12/06/2011 | Nation & World
Marines to wind down combat in Afghanistan in 2012
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan -- U.S. Marines will march out of Afghanistan by the thousands next year, winding down combat in the Taliban heartland and testing the U.S. view that Afghan forces are capable of leading the fight against a battered but not yet beaten insurgency in the country's...
Date: 11/27/2011 | Nation & World
NATO attack allegedly kills 24 Pakistani troops
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan blocked vital supply routes for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan on Saturday after coalition helicopters and fighter jets allegedly killed 24 Pakistani troops at two posts along a mountainous frontier that serves as a safe haven for militants.
Date: 11/26/2011 | Nation & World
2,500 JBLM soldiers deploying to Afghanistan
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- Joint Base Lewis-McChord held a deployment ceremony Tuesday to bid farewell to the 3rd Stryker Brigade for the fourth time in eight years.The News Tribune reports only 2,500 of the 4,200 soldiers in the brigade are taking part in this yearlong deployment.
Date: 11/23/2011 | Northwest
Hundreds of Afghans protest extending pact with U.S. past 2014
KABUL, Afghanistan -- More than 1,000 university students blocked a main highway in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday to protest any agreement that would allow U.S. troops to remain in the country after a planned transfer of authority in 2014.
Date: 11/20/2011 | Nation & World
Karzai wants pact with U.S. but says raids must end
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked the nation's elders Wednesday to back negotiations for a new security pact with the United States, assuring them that he would demand an end to unpopular night raids in which troops swoop down from helicopters and search Afghan homes.
Date: 11/16/2011 | Nation & World
Poll: Afghan support for Taliban declining
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Support for the Taliban among Afghans has steadily declined in recent years and people are feeling a growing sense of insecurity, according to a survey funded in part by the U.S. government.
Date: 11/15/2011 | Nation & World
Soldier gets life sentence in Afghan killings
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD -- A military jury sentenced an Afghan war veteran to life in prison after the Army staff sergeant was convicted of murder, conspiracy and other charges in the deaths of civilians, in one of the most gruesome cases to emerge from the conflict.
Date: 11/12/2011 | Northwest
Tough market for veterans
Their service done, many find their job prospects bleak
Date: 11/11/2011 | Local News
Suicide bombers kill 7 in north Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two suicide bombers targeted worshippers on a key Muslim festival in northern Afghanistan, killing seven, including two local police commanders, officials said Sunday.
Date: 11/06/2011 | Nation & World
American general ousted after critical remarks on Afghans
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A U.S. general responsible for training Afghanistan's security forces has been relieved of his duties for criticizing Afghan President Hamid Karzai and saying the country's leaders were "isolated from reality."
Date: 11/06/2011 | Nation & World
Solider: Afghan killings were in legitimate combat
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD -- An Army staff sergeant accused of masterminding the murders of three Afghan civilians took the witness stand at his own court-martial Friday, giving his first public denial of involvement in any plot and contradicting the accounts of co-defendants and fellow soldiers who...
Date: 11/04/2011 | Northwest
Cargo plane crews return to Lewis-McChord
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- The Air Force says more than 100 airmen are returning to Joint Base Lewis-McChord on Thursday after a two-month deployment operating C-17 cargo planes in support of the war in Afghanistan.
Date: 11/03/2011 | Northwest
5 killed as bomber plows into checkpoint at U.N. compound in Kandahar
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents driving a bomb-laden truck and attacking on foot killed at least five people, including three U.N. employees, in the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar on Monday.
Date: 10/31/2011 | Nation & World
Suicide bombing of NATO Afghan convoy kills 17
KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into an armored NATO bus Saturday, killing 17 people, including 12 Americans and a Canadian in the deadliest attack on the U.S.-led coalition in Kabul since the war began. It was a major setback for the alliance as it begins to...
Date: 10/29/2011 | Nation & World
Wash. companies to pay $60K for firing reservist
TACOMA -- A Washington state trucking company has agreed to pay $60,000 to an Air Force reservist who was fired without cause after he returned from deployment in Afghanistan.
Date: 10/27/2011 | Northwest
3 soldiers die in Afghanistan
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed Saturday in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, including two based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Date: 10/23/2011 | Northwest
County families with connection to war in Iraq react to its end
EVERETT -- The war in Iraq touched many lives in Snohomish County. Some served there, some died there. The announcement Friday that the president is ordering all troops home was met with varying reactions. Many welcomed the news. Dedi Noble did not.
Date: 10/22/2011 | Local News
Soldier from Enumclaw killed in Afghanistan
TACOMA -- The Defense Department says a soldier from Enumclaw died Monday in Afghanistan of combat-related injuries.
Date: 10/12/2011 | Northwest
Monroe High grad helps Afghans in air force learn English
The 22 Afghan lieutenants only speak English in Thunder Lab.
Date: 10/10/2011 | Local News
U.S. and Pakistan rebuild their spying ties
WASHINGTON -- In what could mark a turning point in U.S.-Pakistani relations, Pakistani forces have arrested a handful of al-Qaida suspects at the CIA's request and allowed the U.S. access to the detainees, U.S. and Pakistani officials said.
Date: 10/09/2011 | Nation & World
1st Afghan War casualty was from Lewis-McChord
TACOMA -- Nearly 1,800 U.S. military members have been killed in Afghanistan since the war began there 10 years ago, enough to form a single-file rank of soldiers a mile long.
Date: 10/07/2011 | Northwest
Assassination plot targeted Afghanistan's leader
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan intelligence officials said Wednesday that they had broken up a cell that plotted to kill President Hamid Karzai, arresting six people in Kabul whom they claimed were affiliated with al-Qaida and the Haqqani militant group.
Date: 10/06/2011 | Nation & World
1 in 3 veterans sees Iraq, Afghan wars as a waste
WASHINGTON — One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, and a majority think that after 10 years of combat America should be focusing less on foreign affairs and more on its own problems, according to an opinion...
Date: 10/05/2011 | Nation & World
Drones are U.S. weapon of choice in war on terror
WASHINGTON -- Hunting al-Qaida targets from Pakistan to Afghanistan, Yemen to Somalia, the fleet of U.S. armed Predator and Reaper drones that killed two American members of al-Qaida in Yemen are the night stalkers of the expanded U.S. war on terrorists.
Date: 10/02/2011 | Nation & World
Should president have the power to approve American deaths?
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama steered the nation's war machine into uncharted territory Friday when a U.S. drone attacked a convoy in Yemen and killed two American citizens who had become central figures in al-Qaida.
Date: 10/01/2011 | Nation & World
Marines find rewards in Afghanistan conflict
FORWARD OPERATING BASE JACKSON, Afghanistan -- An American in uniform stands near a landing zone at about 2 a.m., moonlight framing his features, and talks about dead and maimed men he knows. His flight out isn't until next month, and he is counting the days.
Date: 09/26/2011 | Nation & World
Amputations up sharply in Afghan war
WASHINGTON -- The counterinsurgency tactic that is sending U.S. soldiers out on foot patrols among the Afghan people, rather than riding in armored vehicles, has contributed to a dramatic increase in arm and leg amputations, genital injuries and the loss of multiple limbs following blast...
Date: 09/20/2011 | Nation & World
Rabid dog bite in Afghanistan kills U.S. soldier
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Had Army Spc. Kevin Shumaker died from a mortar blast or insurgent fire while serving in Afghanistan, that would be devastating but fathomable.
Date: 09/17/2011 | Nation & World
Marine awarded Medal of Honor for bravery in Afghan battle
WASHINGTON — The desperate call crackled over the radio in the predawn darkness: A small team of American and Afghan troops were pinned down in a remote village under withering fire from three sides. A young lieutenant was begging for artillery or air support. Without it, he said, "we are...
Date: 09/16/2011 | Nation & World
First steps in cutting U.S. spending on Afghan war
WASHINGTON -- Congress on Tuesday took a first step toward scaling back U.S. spending plans for the Afghan war, reflecting a mounting political pressure to reduce budget deficits and a recalculation of what it will take to stabilize Afghanistan as U.S. and allied forces begin to withdraw...
Date: 09/14/2011 | Nation & World
U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,656
As of Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, at least 1,656 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
Date: 09/13/2011 | Nation & World
Up to $60 billion in war funds said wasted
WASHINGTON -- As much as $60 billion in U.S. funds has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade through lax oversight of contractors, poor planning and corruption, an independent panel investigating U.S. wartime spending estimates.
Date: 08/30/2011 | Nation & World
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