afghanistan

The Taliban victory is déjà vu. I thought Vietnam taught America about supporting corrupt states in unwinnable wars. The only lesson learned was to se...

If you ever wondered what it was like to get pleas for help from Jewish friends in Europe as the Nazis marched in, and not be able to save them, I can...

Barely a day passes without additional news of Taliban gains in Afghanistan. Perhaps the Afghan government and its forces will prove more resilient th...

A U.S. Army colonel, who graduated from Olean High School and earned his commission through St. Bonaventure University ROTC, graduates today from the ...

President Joe Biden’s announcement Wednesday that he will begin removing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the month and complete the wit...

On paper, the United States is committed to withdrawing its last 2,500 troops from Afghanistan less than 10 weeks from now, on May 1. That’s under a d...

Democratic congressional candidate Tracy Mitrano of Penn Yan expressed deep concern Thursday over reports that President Trump was unaware of intellig...

DOHA, Qatar — The United States signed a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afgha...

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo directed flags on state government buildings to be flown at half-staff on Friday in honor of Spc. Branden Tyme Kimball, a Fort Dr...

As President Donald Trump and his advisers contemplate the next steps to take in the conflict he instigated with Iran, they are focused primarily on t...

Children and families from the Olean YMCA’s Early Learning Center collected personal care items and donated them to Advanced Individual Training units...

ROCHESTER (AP) — A Rochester-based unit of the New York Army National Guard is being given a send-off as it prepares for its eventual deployment to Af...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The trials of Odysseus are really not that different from the struggles of those learning to readjust after wars of today, mode...

When David Forsythe and Kris Heidrick both attended high school at Allegany-Limestone, they lived on the West Five Mile Road, only several hundred yar...

An early supporter of President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, said the president “messed up in his (initial) response” to the violence ...

Wendi Hurd, a human resources employee in Jenkinsville, South Carolina, keeps a special memento in her office: a U.S. flag that had flown on a combat ...