Afghan War Blog

Chak Valley in Wardak province is a highly contested area. 6th Battalion, 4th ANA Brigade is charged with securing the valley and the dis...

The Tangi Valley in eastern Wardak province and western Logar province has always been an area controlled by the Taliban. Sure, the U.S. ...

It would appear that ISAF has successfully managed its way out of the Wardak mess. Karzai had ordered all Special Forces out of the provi...

ISAF has released a news bulletin on the results of a meeting between General Dunford and President Karzai on March 20th. Essentially it say...

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Karzi government have completed negotiations over the ordered departure by Karzai...

Concerns are mounting among Afghan members of Parliament and military leaders about Karzai's recent order for the removal of U.S. Spec...

More details have emerged on the recent insider attack by a suspected member of the Afghan Local Police that killed two U.S. servicemen and...

The status of the Special Forces teams deployed in Wardak Province is still up in the air. The deadline that Karzai ordered for the teams re...

Two U.S. Soldiers were killed and a number of other U.S. Soldiers wounded during a green-on-blue attack by a member of the Afghan Local Po...

Many of President Karzai's statements about the United States and ISAF have been highly questioned. The most recent bombshell was his ch...

Map showing location of Wardak Two Soldiers were reported killed in an apparent insider attack by members of the Afghan Local Police (...

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says that there is hope the U.S. and Afghanistan (that would be Karzai) will come to an agreement to keep...

According to a report by the Los Angeles Times there is no evidence of abuse by Special Forces teams working in Wardak province, Afghanistan...

According to Marine General James Mattis, CENTCOM commander, the White House is now in talks with President Karzai on his irrational and dev...

News reports continue to come out on the drama behind President Karzai's order to kick out Special Forces from Wardak province . ISAF is...

Not a lot of news, unsurprisingly, has come out in the last day or so in reference to President Karzai ordering out all Special Forces fro...

Not a lot of news has developed in the past 24 hours about President Karzai accusing U.S. Special Forces of abuse and directing them to le...

The story about Karzai telling the MoD to order U.S. Special Forces out of Wardak province continues to evolve. There are now reports that ...

The text below in quotes is from the website of the "Office of the President". It was posted on February 24, 2013 and is primarily...

ALP training in Kajran district, Daykundi province. (photo PO Matthew Leistikow) The Long War Journal is reporting that President Karz...