Tag: Afghanistan

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

Afghanistan begs US troops to stay

Diana Stancy Correll · February 1, 2019 4:54 pm

President Trump salutes as a U.S. Navy carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Scott A. Wirtz, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Wirtz, a civilian and former Navy SEAL from St. Louis, Mo., was killed Jan. 16, 2019, in a suicide bomb attack in Manbij, Syria.

Washington Secrets

Party of no: Once opposed, Democrats now back wars just to thwart Trump

Paul Bedard · February 1, 2019 4:15 pm

Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to soldiers while visiting Task Force - Southwest at Camp Sharob, Helmand Province, in Afghanistan.

National Security

US withdrawal from Afghanistan requires Kabul government and Taliban to strike peace deal first

Diana Stancy Correll · February 1, 2019 2:33 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., confers with Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, right, chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee, as they walk to a news conference to talk about the Republican tax plan and how they say it will help small business, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.

Senate rebukes Trump on Syria, Afghanistan withdrawal

Susan Ferrechio · January 31, 2019 8:52 pm

Afghan security forces gather at the site a day after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Will Trump’s Taliban deal boost ISIS in Afghanistan?

Joel Gehrke · January 31, 2019 4:19 pm

Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker testifies on Capitol Hill back in 2015.

Taliban peace deal amounts to ‘surrender,’ says former US ambassador

Diana Stancy Correll · January 30, 2019 6:04 pm

Beltway Confidential

No matter how Taliban peace talks go, Trump should pull troops from Afghanistan

Daniel DePetris · January 30, 2019 12:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, to announce a temporary deal to open the government.

Beltway Confidential

The Taliban plays Trump for a fool

Michael Rubin · January 29, 2019 5:01 pm

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan speaks with the media as he waits for the arrival of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Washington.

National Security

Patrick Shanahan: Taliban talks encouraging, no orders yet for US withdrawal

Jamie McIntyre · January 28, 2019 7:02 pm

In this March 13, 2009, file photo, Zalmay Khalilzad, special adviser on reconciliation speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan.

National Security

Special US envoy: ‘Significant progress on vital issues’ made in talks with Taliban

Diana Stancy Correll · January 27, 2019 11:08 pm

Man who helped Colin Powell change tire: ‘If you don’t know what altruism is, you’re probably not doing it’

Diana Stancy Correll · January 25, 2019 7:02 pm

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell appears at an event.

Colin Powell gets car help from man who lost leg in Afghanistan: ‘Let’s just take care of each other’

Diana Stancy Correll · January 24, 2019 10:05 pm