Obama's War

Combating Extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan

U.S., NATO to announce 'transition' strategy

Even as it announces the "transition" process, NATO will also state its intention to keep combat troops in Afghanistan until 2014, a date originally set by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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» Embattled Inspector General for Afghan war called to testify

Karzai: reduce U.S. military presence

In an interview with The Washington Post, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said that he wanted American troops off the roads and out of Afghan homes.

Obama awards Medal of Honor

VIDEO | Salvatore Giunta, an Army staff sergeant who stepped into the line of fire to help a pair of comrades on the Afghan battlefield, was awarded the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony Nov. 16.

Current troop deployment

Interactive map

View current placement of coalition troops ahead of the planned increase, which will focus heavily on safeguarding key population centers.

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Measuring strategy's effects

A case study of the Nawa district in Afghanistan.

A long way to go in Marja

U.S. Marines and Afghan troops are fighting a resurgent Taliban as they struggle to maintain security.

The battle of Wanat

Interactive timeline chronicles Afghan fight from perspective of soldier.

Obama makes troop announcement

Obama gives speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

Stabilizing the south

U.S. Marines work their way through volatile Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.

A suspicious border

U.S., Pakistan step up efforts to tame area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, used by Taliban as a base to fire rockets and smuggle weapons.

The battle for Helmand

Ann Scott Tyson blogged about her travels with U.S. Marines during a mission in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province.

Deciding on a surge strategy

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Hours of meetings exposed opposing views among administration and military officials, and shifted Obama's thinking toward a swift military escalation and exit strategy.

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Combat Generation

How a decade at war is changing the U.S. military.

An evolving war

Timeline of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan since 2001.

Impact of War

Experts and everyday people come together to talk about how the war has changed their lives.

Faces of the fallen

Searchable database of U.S. service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

National security

Washington Post coverage of U.S. government efforts to protect the country.

Afghan elections

Afghanistan voted for president on Aug. 20, 2009.

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About This Series

Afghanistan faces grave challenges politically and economically. The Washington Post follows the U.S. military and the Obama administration as they try to turn around the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and prevent the spread of extremist groups across the border in Pakistan.

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