Afghan War Blog

Two Special Forces Soldiers KIA in Kunduz Battle.  Two members of the 10th Special Forces Group died of wounds received during an enga...

Fight for Kunduz.  The U.S. has come to the aid of the Afghan security forces trying to re-establish security in the northern provincia...

The Taliban have once again attacked Kunduz City in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan. The attack was launched on Monday, October 3, ...

Map of Kunduz Province A year ago the Taliban took control of the capital of Kunduz province . Even though the Taliban were outnumbered ...

Gen Campbell on NATO's Commitment and Performance of ANDSF. COMRS or Commander Resolute Support has provided us with his perspecti...

Gen Votel to CENTCOM?.  The Internet continues to spread the word that the current USSOCOM commander is on the short list to succeed Gener...

NATO Medal Authorized for RS. The NATO Medal has been approved for acceptance and wear by Soldiers and other U.S. military members who...

Fatal Guesswork and Human Error. The international press continues to carry stories and analysis on the U.S. Air Force's AC-130 attac...

Special Operations AC-130 Gunship A report by the U.S. military on the aerial attack by a Special Operations AC-130 gunship on a  Doctor...

Taliban Announce Withdrawal from Kunduz City.  After many days of fighting the Taliban announced that it was ceasing the fight in the ci...

The fight for Kunduz City is continuing. Despite proclamations by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman every 24 hours stating that ...

Reports indicate that Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has moved its personnel from Kunduz City - closing down its medical facility. An unfo...

After a series of attacks for the past several months and a month-long siege the northern provincial capital of Kunduz fell to Taliban fig...

The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz was apparently bombed by the U.S. Air Force on Friday causing extensive damage to t...

SFC Martland Speaks Out. SFC Charles Martland is being involuntarily separated from the Army for beating up an Afghan Local Police (ALP) co...

The Taliban have launched a major offensive in the past few weeks to make significant gains in northern Afghanistan. The Taliban has seiz...

The Afghan military's push in the country's north region comes after insurgents close in on a provincial capital. Read  "Afghan...

The fighting in Kunduz province is continuing although the threat seems to have been diminished now that the ANA battalion under siege ha...

Armed militias have threatened the stability and peace of northern Afghanistan.  The turmoil of the militias preying on the population and t...

A recent article by Alissa J. Rubin in the At War blog of the New York Times describes how the ordinary Afghan is caught in the middle betw...