WASHINGTON -- It was chaos during the early morning assault last year on a remote U.S. outpost in Afghanistan and Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M4 carbine had quit firing as militant forces surrounded ...

SAN ANTONIO -- An Air Force combat controller credited with protecting a 100-man special operations unit with precision airstrikes during an intense Afghanistan firefight received a Silver Star on ...

The soldiers with the 3rd platoon launched a warning flare, called a "red star cluster," to identify themselves. For a moment, according to a U.S. military summary of the incident, the firing stopped; ...

WASHINGTON – In the chaos of an early morning assault on a remote U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M4 carbine quit firing as militant forces surrounded the base. The ...

Parents hear son in the middle of Afghan firefight during accidental call. May 7, 2008— -- Soldier Stephen Phillips says he's embarrassed and feels bad that his cell phone accidentally dialed his ...

STEWARTVILLE, Minn. - A 23-year-old Stewartville soldier was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan shortly after he called Minnesota to wish his little brother a happy birthday, his mother said Monday.

U.S. military forces are engaged in the biggest gunbattle in nearly a year, a reminder that America is still at war in Afghanistan. Two hundred troops from the 82nd Airborne and Special Forces are ...

MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma -- One of the other soldiers wounded during the same firefight that killed three Oklahomans will soon be on his way back home to the United States. Sergeant John Coker, Jr. was shot ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents in eastern Afghanistan opened fire Tuesday on patrolling U.S. forces, setting off a firefight that left four attackers dead, a military spokesman said. No U.S.

Two Army soldiers were killed in close firefight in Afghanistan on June 25, the Pentagon said. The soldiers were fighting Taliban militants, according to The New York Times . The Pentagon identified ...

(Fixes garble) CANBERRA, Sept 19 (Reuters) - An Afghanistan district governor was killed in a firefight involving Australian special forces soldiers, Australia's military said on Friday. Chora ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – Pakistan warned Afghanistan on Tuesday that it would not be responsible for the consequences if a border spat between the two countries escalated further, even as hundreds ...