Pech Valley News Today

The former Afghan soldiers turning to gem mining to survive In remote Nuristan province, some who lost their jobs after the Taliban takeover are now working...

In remote Nuristan province, some mine to support their families after losing their jobs when the Taliban took power.

Dozens of guests and city officials gathered at City Hall on a cloudy Monday morning to recognize deceased servicemembers at the annual Alpharetta Memorial Day Tribute May 29.

In August 2010, a young soldier from Tollesboro died in Afghanistan and is still remembered with fondness and sadness this Memorial Day.

Lawfare's weekly roundup of event announcements and employment opportunities.

Since its formation in 2015, ISKP has been killing civilians and fighting the Taliban in a wave of violence unlike anything the country has seen before. This is the inside story of the group’s rise, fall and possible rebirth

NEW YORK (AP) — Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year's winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing. He was cited for his book “The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley."

NEW YORK (AP) -- Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year's winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing. He was

John Irvin’s “Hamburger Hill” tackles the eerily timeless theme of the waste that comes with a war defined by ever-shifting objectives.

Sgt. 1st Class Lincoln Crisler released the first in a planned series of horror-inspired comic books on Amazon on Wednesday.