'AN ENDLESS WAR': WHY 4 U.S. SOLDIERS DIED IN A REMOTE AFRICAN DESERT

The United States military presence in Niger grew from about 100 personnel in 2013 to about 800 troops now... READ MORE›

TRAINING QUICK AND STAFFING UNFINISHED ARMY UNITS BRACE FOR SURGING TALIBAN

Over the last four months, American warplanes dropped 1,874 munitions in Afghanistan, compared to 524 for the same period in 2016... READ MORE›

U.S. MILITARY FIRES UPON INTRUDER AT AIR BASE IN BRITAIN

The Mildenhall air base, about 75 miles northeast of London, is used by the United States Air Force. A suspect is in custody... READ MORE›

U.S. SOLDIER IN NIGER AMBUSH WAS BOUND AND APPARENTLY EXECUTED, VILLAGERS SAY

The two Tongo Tongo villagers said they also saw the bodies of the three other American soldiers -- Staff Sgts... READ MORE›

QUESTIONS MOUNT OVER TRUMPS APPROVAL OF BOTCHED RAID

The special forces, apparently lacking full intelligence, were confronted by heavily-fortified positions, including landmines, and faced heavy gunfire from buildings all around during the 50-minute firefight... READ MORE›

RIGHT-SIZING THE TRUMP DEFENSE BUILDUP: MICHAEL O'HANLON

President-elect Donald Trump has called for a revitalization of the U.S. military, as well as better treatment of veterans... READ MORE›

A senior Taliban commander in the Pakistani city of Quetta said that 12 years of incarceration had also caused some psychological problems for Noori and Fazl... READ MORE›

NIGHTCLUB SHOOTER'S DAD HOSTED ANTI-AMERICAN TALK SHOW

The name of the show refers to the Durand Line, the long-disputed border that separates Afghanistan and Pakistan... READ MORE›

US MILITARY MEMBER KILLED BY AL-SHABAB IN SOMALIA RAID

US President Donald Trump has approved expanded military operations against al-Shabab, including more aggressive air raids and considering parts of southern Somalia areas of active hostilities... READ MORE›

TWO U.S. TROOPS DIE BATTLING ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN

John Nicholson, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, referring to the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan, known as Islamic State-Khorasan Province... READ MORE›

TRUMP FAVORS SPECIAL OPS AND LOCAL TROOPS AS OBAMA DID

But Mr. Trump seems to have taken that appreciation and reliance to another level... READ MORE›

EX-WIFE OF SUSPECTED ORLANDO SHOOTER HE BEAT ME

The two married in March 2009 and moved into the Fort Pierce condo that Mateen's family owned... READ MORE›

DRAMATIC TALIBAN HOSTAGE RESCUE EARNS NAVY SEAL THE MEDAL OF HONOR

Edward Carl Byers Jr. was born in Toledo, Ohio, and graduated from Otsego High School in the small town of Tontogany, Ohio, in 1997... READ MORE›

'BIN LADEN'S SON HAMZA URGES TERROR ATTACK' ON LONDON IN AL-QAEDA MESSAGE

Hamza Bin Laden calls to move the war from Kabul, Gaza and Baghdad, to Washington, London, Paris and Tel-Aviv... READ MORE›

U.S. MILITARY DENIES REPORTS IT BOMBED MOSQUE IN SYRIA

Even as it has carried out a military campaign against the Islamic State for years, the United States has increasingly targeted Qaeda militants in Idlib Province... READ MORE›

HOW TERRORISM IN THE WEST COMPARES TO TERRORISM EVERYWHERE ELSE

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for killing at least 130 people in a string of terrorist attacks Friday in Paris... READ MORE›

POWERFUL BLASTS KILL AT LEAST 80 IN KABUL PROTEST

ISIL claims responsibility for blasts targeting a demonstration by members of Afghanistan's Hazara minority in Kabul... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS 'TRYING TO RECRUIT SYRIAN REFUGEES IN GERMANY'

Islamic extremists in Germany are trying to recruit Syrian refugees to their cause, warns country rsquo's domestic security service... READ MORE›

RUSSIA DENIES ACCUSATIONS OF BOMBING US-BACKED OPPOSITION FIGHTERS IN SYRIA

Earlier Wednesday, a US commander accused Russian and Syrian jets of bombing US-backed fighters in Syria... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN SCHOOL ATTACK LIVE: TALIBAN KILL AT LEAST 84 CHILDREN IN 'HORRIFYING' MASSACRE

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was in revenge for an anti-terrorist military offensive... READ MORE›

KABUL BLAST HITS HAZARA PROTEST - '29 DEAD AND SCORES HURT'

They are angry that the route bypasses areas with large Hazara populations... READ MORE›

WAVES OF ATTACKS SHAKE KABUL ON ITS DEADLIEST DAY OF 2015

Mr. Mujahid, who generally speaks on behalf of the Haqqani network as well as the mainstream Taliban, last week denied the reports of Jalaluddin Haqqani's death... READ MORE›

AFGHAN MILITIAS INSPIRE FEAR IN VILLAGES

In Ghazni Province, the drive to create anti-Taliban militias gained momentum after a series of anti-Taliban uprisings in 2012 emerged in areas once considered lost... READ MORE›

LEADER OF QAEDA CELL KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE IN SYRIA PENTAGON SAYS

Mr. Nasr previously worked for Al Qaeda's Iran-based facilitation network and, in 2012 he took charge of the group's core finances before relocating to Syria in 2013... READ MORE›

AFTER PRESIDING OVER BIN LADEN RAID, CIA CHIEF IN PAKISTAN CAME HOME SUSPECTING HE WAS POISONED BY ISI

Mark Kelton retired from the CIA, and his health has recovered after he had abdominal surgery... READ MORE›

ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR KABUL FATAL BOMB ATTACK ON HAZARA PROTESTERS

If true, it would mark the first attack by Isis in Kabul, and its largest ever in Afghanistan... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN SCHOOL ATTACK 132 TALIBAN HOSTAGES FEARED DEAD

26 Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban, has condemned the atrocious and cowardly attack on a school in Pakistan... READ MORE›

TALIBAN PRESENT GENTLER FACE BUT WIELD IRON FIST IN AFGHAN DISTRICT

But in most ways, the social restrictions that made the Taliban international pariahs during their reign have been resurrected in full in Baghran... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | PARTS OF NIGER AND MALI ARE ALREADY LAWLESS. U.S. STRATEGY MIGHT MAKE IT WORSE.

Chadian troops and Nigerien Special Forces participate in the Flintlock exercises with the U.S. military and its Western partners in Mao, Chad, March 7, 2015... READ MORE›

TROOPS AMBUSHED IN NIGER WAITED AN HOUR TO CALL FOR HELP PENTAGON SAYS

About 6,000 American troops are spread across Africa, mostly concentrated in Niger, Djibouti and Somalia... READ MORE›

A YOUNG MAN IS SKINNED ALIVE. A SIGN OF NEW TALIBAN BRUTALITY?

They note that violence in Afghanistan escalated last summer after it was announced that the Taliban's other former leader, Mohammad Omar, had died two years earlier... READ MORE›

VIDEO EMERGES OF GERMAN TRAIN ATTACKER PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO ISILA

A purported video of the teenage Afghan refugee who attacked passengers on a German train with an axe has emerged... READ MORE›

BIN LADENS KILLED IN ENGLAND PLANE CRASH

Prince Mohammed Bin Nawaf Bin Abdel-Aziz offered his condolences for the bin Laden family members who were among four people killed in the crash... READ MORE›