Tag: Afghanistan

Russian officers gesticulate to the driver of Russian tank T-72B at the Ostryakovo railway station not far from Simferopol, Crimea, Monday, March 31, 2014. Russian tanks T-72B will be stationed on former Ukrainian military bases. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

National Security

Army National Guard taps Hollywood prop shop to help train against Russian tanks

Russ Read · November 6, 2019 4:03 pm

The sacred vote

The sacred vote

Trent Reedy · November 1, 2019 3:00 am

Afghanistan's security forces and civilians walk at the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun area of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The attack near a busy market and a mosque killed at least 89 people in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Pajhwok News Agency)

National Security

Civilian casualties reach record high in Afghanistan

Russ Read · October 31, 2019 6:44 pm

Beltway Confidential

Intra-Afghan dialogue belongs in Afghanistan, not Qatar, Russia, or China

Michael Rubin · October 25, 2019 2:35 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, center, is greeted by U.S. military personnel upon arriving in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper arrives in Afghanistan for surprise visit

Ellie Bufkin · October 20, 2019 5:05 pm

A wounded man is brought by stretcher into a hospital after a mortar was fired by insurgents in Haskamena district of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. An Afghan official says at least several people have been killed during Friday prayers when a mortar fired by insurgents blasted through the roof of a mosque.

At least 69 dead in Afghanistan mosque bombing

Tim Pearce · October 19, 2019 3:48 pm

President Donald Trump stands in front of headstones during an American Commemoration Ceremony, Sunday Nov. 11, 2018, at Suresnes American Cemetery near Paris. Trump is attending centennial commemorations in Paris this weekend to mark the Armistice that ended World War I.

Conservative veterans will fan out in Washington to defend Trump Syria strategy

Steven Nelson · October 18, 2019 4:00 am

A sailor stands during a commissioning ceremony.

‘Back to being normal again’: US Navy veteran describes penis transplant after bomb blast in Afghanistan

Madison Dibble · October 16, 2019 7:29 pm

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, leaves the Fort Bragg courtroom facility as the judge deliberates during a sentencing hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C., Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.

Master Sergeant dies 10 years after being shot in the head during search for deserter Bowe Bergdahl

Tim Pearce · October 15, 2019 2:35 pm

'We train our boys to be killing machines': Trump announces White House review of Green Beret murder case

Carlin Becker · October 12, 2019 3:13 pm

End the war, stop forcing US troops to prop up pedophile culture in Afghanistan

Benjamin Adams · October 11, 2019 4:29 pm

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Spc. Michael I. Nance past officials, including Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, right, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t wait on US-Taliban negotiations to end the war in Afghanistan

Daniel DePetris · October 8, 2019 6:32 pm