Tag: Afghanistan

A U.S. army soldier, center, takes his position at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. An Afghan official said a suicide bomber targeting a NATO convoy in Kabul killed one civilian and wounded three others. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

One soldier wounded, another killed in Afghanistan in apparent insider attack

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · November 3, 2018 2:36 pm

An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. James A. Slape at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

In Afghanistan, failure is heaped on failure

Washington Examiner · November 3, 2018 4:00 am

Afghan National Army soldiers march during their graduation ceremony from a three-month training program at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018.

Auditor: DOD can’t assess progress advising Afghan forces

Joel Gehrke · October 31, 2018 9:18 pm

In this September 2, 2018 photo, provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, delivers remarks during the Resolute Support mission change of command ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan officials said Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018 that three top Kandahar province officials have been killed by their own guards in an attack at a security meeting that also wounded two U.S. troops. A Taliban spokesman who claimed responsibility for the attack tells The Associated Press that Miller, was the target. NATO officials say Miller escaped unharmed.

US commander in Afghanistan on Taliban strategy: ‘an offensive mindset’

Diana Stancy Correll · October 31, 2018 4:35 pm

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US general wounded in Afghanistan moved to Walter Reed

Travis J. Tritten · October 25, 2018 8:38 pm

Afghan police stand guard at a checkpoint ahead of parliamentary elections.

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Trump’s Afghanistan strategy is going badly. But do voters even care?

Travis J. Tritten · October 24, 2018 11:25 pm

Security forces block the main road at the site of a suicide attack during the first day of parliamentary election in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Police say a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a polling station in a school in the northern Kabul neighborhood of Khair Khana, the first major attack in Saturday's parliamentary elections.

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Service member killed in apparent Afghanistan insider attack

Travis J. Tritten · October 22, 2018 3:49 pm

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley, incoming commander for Train, Advise, and Assist Command-South, addresses the audience, June 30, 2018, during a Transfer of Authority ceremony in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Smiley, assigned to the 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, assumed command of TAAC-South from U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John Lathrop, outgoing commander.

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US brigadier general recovering from at least one gunshot wound in Afghanistan attack

Vaishnavee Sharma · October 21, 2018 10:01 pm

A man cries in front of a hospital after he lost a relative after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday. Police say a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a polling station in a school in the northern Kabul neighborhood of Khair Khana, the first major attack in Saturday's parliamentary elections.

36 killed in violence, chaos during overdue Afghanistan elections

Associated Press · October 20, 2018 8:38 pm

Army Gen. Joseph Votel, Commander of U.S. Central Command, briefs reporters at the Pentagon.

US commander says he’s ‘pretty confident’ Afghans can secure Kandahar

Associated Press · October 20, 2018 5:39 pm

The Afghanistan War Is Over. We Lost.

Thomas Joscelyn · October 18, 2018 4:58 pm

U.S. Army Gen. Austin Miller speaks during the change of command ceremony at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. Miller assumed command of the 41-nation NATO mission in Afghanistan following a handover ceremony.

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Taliban say they were trying to assassinate top US general in shooting that took out Afghanistan leaders

Jamie McIntyre · October 18, 2018 1:44 pm