The Army on April 28 reversed its decision to dismiss a decorated Green Beret soldier who physically confronted an Afghan police commander for raping a young boy.
If we define war as an active conflict that claims more than 1,000 lives, scholars estimate that over the past 3,400 years we have had only 268 years of peace—eight percent of recorded history.
A suicide bomber killed two people and injured 15 in an attack in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. Authorities believe the bomber was a member of the Taliban.