Tag: Afghanistan

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

A conversation with retired Gen. Gene Renuart

Jamie McIntyre · September 17, 2021 3:00 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

The grief of the wild beasts

Trent Reedy · September 17, 2021 3:00 am

Word of the Week: ‘Horizon’

Nicholas Clairmont · September 17, 2021 3:00 am

Newsmax host angrily cuts off guest who mildly criticizes Trump

Misty Severi · September 16, 2021 9:05 pm

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul deserves credit for questioning authority

Christopher Tremoglie · September 16, 2021 3:06 pm

Milley’s checkered history: China, Afghanistan withdrawal, and CRT

Sarah Bedford · September 16, 2021 11:00 am

National Security

Trump claims Biden won’t fire Milley for fear of him ‘spilling the dirty secrets’ on Afghanistan

Daniel Chaitin · September 16, 2021 2:35 am

Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad speaks on the prospects for peace, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington.

US official who negotiated Taliban deal refuses to be ‘a scapegoat’ for Afghanistan debacle

Joel Gehrke · September 15, 2021 10:03 pm

Amal Ahmadi, 32, holds a picture of his slain brother Zemerai Ahmadi at the family house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021.

National Security

Afghan killed by drone praised by co-workers in US aid group

Associated Press · September 15, 2021 9:21 pm

‘Abandon pressures’: China threatens Blinken’s hope for UN unity on Taliban sanctions

Joel Gehrke · September 15, 2021 8:22 pm

UK foreign secretary demoted after vacationing during Afghanistan withdrawal

Virginia Aabram · September 15, 2021 5:57 pm

White House avoids questions about Biden ‘responsibility’ for civilian casualties in drone strike

Christian Datoc · September 15, 2021 5:47 pm