From a distance, that first evening, the desert still looked beautiful. More of Terry McCarthy's "Thundering Third" Blogs: A Day in the Life: Wardak, Afghanistan ...

Mysterious rock formation spotted in remote desert in Afghanistan looks just like a giant kangaroo (though the abandoned Aussie military base nearby may be a clue) Giant kangaroo appears carved ...

It’s been a crazy life changing year for 2011 La Quinta graduate Nu’uvali Fa’apito. From battling on the football field to the war in Afghanistan, Cody Krupp has more on the former Blackhawk ...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE WALTON, Kandahar, Afghanistan – The Taliban around this desolate desert base is perpetrating assassination, intimidation, coercion – and Col. Jeffrey Martindale ...

But in Afghanistan the soldiers have been thrust into an ill-defined role. They mount round-the-clock combat recon patrols through former Taliban villages in the Kandahar desert.

Marines Reflect On Duty, Death In Afghanistan When the Marines of "America's Battalion" first arrived in Afghanistan, they were eager to get into the fight against the Taliban. Now, as they wrap ...

At its peak, the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan swelled to 140,000 in 2010 when Obama ordered a "surge" to counter the growing insurgency. Now, the U.S. is tasked in dismantling its ...