In 1829, the father of modern policing, Sir Robert Peel, established “Peel’s Principles” to describe the role of police at large. Almost 200 years later, policing has changed considerably ...

Bagram Airfield (BAF), Afghanistan- As the sun rose over the Hindu Kush Mountains and planes flew overhead, 15 remaining soldiers battled against exhaustion and the rising temperature to earn the ...

Since 2001, more than 66,000 Afghan military and police members were killed in combat — representing about one in five individuals who wore their nation’s uniform to defend a democratic ...

During his second tour in Afghanistan, Swenson served as an embedded adviser with the Afghan Border Police Mentor Team in support of 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team ...

Building Afghanistan’s national security forces was one of the most ambitious and expensive aspects of two decades of U.S.-led war. It resulted in failure. The United States spent billions of ...

The interviews in the study have been used by the military to revise its strategy and to seek a negotiated settlement to the war, said Army Lt. Col. Thomas Campbell, a Defense Department spokesman.

A FRONTLINE series probes mistakes behind the U.S. failure in Afghanistan — including errant raids and other military operations that repeatedly killed Afghan civilians, and for which, according ...

The U.S. military departed the country on Aug. 30, a day ahead of schedule, ending a 20-year occupation and leaving Afghanistan in the Taliban’s hands.