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• New Afghan war phrase, with no decisive end seen

  October 27, 2012 2:38 PM

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is getting under way. It comes with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing little interest in peace talks, and Americans tempted to pull the plug on a conflict now in its 12th... more »

• Colorado flags at half-staff Wednesday

  July 14, 2010 8:38 AM

  All flags in Colorado will be flown at half-staff Wednesday to honor a fallen Marine. Funeral services for Cpl. Larry Harri,s Jr. of Boulder will be held Wednesday morning in Denver. Harris was killed July 1 in the Helmand province, Afghanistan. Gov. Bill Ritter announced Tuesday that... more »

• GOP chairman: Afghan 'war of Obama's choosing'

  July 2, 2010 2:18 PM

  Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele says the U.S. mission in Afghanistan is "a war of Obama's choosing" and he should have learned from history that a ground war is unlikely to succeed with the current strategy. Steele's remarks were captured Thursday on camera at a Connecticut event closed to... more »

• Politics not getting due attention in Afghan War

  May 6, 2010 8:11 AM

  The war effort in Afghanistan suffers from a lack of attention to the country's volatile politics. This, in a report by the former adviser to the top U.S. general there. Andrew Exum of the Center for a New American Security says "The United States and its allies have not... more »

• Fort Carson welcomes home 4th Brigade

  April 28, 2010 8:31 AM

  This morning, Fort Carson welcomes home 40 soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team. They are returning after a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan. Family members were on hand, for the "torch party", when the soldiers arrived around 6 a.m. Wednesday. The rest of the 3,500-soldier brigade will start arriving in... more »

• U.S. commander apologizes on Afghan TV

  February 23, 2010 2:58 PM

  The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan went on national television Tuesday to apologize for a deadly air strike, an extraordinary attempt to regain Afghans' trust while a mass offensive continues against the Taliban in the south. Two U.S. Marine battalions, accompanied by Afghan troops, pushing from... more »

• Joint Chiefs Chairman visits front line of Afghanistan war

  December 17, 2009 9:51 AM

  President Barack Obama's top military adviser is visiting the front lines of the war in Afghanistan. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is advising troops there to "focus on the people" of Afghanistan. Mullen made his first stop at a small base in the critical Kandahar... more »

• House passes defense bill, rushes toward recess

  December 16, 2009 4:08 PM

  The House has passed a $636 billion Pentagon spending bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and provides a 3.4 percent pay hike for military personnel. Approving the defense bill was one of several major must-do tasks the House must address before its planned adjournment for the year... more »

• NATO allies pledge up to 7,000 troops

  December 7, 2009 12:26 PM

  NATO says its 28 member nations and 15 partner countries have confirmed pledges for nearly 7,000 additional troops to serve alongside the 30,000 reinforcements committed to Afghanistan by President Barack Obama. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says in a statement that there are strong indications that some nations may pledge... more »

• Clinton seeks allied for Afghan war effort

  December 4, 2009 8:24 AM

  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been attending a NATO foreign ministers meeting to make her pitch for the new U.S. war plan for Afghanistan. The meeting comes as the alliance's top official predicts a "new momentum" for the Afghanistan war effort in 2010. Clinton has told reporters traveling... more »

• Bloggers memorialize Fort Carson's fallen

  October 17, 2009 6:31 PM

  A Washington woman and her blogger friends are doing their part to immortalize Fort Carson's fallen. Robin or rb137 as she's called online, started keeping a diary of Fort Carson soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Even though this is a person I didn't know, this is a... more »

• Colorado terror suspect in contact with top al-Qaida boss

  October 14, 2009 3:01 PM

  Intelligence officials say the terrorist operative who contacted an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a New York attack was the head of Afghanistan's al-Qaida operations. The U.S. officials say Mustafa Abu al-Yazid used an intermediary to contact the 24-year-old Najibullah Zazi, of Colorado, as he hatched a plot to attack... more »

• Fort Carson mourns fallen soldiers

  October 7, 2009 11:00 PM

  The Mountain Post remembers the 9 men who sacrificed their all over the weekend while serving our country in the war in Afghanistan. "As we mourn the loss of these great Americans, we remember their dedicated service and heroic actions as they fought along their comrades to preserve our freedom."... more »

• Report: More troops needed for Afghan success

  September 21, 2009 10:55 AM

  A confidential report from the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan says the situation is growing worse and the U.S. war is at risk of failure without more troops on the ground. In a five-page Commander's Summary, Gen. Stanley McChrystal writes that while the war won't be won exclusively... more »

• More U.S. troops headed for Afghanistan?

  September 15, 2009 3:50 PM

  More American troops likely will be needed to win the war in Afghanistan, the top U.S. military officer told skeptical Democrats on Tuesday as he cited a need to prove U.S. commitment in the battle-ravaged region. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate... more »