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This new "Xbox Play Anywhere" branding may seem odd, but

Dec. 25, 2017 by Devin Jones

This new "Xbox Play Anywhere" branding may seem odd, but it's something Microsoft is trying to get out of Windows.

Microsoft's announcement does add to the already significant amount of content it's already releasing for the Xbox 360, Windows and PC. According to this week's Xbox One post, Xbox Live subscribers can play Halo 5 on Xbox One, as well as on Windows 10 PCs. The same post also notes a new multiplayer mode for the game, a competitive map-building mode, a new online multiplayer mode for Xbox One, and the addition of a downloadable Xbox store-style console.

Xbox One, along with many other new features, seems to have been a focal point of Microsoft's public discussion of the release of the Xbox One.

But it's important to note that the Xbox One announcement does not necessarily represent the final Xbox 360 release, as many of the main features included in the Xbox One announcement still don't make that leap. As Microsoft's public position continues to move forward, it could become increasingly difficult to know what the rest of the Xbox One lineup will look like.

We'll be keeping you updated with all of this post as more news becomes available.This is what the U.S. government does not tell us about the U.S. military's role in the Afghanistan war.

In the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2003, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered the U.S. military to deploy "a force on both sides of the border to be ready for any contingencies or circumstances that may arise." And in December 2004, the U.S. State Department announced a $100 million program for increased U.S. military spending in Afghanistan.

But it's not just the military that is funding American and allied forces in Afghanistan, as the New York Times reports.

The U.S. has even been making the argument that foreign forces are being deployed to help the U.S. fight against its enemies:

The Army is also in charge of the Afghan National Army, which now has more than 6,000 soldiers in the country, a senior U.S. official said, adding that the new Afghan National Guard will provide a military base for the new force.

The U.S. has never publicly discussed military involvement in Afghanistan, but in 2012, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said, "We should be very clear that we're not