In Ghazni province, 31 Afghan soldiers were killed and 24 others wounded when the attacker drove a military Humvee full of explosives onto an army commando base before detonating the car bomb.
The military needs a program as part of the mandatory demobilization process to promote the deradicalization of service members, says the author of this commentary.
By Chris Buckley, Myrieme Churchill and Jacob Ware
The lawmakers want the House Rules Committee to strike an amendment from a national defense spending bill that would enable the expansion of Nellis Air Force Base for aerial combat and ground warfare training. A similar proposal to expand the bombing range at NAS Fallon has not moved forward.