A hilltop observation post at Forward Operating Base Masum Ghar in Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal. Bill Ardolino is currently ...

One day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the US and implied that more than one US soldier was involved in the mass murder of 16 Afghans in Kandahar’s Panjwai district last weekend, a ...

He said Afghan security forces have retreated from 193 checkpoints and outposts in Zharai, Maiwand, Arghandab and Panjwai districts. The Defence Ministry in Kabul denied the reports, insisting ...