Tag: Afghanistan

Tillerson is currently on the last leg of a six-day trip to seven countries. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Rex Tillerson wants to ‘curl up in a ball’ some days

Melissa Quinn · October 26, 2017 8:39 pm

The check is dated for Oct. 18, the day the story broke that he had promised Baldridge a check but had not yet delivered. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Trump’s $25,000 check to Gold Star father arrives days after promise was revealed

Kyle Feldscher · October 24, 2017 12:19 am

Tillerson arrived in Baghdad for talks with senior officials about Iran, a newly invigorated Kurdish independence movement and efforts to rebuild after the defeat of ISIS in major towns and cities. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Rex Tillerson makes surprise trip to Iraq after Afghanistan visit

Associated Press · October 23, 2017 4:55 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani before their meeting at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The State Department said Tillerson's unannounced visit was to outline for them the Trump administration's new South Asia policy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Rex Tillerson: ‘Moderate voices’ in Taliban could end war

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2017 12:51 pm

Most of the 150 Afghan troops who abandoned their posts did so in three different years that were marked by particularly high levels of violence. Some reported that their families had been threatened by the Taliban after they left for the U.S. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Audit: ‘High risk’ Afghan troops going AWOL in United States

Joel Gehrke · October 20, 2017 5:28 pm

The latest in a string of attacks in Afghanistan that has left more than 150 people dead in the last week. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Suicide bombers kill dozens in twin Afghanistan mosque attacks

Kara Zupkus · October 20, 2017 5:07 pm

A widow of a fallen soldier who was killed in Afghanistan released audio of President Trump's phone call to her. "I am so sorry to hear about the whole situation. What a horrible thing, except that he's an unbelievable hero," Trump told her in the call. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Widow releases Trump’s call after her husband was killed in Afghanistan

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2017 12:03 pm

Their stories deserve your attention. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Remember Robert Kelly and these 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines

Tom Rogan · October 19, 2017 8:09 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, file photo, Abdul Qadir Timor, director of archaeology at the Ministry of Information and Culture, left, looks at the view of Mes Aynak valley, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan government is trying to grab President Donald Trump's attention by dangling its massive, untouched wealth of minerals, including lithium, the silvery metal used in mobile phone and computer batteries considered essential to modern life. But tapping into that wealth, which also includes coal, copper, rare earths and far more, is likely a long way off, with security worsening the past year and Trump's policy on the war still not known. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, file)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s excuse for staying in Afghanistan (mining minerals) is a massive mistake

Tim Worstall · October 19, 2017 4:44 pm

A White House visitor log shows that the Kelly family had attended a Gold Star breakfast hosted by the Obama's. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

The Obamas hosted John Kelly’s family at the White House 6 months after their son died

Katie Leach · October 17, 2017 7:17 pm

Bomb Dogs: Honoring the Courage of Four-Legged Warriors

Grant Wishard · October 17, 2017 9:05 am

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that he endangered comrades by walking away from a remote post in Afghanistan in 2009. (Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer via AP, File)

Bowe Bergdahl pleads guilty to desertion, misbehavior

Associated Press · October 16, 2017 2:34 pm