Tag: Afghanistan

Fort Hood soldier from Calif. dies in Afghanistan

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2014 7:35 pm

FILE - This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaking at Madison Square Garden in New York. During a Pentagon briefing Thursday, Dempsey said it's possible to contain the Islamic State militants, but it can't be done permanently without going after the group in Syria. Speaking to reporters with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Dempsey said he wasn't predicting U.S. airstrikes in Syria, but said the problem must be addressed diplomatically, politically and militarily by America and its regional partners. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

National Security

Dempsey in Afghanistan for transition talks

Lolita Baldor · August 25, 2014 3:06 pm

U.S. Marines in Afghanistan were reportedly aided in their efforts to flush out insurgents by a jackass who just wanted to go home, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work told a group of soldiers this week. (iStock image)

Beltway Confidential

A jackass helps the Marines

Becket Adams · August 22, 2014 7:37 pm

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, speaks in front of local and international media representatives as presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah, right, and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, left , listen during the Independence Day ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. King Amanullah won the country's independency from Britain in 1919. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan orders NYT reporter to leave country

Rebecca Santana · August 20, 2014 5:42 pm

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, speaks in front of local and international media representatives as presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah, right, and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, left , listen during the Independence Day ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. King Amanullah won the country's independency from Britain in 1919. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan bars NYT reporter from leaving country

AMIR SHAHREBECCA SANTANA · August 19, 2014 6:51 pm

Afghanistan: Harder Fighting & No Quarter

Geoffrey Norman · August 19, 2014 4:19 pm

Beltway Confidential

Twitter, Obama and the Gen. Harold Greene funeral hoax

Byron York · August 18, 2014 12:50 pm

5 aid workers abducted in western Afghanistan

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2014 10:39 am

If liberals rally behind Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy, they'll be making a Faustian deal. (Getty/ Adam Berry)

Liberals should brace themselves if Hillary Clinton becomes president

Steve Chapman · August 14, 2014 11:51 pm

NATO and Afghan security forces walk at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

National Security

Experts argue Iraq woes should lead to new strategy in Afghanistan

Susan Crabtree · August 14, 2014 2:59 pm

Hillary Clinton, like her husband, has a very wide range of stands she finds acceptable, depending on timing and circumstances. President Obama's range of acceptable positions has been far narrower. (Getty Images)

Fidelity to principle can make needed flexibility impossible

Michael Barone · August 13, 2014 9:00 pm

Sidiqullah holds a photograph of his brother, who went missing in Nov. 2012, during U.S. military operations in Wardak province, at a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The U.S. failed to properly investigate civilian killings, including possible war crimes, which occurred during its military operations in Afghanistan, the international rights group Amnesty International said Monday. NATO said it investigates all credible reports of civilian casualties, without responding to the group's specific claims.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Report criticizes US over Afghan civilian deaths

AMIR SHAHREBECCA SANTANA · August 11, 2014 2:10 pm