PHOTOS: Queens native Captain James Van Thach and his service dog Liz
Veteran and Queens native Captain James Van Thach and his service dog Liz traveled to Afghanistan with the Troops First Foundation to share his [...]
Queens veteran and service dog teach others to move forward
After two Iraq blasts, Captain James Van Thach is moving forward with his life, and helping other soldiers do the same.
Cuomo orders flags at half mast after two New Yorkers die in Afghanistan
A New Yorker died in Afghanistan.
Bomb kills five U.S. soldiers in southern Afghanistan
Five U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb in the southern Afghanistan province of Kandahar on Saturday, a U.S. authorities said, capping off one of the bloodiest weeks for international forces this year.
Kerry’s surprise trip to Afghanistan
Secretary of State John Kerry paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan today for talks with President Hamid Karzai, a official [...]
Two U.S. soldiers killed in ‘insider’ attack in Afghanistan
Two American soldiers were killed in a so-called insider attack when a person in an Afghan military uniform turned his weapon on U.S. and Afghan forces
Obama to announce return of 34,000 troops from Afghanistan
President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that 34,000 troops will return from [...]
Prince Harry says he killed Afghan insurgents during tour
Britain’s Prince Harry says he killed Afghan insurgents during sorties
against the Taliban while on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan
where he was a gunner in Apache attack helicopters.
Analysis: As Pentagon chief, Hagel likely to favor sizable Afghan drawdown
A decorated Vietnam veteran acutely aware of the limits of military power, Chuck Hagel is likely to favor a sizable drawdown in Afghanistan.
Two Marines charged after video of troops urinating on dead bodies of insurgents
Following a video that surfaced in January of U.S. Marines urinating on
the corpses of insurgents in Afghanistan, two soldiers have been charged
for their involvement in the incident.