An Arizona soldier was killed in the line of duty Saturday.

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.

Susan Stamper Brown, guest commentary

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.

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? 

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.

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.

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 -- President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Sunday for a firsthand look at the 8-year-old war he inherited and dramatically escalated.

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The nation's highest-ranking military officer told soldiers and Marines on Monday that the insurgency in Afghanistan has grown in the last three years and he expects casualties to rise next year as additional U.S. troops pour into the war.

WASHINGTON — As public support for the war in Afghanistan erodes, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops levels to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 already committed and risk the political fallout if that's not enough.

June 16, 2004

Joyce and Bob Miller, and her son Daniel Peters, seemed like any other family on Tuesday at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport as they waited for a loved one to come home.

BAGHDAD — American troops on Memorial Day honored their fallen on two battlefields, one war winding down and another ramping up. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military remembered the toll so far on the troops — more than 4,900 dead — with the outcome still unclear.

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona soldier has been killed while serving in Afghanistan.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - NATO took command of southern Afghanistan from the United States on Monday, and the new commander of the push to pacify the insurgency-wracked region vowed that he would not fail millions of Afghans seeking peace and stability.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Jude Law is visiting Afghanistan to promote peace in the war-ravaged country.

KABUL, Afghanistan - British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday pledged his country's ongoing support to war-ravaged Afghanistan, saying the defeat of the Taliban was vital for local and international security.

KABUL, Afghanistan - First lady Laura Bush is highlighting signs of rebirth in war-weary Afghanistan on Sunday ahead of a donors conference in Paris, where the U.S. hopes billions of dollars in international aid will be pledged to help the embattled nation.

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - First lady Laura Bush, on a mission to highlight signs of rebirth in war-weary Afghanistan, ventured outside of Kabul on Sunday to an area that symbolizes both the destruction of war and Afghanistan's attempt at rebirth.

SINGAPORE - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday urged Asian nations to do more to defeat a global terrorist threat and to ensure that Afghanistan not be allowed to slip back into chaos.