Gold Star father says prior Afghanistan review smelled ‘like a cover-up’ as new look examines millions of docs

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gold Star father Darin Hoover says a new Pentagon review of the deadly Abbey Gate bombing finally feels different after years of what he described as “crickets” from the Biden administration — but he is still asking whether critical information was deliberately kept from military families and … Read more

One of Australia’s most decorated soldiers charged with committing 5 war crime murders in Afghanistan

Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crime charges on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012, police and media reported on Tuesday. Police have not confirmed the name of the 47-year-old former soldier who was arrested Tuesday. But he has been widely reported in … Read more

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who served in Afghanistan War, says Iran conflict is

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told CBS News that he believes the U.S. is heading toward “another forever war” in Iran, paid for by Americans. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe, who conducted the interview, joins “The Takeout” to unpack the governor’s remarks. Source link

Afghanistan frees US citizen Dennis Coyle over a year after Taliban arrest

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An American man held by the Taliban for more than a year without charges has been released and is on his way home, Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler told Fox News. Dennis Coyle, 64, an academic who spent nearly two decades working in Afghanistan, was … Read more

Hundreds killed in Pakistani strike on rehab hospital in Afghanistan, Taliban says

The Taliban in Afghanistan claim that a Pakistani military airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul has killed over 400 people and injured 250 others. The attack occurred around 9 p.m. on Monday at a facility located in Kabul’s Police District 9, according to Taliban officials. “The Pakistani military regime bombed a 2,000-bed drug … Read more

US will permanently close the consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, its closest mission to Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — The State Department will permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has been America’s closest diplomatic mission to the Afghan border and was a primary operations and logistics point before, during and after the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. The department notified Congress this week of its intent to close the consulate … Read more