by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 19, 2013 | Monitor
United Nations stats show civilian casualties in Afghanistan dropping for the first time since 2007. And it’s the Taliban, not the U.S., that’s responsible for the vast majority of them.
by Spencer Ackerman | Feb 12, 2013 | Monitor
As you’ll hear in the State of the Union tonight, President Obama wants to halve the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan and cut the U.S. nuclear stockpile. The first thing he can do. The second thing, well…
by David Axe | Feb 4, 2013 | Monitor
A year ago, five Taliban insurgents stormed a government complex. The Afghans led a disastrous but ultimately successful response. Inside what a win looks like in Afghanistan’s post-U.S. future.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 23, 2013 | Monitor
On deck this year in Afghanistan: a whole lot more artillery and mortar strikes, while the U.S. builds up the Afghans’ air combat capabilities.
by Spencer Ackerman | Jan 23, 2013 | Monitor
Updated 1:10 p.m., January 23 The commander of the Afghanistan war didn’t have sex with or engage in any otherwise inappropriate behavior with a Tampa socialite, according to the Pentagon’s inspector general. This is how the bizarre downfall of ex-CIA...