Obama meets September withdrawal goal during time of high tensions in Middle East 0 3

Teen Pakistani girl who writes about Taliban abuses survives being shot in head on school bus 0 0

Suspects are believed to be connected to the Taliban, which took responsibility for the shooting 1 2

As human cost of war becomes more evident, young veterans give commander-in-chief high marks for withdrawal 5 186

Federal funding needed to boost gains in stabilizing lives of servicemen and women 0 14

Also dependent on development of Afghan army 0 1

President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met on the departure of U.S. troops by 2014. 1 3

Coming closer to the end of America's longest war 0 7