US seeks to reassure allies after McChrystal fired

2010-06-24T21:15:52Z

The top US military officer has headed to Afghanistan to explain the sacking of the allied commander in Kabul as the Obama administration insisted the United States was not "bogged down" in the fight against the

US not 'bogged down' in Afghanistan: Gates

2010-06-24T14:15:35Z

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday denied the United States was "bogged down" in Afghanistan as the top US military officer headed to the region to explain the sacking of the NATO commander in Kabul.

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Afghanistan

2010-12-27T05:01:09Z

Afghan policemen walk past a damaged police vehicle in their compound after a car bomb explosion in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. A car bomb exploded in the heart of the southern city of Kandahar on Monday, killing three people, an Afghan policeman at the scene said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Copyright 2010 Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. A car bomb exploded in the heart of the southern city of Kandahar Monday, killing at least three people and wounding more than a dozen, an Afghan policeman who witnessed the attack said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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Afghan Lessons of War

2010-12-04T10:00:18Z

In this photograph taken Sept. 10, 2010, an Afghan soldier looks out from a guard tower above the Pir Mohammed school, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Over the last six months, U.S. troops have wrested the school away from insurgents. They've hired Afghan contractors to rebuild it, and lost blood ...

Afghanistan Wounded Soldier

2010-11-29T08:32:49Z

A U.S. medevac helicopter arrives to evacuate Spc. Jeremy Kuehl, 24 of Altoona, Iowa, and from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, who was seriously wounded when he stepped on an improvis...

Afghanistan Hospitals

2010-11-04T23:01:22Z

In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, an elderly Afghan man waits for his turn to be treated for his injuries at a local hospital in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)