Tag: Afghanistan

Resolute Support forces remove a damaged vehicle after a car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019.

National Security

Afghan peace deal in doubt as American solider among dozen killed by Taliban bomb in Kabul

Tim Pearce · September 5, 2019 3:49 pm

Resolute Support (RS) forces work at the scene of a deadly car bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

The Afghanistan agreement is even worse than first reported

Michael Rubin · September 5, 2019 1:25 pm

Jim Mattis, Barack Obama.

National Security

‘Catastrophic decisions’: Mattis savages Obama for ‘failure’ in foreign policy

Kelly Jane Torrance · September 3, 2019 11:08 am

Trump officials split over future of CIA in Afghanistan

Caitlin Yilek · September 2, 2019 7:02 pm

Former Vice Preisdent Joe Biden and Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis

Mattis blasts ‘indifferent’ Biden for bungling Iraq: ‘The enemy gets a vote’

Caitlin Yilek · September 2, 2019 3:29 pm

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis listens to a question during his appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019.

Mattis slams Obama for giving him ‘contradictory objectives’ in Afghanistan

Caitlin Yilek · September 2, 2019 2:47 pm

Green Beret killed in action in Afghanistan is survived by pregnant wife and daughter

Hunter Lovell · August 31, 2019 2:34 am

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take cover during airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Iraqi Air Force has been carrying out strikes against the militants, and for the first time on Friday, U.S. war planes have directly targeted the extremist Islamic State group, which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Special Forces soldier killed in action brings Iraq deaths to five-year high

Zach Halaschak · August 30, 2019 9:18 pm

In this Jan. 15, 2018 photo, U.S. Marines stand guard during the change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest military field in Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Beltway Confidential

Trump must put US security first in Afghanistan

Tom Rogan · August 30, 2019 11:23 am

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks to reporters during a briefing at the Pentagon

National Security

Esper gives his first press briefing, ending a year-long drought at the Pentagon

Russ Read · August 28, 2019 10:30 pm

A wave of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group targeted commercial areas in and around Baghdad on Monday, killing more than 20 people in attacks that came as Iraqi troops poised to recapture Fallujah. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Beltway Confidential

Militias and pro-Iran populists in Baghdad risk Iraq’s future

Michael Rubin · August 28, 2019 6:47 pm

President Donald Trump stands with former Army Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II before presenting him with the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

As US casualties hit new highs, Trump must fulfill promise to end war in Afghanistan

Brad Polumbo · August 23, 2019 5:43 pm