Sen. Jay Rockefeller sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Monday urging him to accelerate the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, arguing that recent steps to pull American troops back from combat in 2013 do not go far enough.

Pakistani Journalist, Ahmed Rashid, writes about the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, pointing out that the wars cannot be won purely by military force and that questions about who hates whom will become only more difficult to resolve until the warfare ends.

American-Led Forces Pound Taliban Strongholds

Support for the war in Afghanistan has reached a new low with a CNN/ORC poll showing only 37% of Americans approving of the conflict, down from 44% just two months ago. Despite Americans being firmly in opposition to the war, however, it isn’t much of a political issue. The CNN poll showed only 9% thought the wars were an issue, while a New York Times poll showed only 3% thought it was.

With the recent Wikileak diaries being released the House could stop funding for the longest military action in American history today.

The media is finally forced to admit that the Afghan war is not going as well as originally thought.

WikiLeaks released a diary on the Afghan war. The diary suggests evidence of war crimes. American and Afghan authorities are extremely upset and claim this is a breach of national security.

Congress assigned a committee to evaluate the the military conflicts in Afghanistan and in Iraq to see what precautions could be taken to prevent another quagmire in the future.

Hillary Clinton took a trip to Southern Asia to evaluate the situation in Afghanistan.

General Casey, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, says that the U.S. is likely to face another 10 years of the armed conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. If his prediction is correct, that would extended the Afghanistan conflict to 19 years and the Iraq conflict to 17 years.

Afghanistan's untapped mineral wealth is worth at least $3 trillion – triple a U.S. estimate, according to the government's top mining official, who is going to Britain next week to attract investors to mine one of the world's largest iron ore deposits in the war-torn nation.

Democrats in congress have started challenging war leaders on the progress, or the lack of progress in Afghanistan of the last decade. Money spent, lives lost, and whether or not it is possible to unite Afghan tribes.

Since last summer, President Obama has publicly doubted whether Afghan President Hamid Karzai's corruption and incompetence make him a fit partner for our policy goals in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's 'Vast Riches Of Minerals' Highlighted By Pentagon

The longest war in U.S. history does not seem to have an end in sight

Officials are saying that Taliban militants have executed a child for allegedly spying for the government

According to U.S. General McChrystal, commander of the NATO forces. there evidence of Iran helping Taliban efforts in Afghanistan through training and supplies

Outlines the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan now that the war cost has reaching $1 trillion.