Tag: Afghanistan

Walter Jones and Tulsi Gabbard

National Security

Walter Jones, Tulsi Gabbard say undeclared war should be impeachable offense

Travis J. Tritten · July 18, 2018 5:31 pm

The head of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Gen. John W. Nicholson speaks during a change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest in the Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.

National Security

US general denies he called for direct talks with Taliban

Travis J. Tritten · July 16, 2018 7:39 pm

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Andrew Celiz, 32, from Summerville, South Carolina, died, July 12, in Afghanistan, of wounds sustained as a result of enemy small arms fire while conducting operations in support of a medical evacuation landing zone in Zurmat district, Paktiya province.

National Security

Pentagon identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan

Travis J. Tritten · July 13, 2018 2:30 pm

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. A suicide bomber in a truck blew himself up at an intelligence headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, setting off an intense firefight with security forces, officials said. (AP Photo)

US service member killed in Afghanistan, second in less than a week

Jamie McIntyre · July 12, 2018 5:06 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.

Trump needs to tell America where this Afghanistan war is heading

Steve Beynon · July 11, 2018 12:00 am

Sergei Naryshkin, head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, speaks at an event.

Spy chiefs from Russia, Iran, and China huddle in Pakistan

Joel Gehrke · July 10, 2018 9:53 pm

Military’s readiness problem ‘not even close’ to being solved, Martha McSally says

Jamie McIntyre · July 10, 2018 4:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, shake hands after a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 9, 2018. Pompeo used an unannounced trip Monday to Afghanistan to step up the Trump administration's calls for peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

Mike Pompeo makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

Gabby Morrongiello · July 9, 2018 3:00 pm

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)

‘Insider attack’ kills US service member, wounds two in Afghanistan

Christian Datoc · July 7, 2018 6:25 pm

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building is shown in Washington, D.C.

DOJ moves to rescind naturalized US citizenship of Chicago man who provided support to terrorists

Diana Stancy Correll · July 3, 2018 9:30 pm

President Donald Trump speaks before having lunch with Republican Senators in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. From left are Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the president and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

ISIS getting ‘stronger’ in Afghanistan, says State Department

Joel Gehrke · June 30, 2018 4:00 am

Taliban fighters ride in their vehicle in Surkhroad district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 16.

Taliban violate cease-fire 38 times amid upbeat assessments from the US

Jamie McIntyre · June 27, 2018 7:46 pm