The highest-ranking U.S. military officer warned Thursday that the situation in Afghanistan will likely get worse next year and that it will take time to turn it around because it has been headed in "the wrong direction" for the past two years. ...more

October 10, 2008

Caught off guard by recent Iraqi military operations, the United States is using spy satellites that ordinarily are trained on adversaries to monitor the movements of the U.S.-backed Iraqi army, according to current and former U.S. officials. ...more

July 2, 2008

Violence in Afghanistan will continue to rise this year, as Taliban and al-Qaida fighters have proved resilient and aggressive foes against coalition forces, according to a new Pentagon report issued to Congress on Friday. ...more

June 28, 2008

This week's Mideast peace conference is unlike any previous U.S. attempt to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because the price of failure has risen dramatically: Radical Islamists could gain the upper hand in Palestinian areas and in an increasingly polarized Middle East. ...more

November 25, 2007