Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The acting defense secretary announced plans to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. There are currently more than 4,500 American service members in Afghanistan and about 3,000 in Iraq. Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said, …

EAGLE POINT, Ore. — A Central Point soldier who was deployed to Afghanistan and died last month, returns to the Rogue Valley to be honored and laid to rest. Specialist Branden Kimball was honored with full military honors and a procession at …

KENO, Ore. – One of the best parts of the Thanksgiving holiday is reuniting with family and close friends. Four years ago, Tom Hoy was serving with the Oregon Army National Guard in Afghanistan. Welder Rohullah Qasimi was helping to build gates …

Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (CNN) – The U.S. Military is identifying three soldiers killed in an attack in Afghanistan. Corporal Dillon Baldridge, 22, of Youngsville, North Carolina; Sergeant Eric Houck, 25, of Baltimore, Maryland; and Sergeant William Bays, 29, of Barstow, California. All …

Kabul, Afghanistan – At least 80 people were killed and more than 300 wounded after a suicide bomb was detonated in Afghanistan’s capitol city early Wednesday, officials said. The bomb hidden inside a sewage truck was triggered at a time when Kabul’s …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. military has dropped America’s largest conventional bomb on ISIS targets in Afghanistan, according to a CNN report. A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb was dropped around 7:00 p.m. local time Thursday, according to U.S. military officials …

Kabul, Afghanistan – Gunmen disguised as doctors killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 50 others in a hospital near the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan’s capitol on Wednesday. According to an NBC News report, the attack continued on for hours …

(NBC News) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter has told the Pentagon to stop trying to recover questionable bonuses paid to National Guard members who accepted the money for reenlisting and fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan. Carter’s decision follows a Los Angeles Times …

Dallas, Tex. (NBC News) — A senior law enforcement official has identified the gunman killed an ambush style shooting targeting Dallas police officers Thursday as 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson. The U.S. Army has confirmed Johnson served in the Army Reserves and received …

(NBC) A Pentagon investigation finds the U.S. air attack on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan last October resulted from a deadly collection of human and technical errors. The investigation concluded that it was a tragedy that could have been prevented, …