The Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Thursday, marking a sharp change in the Trump administration's policy aimed at forcing the Taliban to the peace table after more than 17 years of war.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff in honor of a Buffalo-area native who died in Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is dropping its plans to cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year's end, bowing to military leaders who want to keep more troops there.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is presenting the Medal of Honor to a former Army sergeant who saved a fellow soldier's life and helped evacuate other wounded Americans while under persistent fire during a 2007 ambush in Afghanistan.