Why did the Soviet Union lose the war in Afghanistan - even after winning key battles? This Kings and Generals episode focuses on the fierce campaigns in the Panjshir Valley and the ultimate Soviet ...

Combat in Afghanistan pushed firearms to their limits, with soldiers facing everything from close-quarters urban fighting to long-range engagements across rugged terrain. The weapons that proved most ...

President Obama arranged for the television networks to break from local programing Wednesday so he could announce his decision to withdraw 30,000 troops from Afghanistan by next summer, and ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan and international troops killed at least 65 Taliban insurgents in battles in two southern provinces, each involving large groups of insurgents and lasting several ...

Western media attention has focused in recent days on efforts to build a post-Taliban Afghanistan, almost taking for granted a swift U.S.-led military victory there. But U.S. officials now warn it ...

The spectacle of fierce fighting around a dusty Afghan town, with well-armed Western troops, backed by helicopters and Afghan allies, bearing down on hundreds of dug-in Taliban fighters, would seem to ...