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As an unexpected result of the government's eradication program, it's a bad year for poppy farmers.
As the combat mission tapers off for Americans in Afghanistan, their working dogs find a new role.
Preparation to hand over US bases to Afghan forces is a huge undertaking for US troops.
GlobalPost correspondent Ben Brody describes the ground beneath his feet in Zabul Province.
A new unit of handpicked Afghan soldiers are now training to use American-built, armored personnel carriers. But they are costly and difficult to maintain.
US troops reduced to advisory role as Taliban begins its annual onslaught.
Misinformation is common among military leaders and truth is based on what you can see and who you can trust.
Correspondent Ben Brody has photographed the American military at war both as a soldier and a civilian. He reflects on his recent return to Afghanistan, and what has changed since the war has ended.
The concerns of the day compete with microphone feedback in the square, Cairo's cultural epicenter.
Some Cairenes got out onto the roads in celebration of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's death Thursday.
Taliban fighters block a $266 million USAID project to finish the dam, thwarting a key piece of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.
U.S. troops in Kandahar adopt a local dog, boosting morale.
A single US platoon defends remote outpost from Taliban attacks.
U.S. soldiers regularly get into trouble for the state of their uniforms.
Soldiers carry brutal, but necessary, loads on patrol in Zabul's mountains.
After nearly a month without any mail, soldiers at Combat Outpost Baylough in Afghanistan finally got a small reprieve.
Medevac crews in Afghanistan exist in a blur of blood, shattered limbs and purple smoke.
Afghan National Army soldiers patrol in Kandahar City.
A look at some of the hilarious, and serious, signs found on U.S. military bases.
The most powerful man in Kandahar is gone. But Afghans say their real worry is the departure of US troops.
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