Tag: Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Jim Mattis lowers expectations in Afghanistan as indicators trend down

Jamie McIntyre · May 1, 2018 5:48 pm

Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo pauses while speaking during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of State on April 12 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Mike Pompeo believes Afghanistan’s nascent journalism will endure after 10 reporters killed

Joel Gehrke · May 1, 2018 12:29 am

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ISIS takes credit for Kabul bombings that killed 25, including police, reporters

Pete Kasperowicz · April 30, 2018 11:40 am

In this Oct. 31, 2018 photo, Afghan National Army soldiers participate in a live fire training exercise, at the Afghan Military Academy, in Kabul, Afghanistan. When U.S. forces and their Afghan allies rode into Kabul in November 2001 they were greeted as liberators. But after 17 years of war, the Taliban have retaken half the country, security is worse than itâs ever been, and many Afghans place the blame squarely on the Americans. The United States has lost more than 2,400 soldiers in its longest war and spent more than $900 billion on trying to stabilize the country.

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US ambassador to NATO: Russia, Iran back Afghan terrorism

Joel Gehrke · April 27, 2018 4:59 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, center, attends a hearing on the Department of Defense budget posture, with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and Defense Under Secretary and Chief Financial Officer David Norquist, right, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Thursday April 26, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Jim Mattis says criminal charges likely for contractor accused of buying luxury cars with taxpayer money

Travis J. Tritten · April 26, 2018 4:43 pm

US Marine Robert Dewiit from Maryland (C) stands guard at post three inside the US embassy December 21, 2001 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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Taliban bent on ‘killing and capturing’ US troops in new spring offensive

Joel Gehrke · April 26, 2018 3:32 am

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said the indictment of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort vindicates Russia and should lead investigators down a "Ukrainian trail" regarding interference in the 2016 elections. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

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Russia, China mull larger role in Afghanistan

Joel Gehrke · April 24, 2018 7:52 pm

Although Osama bin Laden is dead and the main al Qaeda core reduced, the group remains a major worldwide threat. (AP Photo)

Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard has been collecting welfare payments in Germany

Katie Leach · April 24, 2018 6:25 pm

Editorial: Rand Paul’s Dangerous Exhibitionism

The Editors · April 24, 2018 9:38 am

"We should not be banning guns from law-abiding citizens," Paul Ryan said after a closed-door meeting with Republicans Tuesday. "We should be focusing on making sure citizens who should not be getting guns in the first place don't get those guns."

Beltway Confidential

Republicans’ behind-the-scenes fight to replace Paul Ryan

Susan Ferrechio · April 17, 2018 4:00 am

Afghanistan's security forces guard at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday. Officials say that a suicide bomber has killed a few army officers and wounded several people in Kabul, a day after two such attacks killed 11. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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US and Afghan forces kill 22 Islamic State fighters in northern Afghanistan raid

Katelyn Caralle · April 15, 2018 5:00 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks with the Washington Examiner in his office on Capitol Hill.

Beltway Confidential

Jim Jordan for speaker? Not so fast, GOP members say

Al Weaver · April 13, 2018 5:12 pm