AFGHANISTAN WAR popularity and AFGHANISTAN WAR trends

A U.S. sailor who died last week of medical complications was the 3,000th death among coalition forces in the Afghanistan war, according to CNN's count.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- France's new president said on Friday that his country's troops had carried out their mission in Afghanistan and that it was time for them to leave, an early pullout that will be coordinated with the United States and other allies.Francois Hollande arrived early that day in Afghanistan to meet with troops and Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss plans to pull out 3,300...

National Republicans were high on former Vets for Freedom head Pete Hegseth as a Minnesota Senate candidate, but when the state GOP gathered for a convention this weekend -- Ron Paul happened: Marking a profound change of direction among Minnesota conservatives, state Republicans overwhelmingly endorsed Rep. Kurt Bills, a high school economics teacher and disciple of libertarian firebrand Ron...

CHICAGO —NATO leaders began a two-day summit here Sunday that will finalize plans to turn control of Afghanistan over to its own security forces by the middle of next year, a milestone on the way to concluding the alliance’s combat role by the end of 2014. Read full article >>

Ottawa is under pressure to extend its participation in the Afghanistan war beyond 2014

Ottawa is under pressure to extend its participation in the Afghanistan war beyond 2014

President Obama arrives in Chicago to collaborate with allies at NATO summit to discuss economy, Afghan warG-8 Warns North Korea About Further Provocations3 Charged in Alleged Terror Plot at NATO Summit Thousands of Protesters Prepare for March Outside NATO SummitChicago's Wall of Security Penetrated By President Obama

President Barack Obama hosts world leaders this weekend at a pair of summits that represent the first test of how upheavals among major economies stand to influence global policies on issues from the Afghanistan war to national budgets.

President Barack Obama hosts world leaders this weekend at a pair of summits that represent the first test of how upheavals among major economies stand to influence global policies on issues from the Afghanistan war to national budgets.

It was a project that symbolized the grand ambitions the United States had to rebuild Afghanistan. A DIY wi-fi network, free for Afghans to use, powering the aid projects and business ventures of the eastern city of Jalalabad. But now funding for the JLink network has run dry, and like so much of the Afghanistan war, it's run out of time. Jalalabad is about to go offline.

French voters chose Socialist Francois Hollande as their new president Sunday in a race that will have implications for Europe's debt crisis, the Afghanistan war and global diplomacy....

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The city of Chicago agreed on Wednesday to allow opponents of Afghanistan war to stage a march during the two-day NATO summit of world leaders in May, according to a protest organizer.

At a time when the Afghanistan war appears to be floundering, news about the massacre of 17 civilians has left some to question the future of the mission

The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghanistan soldiers says he won't have to put the war on trial -- it already i ...

Harrowing footage of combat in Afghanistan captured and broadcast by a military unit.

Forty percent of Americans said a shooting spree this week by a U.S. soldier stationed in Afghanistan in which 16 Afghan villagers were killed weakened their support for the war, a new poll showed on Wednesday

This latest incident has gained more attention in Britain than any deaths in Afghanistan for many months, because of the number of young men whose lives were tragically foreshortened. I am one of those who has argued for years that we have lost the Afghan war; that even if we stay for another two decades, we would change nothing in that implacably alien society.

Six UK soldiers have died in the single worst enemy attack on British troops of their Afghan campaign.

To honor Marines and sailors killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, a memorial wall was unveiled Wednesday at Camp Pendleton.

Afghan film The Forgotten Victims denounces war crimes committed in Afghanistan in the last three decades.

Berlin (dpa) - Vor dem für 2014 geplanten Bundeswehrabzug aus Afghanistan hat Verteidigungsminister Thomas de Maizière (CDU) die Entscheidung für den Kampf am Hindukusch als richtig bewertet. ...

The Taliban’s willingness to open a political office in Qatar represents a critical point in the United States’s attempt to negotiate an end to the Afghanistan war.

U.S. military deaths in the Afghanistan War declined in 2011, the first drop in four years, amid a string of successes against the Taliban.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives in Kabul to meet with commanders in the Afghanistan war, the Associated Press reports.

US officials believe a case of mistaken identity may have led to the deadliest case of friendly fire with Pakistan since the Afghanistan war began.

LONDON (AFP) - Britain will eventually be proud of its role in the Afghanistan war but it could be another decade before its gains are realised, the head of Britain’s armed forces said in an interview published in Thursday’s Times.General Sir David Richards, the chief of the defence staff, admitted tactical mistakes had been made but that he had “every expectation” history would judge the war p...