McClatchy DC
  • Home
      Latest Stories
    • Pritzker to face tough congressional questions in Commerce confirmation hearing
    • Anthony Foxx coasts through hearing to take wheel at Transportation
    • Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing
  • Politics
    • Washington
    • White House
    • Congress
    • Supreme Court
    • State & Local
      Latest Politics Stories
    • Anthony Foxx coasts through hearing to take wheel at Transportation
    • Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing
    • Did the Pentagon cry wolf over sequestration?
  • World
    • Syria
    • Middle East
    • Afghanistan/Pakistan
    • Iraq
    • Guantanamo
      Latest World Stories
    • U.S. for first time acknowledges role in deaths of Americans in drone strikes
    • Egyptian soldiers kidnapped in Sinai released after talks
    • Pickering agrees to be questioned over State Department’s Benghazi probe
  • Nation
    • Crime
    • Obituaries
    • Science
      Latest Nation Stories
    • Despite tight budgets, aid expected to easily flow to Oklahoma victims
    • From Newtown to Oklahoma, how prepared are teachers for a crisis?
    • Alaska attempts public relations pitch on drilling ANWR
  • Economy
      Latest Economy Stories
    • South Korea trade deal produces bleak first-year results for U.S.
    • Kansas Food Bank distributed record number of weekend backpacks to hungry kids
    • While Wall Street soars, jobs market still scarred
    • Senator Durbin wants proof that BRAC actually saved money
    • Taker nation: Why federal spending is tough to trim
    • » More Economy headlines
  • Environment
      Latest Environment Stories
    • Obama administration outlines new policy for protecting, drilling in the Arctic
    • Western tent caterpillars back en masse this spring
    • Olympia may see LED streetlights
    • Thousands of kids’ products contain toxic chemicals, report says
    • EPA backs finding that proposed mine would hurt Alaska salmon runs
    • » More Environment headlines
  • Opinion
    • Leonard Pitts Jr.
    • Cartoons
      Latest Opinion Stories
    • John Kass: Tornadoes sound like eerie silence -- then evil
    • Conservatives should lead on immigration
    • Carl Hiaasen: IRS went after small fry, but let the big ones get away
  • Blogs
    • Planet Washington
    • Suits & Sentences
    • Mexico Unmasked
    • Inside South America
  • Special Reports
    • Top-secret drone war
    • End of the oil era?
    • Mexico's Future
    • Sept. 11 anniversary
    • Death of bin Laden
    • Military Injustice
    • Afghan contracts
    • Gulf oil spill
    • Gitmo detainees
    • Iraq intelligence
  • Cartoons
  • Video
  • Photos
  • Contact Us
  •  
  • Gallery: Afghan survivors of Ganjgal ambush speak out
  • «
  • Previous
  • 1 out of 7
  • Next
  • »
US NEWS MEDALOFHONOR 3 MCT
Afghan National Army troops who survived the September 8, 2009, battle of Ganjgal, are, from left, Sgt. Mohammad Ali, Sgt. Mohammad Gul, Pvt. Nematullah, Sgt. Ataullah, Pvt. Arab Khan and Pvt. Abdullah Haq are photographed at their base in Asmar, Afghanistan, on April 26, 2012. (Ali Safi/MCT) (Ali Safi/MCT)

Top news from McClatchy

  • U.S. for first time acknowledges role in deaths of Americans in drone strikes
  • IRS officials aren’t cooperating in probes at top or bottom
  • Pritzker to face tough congressional questions in Commerce confirmation hearing
  • Anthony Foxx coasts through hearing to take wheel at Transportation
  • Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing
» More headlines
  • Terms of Service
  • |
  • Privacy Policy
  • |
  • About our Ads
  • |
  • Copyright
  • |
  • McClatchy Washington Bureau
  • |
  • McClatchy Newspapers
  • |
  • About McClatchy
  • |
  • Correspondents
  • |
  • Contact the Bureau
  • |
  • RSS