Tag: Afghanistan

Afghan security forces arrive at the site of an attack by gunmen, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

National Security

Stuck on stalemate: Trump’s Afghanistan strategy turns one year old

Jamie McIntyre · August 21, 2018 4:00 am

Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in a deadly suicide bombing that targeted a training class in a private building in the Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-i Barcha, in western Kabul, Afghanistan.

Beltway Confidential

Trump administration should recognize Afghanistan is an unwinnable war

Daniel DePetris · August 20, 2018 10:17 pm

Blackwater USA founder Erik Prince testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, before the House Oversight Committee hearing examining the mission and performance of the private military contractor Blackwater in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)

Report: Trump intrigued by ex-Blackwater chief’s Afghanistan strategy

James Langford · August 17, 2018 6:27 pm

A U.S. Marine from Charlie Company, 1/5 Marines, and an Afghan National Army soldier walk along a busy roadway on a joint patrol in Sangin, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Monday Sept. 5, 2011.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t forget Sangin, and that America is still at war in Afghanistan

Tom Rogan · August 15, 2018 3:35 pm

This June 13, 2017 photo released by Operation Resolute Support headquarters shows U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest and Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps planning for the continuation of offensive combat operations at Camp Hanson, Afghanistan. Sixteen years into its longest war, the United States is sending another 4,000 troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to turn around a conflict characterized by some of the worst violence since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. They are also facing the emergence of an Islamic State group affiliate and an emboldened Taliban, who by Washingtonâs own watchdogâs assessment now control nearly half of Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lucas Hopkins, Operation Resolute Support headquarters via AP)

One year in, Pentagon pins hope for Trump Afghanistan strategy on Taliban change of heart

Jamie McIntyre · August 14, 2018 4:00 am

National Security

American soldier killed by IED while on patrol in Afghanistan

Diana Stancy Correll · August 13, 2018 10:22 pm

This June 10, 2017 photo provided by Operation Resolute Support, U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Iron maneuver an M-777 howitzer, so it can be towed into position at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. Sixteen years into its longest war, the United States is sending another 4,000 troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to turn around a conflict characterized by some of the worst violence since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. They are also facing the emergence of an Islamic State group affiliate and an emboldened Taliban, who by Washingtonâs own watchdogâs assessment now control nearly half of Afghanistan.

Beltway Confidential

Frontline soldiers risk their lives in war while failed decision-makers move on

Daniel DePetris · August 13, 2018 6:00 pm

Gen. Joseph Votel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon.

US general denies ISIS fighters treated like ‘honored guests’

Travis J. Tritten · August 8, 2018 7:13 pm

Prime Minister Andrej Babis addresses the media at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic.

National Security

Three Czech NATO troops killed, one US soldier injured in Afghanistan suicide attack

Naomi Lim · August 5, 2018 3:17 pm

John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa.

Afghanistan has a ‘largely lawless, weak, and dysfunctional government,’ watchdog says

Jamie McIntyre · July 31, 2018 5:02 pm

Jim Mattis and Jimmy Carter.

Beltway Confidential

Jim Mattis may be a military hero, but his diplomatic judgment is like Jimmy Carter’s

Michael Rubin · July 31, 2018 3:40 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during an interview with "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace.

Beltway Confidential

Putin is a realist, not a Russian neoconservative — there’s a difference

Tom Rogan · July 20, 2018 2:59 pm