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The signature wound of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — mild traumatic brain injury, or TBI — is hard to diagnose and just as difficult to treat.

In the aftermath of the raid in a Pakistani garrison town that killed Osama bin Laden, Congress' anger toward Pakistan is growing. Some lawmakers want to suspend U.S. aid to Pakistan.But American military commanders are concerned about the potential impact on the war in Afghanistan.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan will not change the alliance's mission in Afghanistan.Rasmussen tells Guy Raz, host of weekends on All Things Considered, that bin Laden's death is "a major blow to international

There is no clear sign yet that the death of Osama bin Laden has changed U.S. policy in Afghanistan.

For Bravo Company at Combat Outpost Charkh in Afghanistan, the insurgent attacks have become like clockwork."They attack right at nightfall, 15 minutes before dark," says Sgt. Jonathan Ray, sitting in the dirt on a rooftop bunker in the middle of the bazaar in Charkh village.

The death of Osama bin Laden is not likely to alter the basics of American foreign policy, but it may well provide added leverage for U.S. counterterrorism efforts — and it's certain to prompt a reappraisal of America's already fraught relations with Pakistan.For a decade, U.S.

The news of Osama bin Laden's killing was met with cautious excitement by many men from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines in Helmand River Valley — allegedly one of the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan.The event is a "notch in the belt," one Marine told NPR photographer David Gilkey