Ghazni, Afghanistan News

An Afghan National Army soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade at an insurgent position during a firefight May 17, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

A Taliban poetry book may have raised eybrows but Aghans' lives have been threaded together by verse throughout its history When the Taliban's poetry book was published in the UK this month , many found it very strange indeed, but someone who understands the culture and lifestyle of Afghans knows how important poetry is to Afghans.

At least 18 Taliban militants were killed and 23 arrested in a countrywide operation in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said Sunday.

This year's Clark Memorial Day Parade will be dedicated to the memory of Toms River resident and Army Sgt.

KABUL: For the past few years engineers and explosive ordnance disposal experts from the U.S., Poland, and Afghanistan have taken on the unique and dangerous responsibility of clearing routes and roads through the provinces of eastern Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Pfc. Kristina Batty dons a headscarf to meet with female Afghan villagers in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, May 5, 2012.

Airmen saluted as a procession escorted the remains of U.S. Army Spc. Chase Stone Marta of Yuba City on arrival Wednesday at Beale Air Force Base.

Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, May 17, 2012, in honor of a Kentucky soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Afghans learning the skills of stone-working in the Bamiyan valley, where the Taliban blew up two giant buddhas in 2001.

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, get briefed prior to a patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers, May 8, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan.

A senior Taliban commander has issued a scathing statement about the death of Maluvi Mohammad Ismail, the former Deputy Military Council Chairman for the Taliban's Quetta Shura, who was reportedly killed in Taliban infighting last month.

Since 2001, 1967 U.S. troops have died while serving in Afghanistan, and since 2003, 4486 U.S. troops have died while serving in Iraq.

Vino Volo was today's Friday Food guest. Currently they have two locations located at the Sacramento International Airport.

Are the Taliban the sort of people we can successfully negotiate with to guarantee the future of Afghanistan? You would think so based on the number of voices in Washington claiming the Taliban have learned lessons from the past decade and they will not be as dedicated to their hateful agenda in the future.

I have been fishing for salmon a lot lately, and all of that time on the boat leaves me rocking... YUBA CITY, Calif.

The Government is often absent, so people in remote areas of Afghanistan will go to the Taleban for justice.

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A CAPT John Kirby:A OK.A Good morning, everybody.A Welcome here to our briefing room, and good evening, sir, out in Kabul.A I'd like to welcome the deputy commander of ISAF, Lieutenant General Adrian Bradshaw, to the Pentagon briefing room.A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A He assumed duties as ISAF deputy ... (more)

Sgt. Joshua Smith, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, chats with an Afghan boy during an Afghan-led clearing operation on April 28, 2012 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan.

A soldier from Chico was one of three U.S. troops who died when their unit was attacked by an improvised explosive device in the Ghazni province in Afghanistan on Tuesday, confirmed the Department of Defense.

Spc. Chase Marta, 24, of Chico, was killedin Ghazni province when hisvehicle struckan improvised explosive device.