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Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty To 'Desertion' And 'Misbehavior Before The Enemy'

7:17pm October 16, 2017

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty to "desertion" and "misbehavior before the enemy" for leaving his combat outpost in Afghanistan in 2009. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to reporter Richard Oppel of The New York Times about why Bergdahl did this and what happens next.

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Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (right) was escorted into a military courthouse for a hearing in Fort Bragg, N.C., on Monday.

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Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty To Desertion, Misconduct

12:57pm October 16, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held by the Taliban from 2009 to 2014 after leaving his base in Afghanistan, has pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior.

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Canadian Man Details Horrors Family Endured In Years Held By Haqqani Network

1:51pm October 15, 2017

by Renee Montagne

Canadian Joshua Boyle and his American wife Caitlin Coleman were captured by the terrorist group in 2012. This past week they and their children were freed, and face a tough reentry into society.

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U.S. Troops Train Afghan Soldiers In Troubled Helmand Province

7:57am October 14, 2017

by Tom Bowman

Hundreds of Marines died in Afghanistan's Helmand Province over years of fighting that ended in 2014. The Marines are back to train Afghan soldiers. One returned Marine recalls his fallen comrades.

U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson told the Senate Armed Services Committee in February that the war in Afghanistan was at a "stalemate."

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'The Taliban Can't Win,' Says Commander Of U.S. Forces In Afghanistan

5:07am October 13, 2017

by Tom Bowman

In a wide-ranging interview, Gen. John W. Nicholson laid out some details of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and explained how it will work. "We can move now in the right direction," he said.

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Family Freed After 5 Years Of Captivity In Afghanistan

5:07am October 13, 2017

An American woman and her family were freed after being held by an extremist group in Afghanistan for five years. David Greene talks with journalist David Rohde, who was held by the same group.

This still image made from a 2013 video released by the Coleman family shows Caitlan Coleman and her husband, Canadian Joshua Boyle, in a militant video given to the family.

U.S. Woman And Family Freed After 5 Years In Captivity In Afghanistan

9:54pm October 12, 2017

by Greg Myre

Caitlan Coleman, her Canadian husband and their three children had been held by an extremist group in Afghanistan. The U.S. and Pakistan say they worked together to secure the release.

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An Update On Trump's Afghanistan Strategy

8:08am September 30, 2017

by Tom Bowman

It's been a little more than a month since President Trump announced a new strategy that involves sending more U.S. troops as advisers to the Afghan military.

Troops To Deploy To Afghanistan As 16th Anniversary Of Military Operations Approaches

5:18pm September 29, 2017

by Zachariah Hughes

Thousands of soldiers are preparing for yet another Afghanistan deployment. They are the tiny segment of American society in military service. On the eve of their departure, they share their thoughts.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (right), with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, arrived in Kabul on Wednesday. A rocket attack targeted Kabul's main airport on the same day.

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Rockets Hit Kabul Airport After Mattis Arrives On Unannounced Visit

10:13am September 27, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Militant fighters fired several rockets that exploded at or near Hamid Karzai International Airport, hours after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Afghanistan. No injuries were reported.