Stationed more than 7,000 miles and 12 time zones away, Moses Sanchez of Ahwatukee Foothills knows how important it is to stay in close contact with his family.

Stationed more than 7,000 miles and 12 time zones away, Moses Sanchez of Ahwatukee Foothills knows how important it is to stay in close contact with his family.

Susan Stamper Brown, guest commentary

A 22-year-old Mesa woman has been killed while fighting in Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense.

WASHINGTON — War-weary Americans will support more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday, announcing he was ready to spell out war plans virtually sure to include tens of thousands more U.S. troops.

Martin Schram: Down in the top-secret depths of the White House Situation Room,  President Barack Obama and a table full of officials went through the long-awaited results of the Pentagon's new war game, designed to predict outcomes of two troop strategy options in the once-won, then-neglected, now-grim Afghanistan war. What has been happening in the Situation Room during the last six weeks is what should have been happening there during the last eight years of the previous administration.

The Obama administration is divided over a request by the top military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, to send up to 40,000 more U.S. soldiers to the embattled nation.

Taylor Jones: It’s hard to “clear, hold and build” piles of rubble punctuated by poppy fields. Why re-enact the Charge of the Light Brigade? 

LONDON - The secret is out: Prince Harry has been serving on the front line with his British army unit in one of Afghanistan's most lawless and barren provinces.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Six U.S. troops were killed when insurgents ambushed their foot patrol in the high mountains of eastern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. The attack, the most lethal against American forces this year, made 2007 the deadliest for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion.

An Army soldier from Glendale has been killed in combat in Afghanistan along with a comrade from Oregon.

The Chandler-Gilbert Community College Phi Theta Kappa organization will host “Afghanistan After the Taliban” via live satellite broadcast from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room C110 on the college’s Pecos campus, 2626 E. Pecos Road, Chandler.

KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO-led troops and Afghan forces detained a prominent Taliban commander during a raid on a compound in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Wednesday.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Osama bin Laden and Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar are not believed to be in Afghanistan anymore, the U.S. ambassador said Thursday, raising fresh questions as to the whereabouts of the elusive terror mastermind.

I take issue with Mr. O’Malley’s letter in Wednesday’s edition. Primarily, I contest his statement that there is an undefined mission for the United States military in Afghanistan.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona National Guard is sending some of its soldiers to Afghanistan to help advise and assist police forces.