WASHINGTON — Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turns out to be the Taliban. The U.S. spent $83 ...

Lakanwal was a member of a Zero Unit, an Afghan strike force trained and overseen by the CIA as part of its clandestine ...

Editor’s Note: Today’s “Bolduc Brief” was co-authored by Donald C. Bolduc and Chris Hensley – GDM U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) deployed to Afghanistan in October 2001 to conduct unconventional ...

The U.S. Army has been ramping up instruction in the languages of Afghanistan, even as troop levels in the country decrease in preparation for the U.S. troop withdrawal in 2014. This year, key ...