Tag: Afghanistan

Magazine - Features

A warrior class of their own

Willy Stern and Breck Walker · May 3, 2019 4:00 am

An Afghan soldier launches a rocket propelled grenade as U.S. soldiers duck during a clash with insurgents in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 27, 2010.

Beltway Confidential

The War in Afghanistan is going even worse than you think

Daniel DePetris · May 2, 2019 12:00 pm

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, listen as President Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House.

How Jim Mattis played Trump to restrain him on North Korea

Rob Crilly · April 29, 2019 5:46 pm

Col. Gregory Townsend is shown.

Colonel who received Bronze Star killed helping stranded motorist

Julio Rosas · April 26, 2019 6:33 pm

Magazine - Washington Briefing

The myth of Julian Assange

Jamie McIntyre · April 26, 2019 4:00 am

Caliphate, interrupted

Bill Roggio · April 26, 2019 4:00 am

President Donald Trump holds up a chart documenting ISIS land loss in Iraq and Syria as delivers remarks at the Lima Army Tank Plant, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Lima, Ohio. In a campaign that spanned five years and two U.S. presidencies, the American military engineered the destruction of the Islamic State groupâs self-proclaimed empire in Iraq and Syria. Thatâs a military success, but not one thatâs certain to last.

Beltway Confidential

No territory and still a problem: ISIS continues its violent attacks

Erin Dunne · April 22, 2019 8:00 pm

U.S. soldiers, part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walk west of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Beltway Confidential

Afghanistan, the forever war that was basically won in a few months

Daniel DePetris · April 19, 2019 6:47 pm

Supporters of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo walk towards the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, where lawyers were scheduled to discuss the next steps in the case of Gbagbo and ex-youth minister Charles Ble Goude, a day after both men were acquitted of crimes against humanity.

Beltway Confidential

The International Criminal Court crashes and burns over Afghanistan

David Davenport · April 16, 2019 6:12 pm

President Trump gives a thumbs up as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House.

Not so crazy after all: Trump foreign policy gets rare nod of approval from the establishment

Rob Crilly · April 16, 2019 5:59 pm

Flames and smoke rise from a fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, on Monday, April 15, 2019. A massive fire is ripping through the cathedral in central Paris, toppling the spire on the 850-year-old Gothic monument and leaving France in shock over the potential loss of one of the nation's most famous landmarks.

Beltway Confidential

Five reasons France deserves our help rebuilding Notre Dame

Tom Rogan · April 16, 2019 10:01 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

Fear and loathing in Afghanistan

Trent Reedy · April 12, 2019 4:00 am