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The lessons of America’s longest war: Afghanistan still a question mark after 17 years of fighting

In the beginning, it all looked like a brilliant military victory and a validation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s new way of fighting and winning modern wars. Less that a month after the Sept. ... read more

Afghanistan, the Longest War in American History

The screaming grew louder when it was reported that the president also intended to remove half of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, with the rest likely to come home at the end of 2019. Afghanistan is the ... read more

Mourning a soldier whose death could mark a new stage in America’s longest war

He was the first American killed in combat in Afghanistan in more than four months. Now his death could mark the beginning of a new stage in America’s longest war. Five days after he died ... he ... read more

On Sale in Kabul: Mementos of America’s War in Afghanistan, for $2 or Less

The coins are typically handed out to members of a unit after a deployment ... spent prolonging America’s longest conflict can’t escape the same myopic approach we applied to fighting the war and ... read more

The War in Afghanistan Is Headed for a Record

And that’s just to dip a toe into my writings on America’s all-time most never-ending war. If, at this point, you’re still reading, I consider it a miracle. After ... the mark for one of Europe’s ... read more

The Nepalis Fighting America’s Wars

This represented a major step toward the privatization of America’s wars. After ... working in Afghanistan for five years, as well as visits and sojourns in TCNs’ home countries. Coburn argues that ... read more

World War III: How Likely Is It U.S. Will Fight in Iran, North Korea, Syria, Ukraine or Venezuela?

The United States has been at war for much of its history, including the past 17 years straight since the onset of the "War on Terror" that began with Afghanistan—already the country's longest ... ... read more

Memorial Day: America's strained salute to its black veterans

Well, that's the good and the bad," says Kyle Bibby, BVP's other co-founder, who left the Marines as a captain after six years. "In the military ... have sensed a growing apathy towards "America's ... read more

The War Anniversary You Forgot to Mark

And that’s just what I happen to know about wedding parties in Afghanistan in these years. Don’t forget Iraq either, where in May 2004 US jets attacked a village near the Syrian border filled with ... read more

Public Realism on Afghanistan

Heck, I doubt I thought we’d still be fighting today when deploying there myself “only” 10 years ... on America’s longest war and U.S. foreign policy more broadly. What we found suggests that ... read more

At nearly 17 years and no end in sight, it's America's longest war

WASHINGTON D.C. (WVEC) -- U.S. troops have been fighting in Afghanistan ... U.S. strategy is to go after a multi-billion dollar drug trade. The Taliban has relied on the drug trade for years to fund ... read more

The last casualties: As a long war ends, risks still prove real

These days, 12 years after the start of America’s longest war, far fewer U.S. troops are being killed or wounded in Afghanistan. The military’s drawdown has picked up pace, and Afghans have begun to ... read more