Tag: Taliban

Afghan security personal surround the area after Taliban fighters stormed a government building in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan killing police guards on Monday, the most serious in a wave of attacks marking the start of the insurgents' annual spring offensive. In the Taliban heartland in the south, an attack on a police checkpoint in Helmand province killed many policemen. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban kill 21 at start of Afghan spring fighting

RAHIM FAIEZRAHMAT GUL · May 12, 2014 5:47 pm

‘The Last Marines Leave Sangin Valley’

‘The Last Marines Leave Sangin Valley’

Daniel Halper · May 6, 2014 5:25 pm

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The nearly five-year effort to free the only American soldier held captive in Afghanistan is scattered among numerous federal agencies with a loosely organized group of people working on it mostly part time, according to two members of Congress and military officials involved in the effort. An ever-shrinking U.S. military presence in Afghanistan has re-focused attention on efforts to bring home Bergdahl, who has been held by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

National Security

AP sources: Work to free US soldier disorganized

Deb Riechmann · April 24, 2014 7:27 pm

Officials: Taliban kill 5 Afghan police officers

Officials: Taliban kill 5 Afghan police officers

Washington Examiner · April 23, 2014 12:15 pm

Pakistan Taliban says truce over but talks ongoing

Pakistan Taliban says truce over but talks ongoing

Munir Ahmed · April 16, 2014 5:47 pm

UK lawmakers slam lax security in Taliban attack

UK lawmakers slam lax security in Taliban attack

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2014 9:52 am

An Afghan police officer stands guard as Afghan election workers, right, note serial numbers of ballot boxes at a warehouse of the Independent Elections Commission warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Trucks and donkeys loaded with ballot boxes made their way to counting centers on Sunday as Afghans and the international community sighed with relief that national elections were held without major violence despite a Taliban threat. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Afghan election hailed as Taliban threat remains

Kim Gamel · April 6, 2014 7:23 pm

An Afghan man fills his ballot at a polling station in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 5, 2014. Afghan voters lined up for blocks at polling stations nationwide on Saturday, defying a threat of violence by the Taliban to cast ballots in what promises to be the nation's first democratic transfer of power. The vote will decide who will replace President Hamid Karzai, who is barred constitutionally from seeking a third term. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Defying Taliban threats, Afghans vote in droves

KIM GAMELRAHIM FAIEZ · April 6, 2014 5:12 am

Taliban abduct provincial candidate in Afghanistan

AMIR SHAHRAHIM FAIEZ · March 31, 2014 7:39 am

Taliban militants attack US aid group in Kabul

AMIR SHAHKIM GAMEL · March 28, 2014 4:59 pm

President Obama speaks at the Palais des Beaux-Arts on Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama not concerned enough about nuclear terrorism

Mona Charen · March 27, 2014 4:00 am

An Afghan special forces soldier, left, is kissed by an Afghan man after the commandos took over control of an election office after the Taliban launched an assault with a suicide bomber detonating his vehicle outside an election office on the edge of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Gunmen stormed into the building, trapping dozens of employees inside and killing four people. A candidate for a seat on a provincial council was among those killed, along with an election worker, a civilian and a policeman. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Taliban kill 4 in Kabul election office attack

Kathy Gannon · March 25, 2014 2:26 pm